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Mansfield - St Mark's Church

St Mark's Church, Nottingham Road, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 1BP. Freestanding Calvary in the churchyard. Names on two faces, with a dedication on the third:
'God spared not his own son. 191401918. Remember with thanksgiving the faithful men and true who in years of war went forth from this place for God and the Right. The names of those who returned not again are here inscribed to be honoured evermore. RIP. For I sent you out with mourning and weeping but God wilt sive you to me again with joy and gladness.'
The memorial in Portland stone was the work of Messrs Bridgeman of Lichfield and was dedicated on 1 April 1920. A report of the service was published in the Mansfield Reporter, 2 April 1920.

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