Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District
Nottingham
Town
Nottingham
County
Nottinghamshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
61846

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Current location

Castle Gate Congregational Church
8 Castle Gate
Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG1 7AS
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 572 397
Denomination: Congregational

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Description
Upper: Paper Roll of Honour in gilt frame mounted on wall. Dedicatory inscription in Roman lettering centred between decorative border. Names are handwritten below dedication and are arranged in four columns with the deceased indicated in red ink. Decorative border of two columns swathed in laurel leaves surmounted by symbolic figure of sacrifice (?) on left and chivalry on right. Lower: Framed and glazed paper Roll of Honour mounted on wall. Printed inscription with names centred with scalloped ink border.
Inscription
Upper Roll of Honour: CASTLE GATE/ CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH/ AND SUNDAY SCHOOL/ THIS/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ IS INSCRIBED IN AFFECTIONATE/ THANKSGIVING TO THOSE/ WHOSE NAMES IT BEARS WHO/ SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 1919/ (Names)/ "THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US BOTH BY NIGHT AND DAY" Lower Roll of Honour: IN MEMORY OF/ The Young Men who gave their Lives/ In the 1939-1945 War/ (Names) (exact wording for lower Roll of Honour unknown)
Inscription legible?
no
Names on memorial
Abbott, Frederic
Adlington, Oliver
Armitage, C Stockdale
Armitage, Eric B
Baggaley, Eric
Baines, Leslie
Baker, P
Baldcock, Claude H
Ball, Samuel
Bambridge, Arthur
See details for all 199 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 196
    Served and returned: 169
    Died: 27
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 3
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 3
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,regiment,forename
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Roll of honour
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Paper
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Metal, Unknown
Listing information
Condition
History
c2011: Building for sale. Roll of Honour to be re-located to Congregational Federation archive or a new site within City upon sale. 1980: Building sold to Congregational Federation; Name returned to Castle Gate Congregational Church 1975: Castle Gate Congregational Church and St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church united as St Andrew’s with Castle Gate United Reformed Church and occupied St Andrew’s church on Goldsmith Street, Nottingham. 1909: Building opened as the Castle Gate Congregational Church
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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