Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Nottingham
Town
Clifton
County
Nottinghamshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 12 September 1920
    Attended by: Dedicated by the Bishop of Hereford.
  • Faculty Granted
    Date: 4 November 1920
    Attended by: Undefined
  • Unveiled
    Date: 12 September 1920
    Attended by: Unveiled by the Bishop of Hereford.
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
63792

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Current location

In storage
inside the boiler room
575
Holy Trinity Church
Farnborough Road
Clifton
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG11 9DG
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 55221 33527
Denomination: Church of England

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Previous locations
  • The board was in the nave
    on the east wall of south aisle. The associated window was in the Chancel (with the brass plaque beneath it).
    Holy Trinity Church
    Trinity Square
    Nottingham
    Nottingham
    Nottinghamshire
    NG1 4AF
    England

    OS Grid Ref: SK 57252 40167
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Rectangular oak board, with raised border and castellated top, and a carved finial at each top corner. The recessed central panel has a carved ogee arch, beneath which are three columns of incised names. The lower edge of the board has a carved, gold-painted Star of David. [N.B. When the memorial was originally installed in Holy Trinity Church in Trinity Square, Nottingham, it comprised three elements: i.e. this board inscribed with names (which hung in the nave, and mentioned the associated window), plus the stained glass window in the Chancel and inscribed brass plaque beneath (that mentioned the board in the nave). The window itself was almost certainly destroyed when that Church was demolished in 1958. (Details of that 'Lost' window are in our record 106663). The plaque that formerly hung beneath it and the board from the nave were both salvaged, and taken to Holy Trinity, Farnborough Road, Clifton, where they are stored in the boiler room; of the three brass plaques that hang beside the board on that wall, the 2nd one down is the one from beneath the window in the Nottingham Holy Trinity's Chancel. Our record of that plaque is 63791].
Inscription
Board: THIS TABLET AND A WINDOW/ IN THE CHANCEL WERE ERECTED TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD AND IN EVER GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE/ CONNECTED WITH HOLY TRINITY CHURCH AND PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (Names) [The corresponding brass plaque - our ref 63791 - which formerly hung beneath the window in the Chancel reads: THIS WINDOW AND A TABLET IN THE NAVE/ WERE ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND/ IN EVER GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/ FELL IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914 - 1918./ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS./ St. John XV.,13.].
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 91
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 91
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, initials
    Order of information: Names listed alphabetically by surname, in three columns.
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
  • Board
    Measurements: depth 76mm, height 1524mm, width 1041mm
    Materials: Wood - Oak
  • Window
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stained Glass
Listing information
Condition
History
1958: Holy Trinity Church Nottingham was demolished. This WW1 board and brass plaque were salvaged, and taken to storage in the new Holy Trinity Church in Farnborough Road, in Clifton.// July 1956: Nottingham Holy Trinity Church closed. (The Church and its grounds were sold to Nottingham Corporation). ,
Costs

Comments: Donations from congregation and Parish

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Reference
  • Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project: 'Only ten days after the end of the 1914-1918 war a meeting was called to consider a proposal to consider the funding for a memorial to those who lost their life. The form the memorial should take was also discussed. The vicar favoured a mosaic pavement for the chancel and new choir stalls. At the following meeting it was suggested that two stained glass lights should be installed, one in the chancel, depicting 'Faith' and in the sanctuary, depicting 'Hope'. This proposal was agreed on March 20th 1919. The windows were designed and manufactured by Alexander Gascoyne, who had works on Shakespeare Street within the parish of Holy Trinity (for details of the text etc. see Glass). They were unveiled and dedicated by the Bishop of Hereford on September 12th, 1920. A decorative oak panel bearing ninety-two [sic] names was also erected on the east wall of the nave close to the chancel arch. Prior to demolition it was removed to the new Holy Trinity, Clifton. It was never installed within the main part of its new home but re-erected on the wall in the church boiler house where in 2013 it remains in good condition, but unseen'. southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/nottingham-holy-trinity/hwarmem.php
  • Nottinghamshire County Council Roll of Honour website (which has biographical data re the casualties). secure.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/rollofhonour/WarMemorials/Details/498
  • Nottinghamshire Archives, Reference PR14/611: Southwell Diocese Faculty Book, 4th November 1920 - faculty for oak tablet to be placed on the east wall of the name of Holy Trinity Church, Trinity Square. ibid: GB 0157; DR/1/1/2/3643. 'Title: Nottingham, Holy Trinity: faculty for two stained glass windows and tablet. Description: Petition and citation for faculty, plan, correspondence, detail of inscriptions, with envelope'. nawcat.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DR+1%2f1%2f2%2f3643&pos=37
  • Local Publication/Booklet 1 Holy Trinity Church: 100 years 1841-1941 Photograph of Church
  • Nottingham Evening Post, Monday 31st March 1958 (page 5) printed a photo captioned 'Demolition work in progress at Holy Trinity Church Nottingham', in which the memorial board is still visible on the wall. (It must therefore have been salvaged and taken to Clifton afterwards). www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000321/19580331/005/0005
  • Nottingham Guardian, Monday 9th July1956 (page 4) printed a photo captioned 'Morning service in Holy Trinity Church, Nottingham, yesterday, when the last services before the church's demolition were held'. (In that photo, the WW1 board is visible on the east wall of the nave). www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004722/19560709/004/0004
  • Nottingham Evening Post, Monday 13th September 1920 (page 3) reported: 'TRINITY CHURCH MEMORIALS. A memorable day was yesterday in the history of Holy Trinity Church, Nottingham, when at the morning service the Bishop Hereford, Martin Linton Smith, D.S.O, unveiled and dedicated two windows in the chancel, one erected in memory of his father, the late Very Rev. James Alan Smith, D.D., Dean of St. David’s, and vicar of the church from 1870 1884, and the other in honour of members of the congregation who fell in the war'. www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000321/19200913/054/0003
  • Nottingham Journal, Monday 13th September 1920 (page 8) printed a lengthy report of the unveiling of the board and window: 'A CHURCH’S TRIBUTES. Holy Trinity’s Former Vicar and Her War Heroes. Yesterday was a day of memories at Holy Trinity Church, Nottingham, tribute being paid to a beloved former vicar, now at rest, and to the sons of the parish who gave their lives for their fellows in the Great War. In memory of the late Very Rev. J. A. Smith, D.D., vicar from 1870 to 1884, a window in the chancel (subject "Faith", and containing as the central figure a very striking likeness of the Dean) was unveiled by his son, the Right Rev. M. Linton Smith, D.D., D.S.O., Lord Bishop of Hereford, who also unveiled a second window, typifying "Hope", representative of a soldier in Khaki about to receive the Crown. Below the first window, with the words "Justified by faith" at the foot, is a brass plate on which is the inscription; Very Rev. James Allan Smith, D.D. This window was erected the congregation of Holy Trinity Church and friends to the glory of God and in grateful memory of the Very Rev. James Allan Smith, D.D., sometime Dean of St. David's, formerly vicar of this parish from 1870 to 1884. Died, November 29th, 1918. “Moreover, it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful.” —I. Cor., IV., 2. The inscription on the brass plate below the second window reads:- This window and a tablet in the nave were erected to the glory of God and in ever grateful memory of those who fell in the Great War, 1914-1918. "Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends.”—St. John XV.,13. The inscription on the oak tablet is as follows: "This tablet, and a window in the chancel were erected to the glory of God and in ever grateful memory of those connected with Holy Trinity Church and parish who fell in the Great War, 1914-1918". Below are given the names of 99 [sic] men. In his sermon the Bishop said it was a striking testimony to the record his father left behind him that nearly 36 years after had left the parish they should erect a window to his memory. Both windows were unveiled and dedicated at the morning service; and, to the strains of the "Last Post,” sounded by three buglers of the 7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters, the tablet was dedicated in the evening. In his evening sermon the Bishop, who served as a chaplain in France, said the knowledge that by their efforts the homes of England were being preserved from devastation and destruction, formed the great ideal which animated the men. These 99 [sic] men had done their task, and to those who were left was given the work of seeing that the great aims which nerved them in their task, and for which, in the end, they gave their lives, did not fail of achievement'. www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001897/19200913/211/0008
  • Nottingham Journal, Wednesday 7th April 1920 (page 6) reported: 'RECORD COLLECTIONS. MEMORIAL WINDOW PROPOSED AT HOLY TRINITY, NOTTINGHAM. Of a total of £1,705 2s. 2d. raised at Holy Trinity Church, Nottingham, during the past year, it was stated at yesterday's vestry meeting (the Rev. Percy Holbrook presiding) that the collections of £602 constituted a record and were £33 up on the year, notwithstanding the fact that there were six fewer Sundays in the accounts. Analysing the receipts, the Vicar explained that the chief sources of revenue included £442 for the maintenance of the clergy, £241 19s 9d. for current church expenses, £423 for foreign missions, £106 for day and Sunday schools, and £76 for parochial agencies. Mr. J. Robinson was again nominated as vicar's warden, and Mr. G. Bowring was re-elected people’s warden. It was decided to apply for facilities to erect two memorial windows in the church - one to the men who had fallen in the war and one to Dean A. Smith, of St. David's, Wales, former vicar of the parish. In addition to the war window the vicar mentioned that an oak tablet would bear the engraved names of every man who had made the supreme sacrifice from Holy Trinity'. www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001897/19200407/144/0006
  • www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/251811/

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