Memorial to Private George Wallace Jackson, Carlton in Lindrick

A memorial commemorating the death in the First World War of Private George Wallace Jackson.

MATERIALS: stone statue on a stone pedestal, square in plan, rising from a single stage base.

DESCRIPTION: the monument stands in the churchyard of the Grade I listed Church of St John the Evangelist. It takes the form of a stone statue of an infantryman in uniform with his pack, standing on the moulded top of a tall pedestal. The infantryman’s head, right hand, and his rifle, are missing. The monument is enclosed by rails carried on four corner posts.

The dedicatory inscription to the front face of the pedestal reads: TO THE/ GLORIOUS MEMORY OF/ PTE GEORGE,/ WALLACE JACKSON./ 2/5 SHERWOOD FORESTERS./ WHO FELL IN ACTION IN FRANCE/ MARCH 21ST 1918,/ AGED 22 YEARS./ “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY/ DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS/ FRIENDS.”/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS/ ERECTED BY HIS SORROWING/ MOTHER.

To one side of the pedestal an additional inscription reads: IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF A DEAR WIFE & MOTHER/ CHARLOTTE E./ PADLEY/ WIDE OF WM PADLEY/ WHO DEPARTED THIS/ LIFE APRIL 13TH 1926/ AGED 64 YEARS./ "WE MOURN THE LOSS OF/ HER WE LOVED,/ AND DID OUR BEST TO SAVE,/ BELOVED IN LIFE/ REGRETTED GONE,/ REMEMBERED IN THE/ GRAVE."

The inscription is in applied metal letters.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 27 February 2018.