Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Reredos or screen
- District
- Bassetlaw
- Town
- Retford
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 23 May 1921
Attended by: Bishop of Southwell
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 59010
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Current location
Between the crossing and the Lady Chapel
St Swithun's Church
Chapelgate
Retford
Bassetlaw
Nottinghamshire
DN22 6PL
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 70656 81333
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- An elaborately carved and partially glazed wooden screen with metal plaque.
- Inscription
- THESE CHANTRIES WERE/ ADAPTED AS A CHAPEL AND/ THIS SCREEN ERECTED TO/ THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN/ MEMORY OF THOSE OF THIS/ PARISH AND OF OTHERS/ CONNECTED WITH THIS/ CHURCH WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT/ WAR 1914-1918
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 270mm, width 300mm
Materials: Metal - Screen
Measurements: height 3020mm, width 2930mm
Materials: Wood, Glass
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Nottinghamshire County Council, secure.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/RollOfHonour/WarMemorials/Details/384, accessed 31st July 2023
- Unidentified Newspaper/Magazine 6/ 27 May 1921 Report.
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