Cotgrave War Memorial

A First World War memorial, built 1920.

MATERIALS: Stonecliffe stone and bronze.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands on raised ground in the churchyard extension of the Grade I listed parish church of All Saints, at the corner of Plumtree Road and Scrimshire Lane. The memorial has a base of three steps surmounted by a square plinth supporting a cross of octagonal section. A bronze sword and wreath are mounted on the front face of the tapering shaft of the cross.

Two bronze plaques are mounted on the front face of the square plinth. The inscription on the uppermost plaque in raised lettering reads: TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF / THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. The names of 12 parishioners are given followed by the quotation: “BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND / I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE.” An inscription on the south face of the plinth adds the name of Pte Walter Henstock who died in the month preceding the unveiling of the memorial. The lower bronze plaque has an inscription in raised lettering beginning with the dates 1939-1945 followed by the names of four parishioners whose lives were lost, and the words: BE YE ALSO FAITHFUL.