The parish of St Peter, St Peter's Church, Church Lane, Ruddington NG11 6HA. WMA 27288 - This brass plaque is in St Peter's church and was donated by Captain FJ Ashworth of Ruddington Hall in 1921 (faculty dated 6 March 1920). It is 'an oak-framed brass tablet with an incised decorative border of oak leaves and acorns. A shield in the top left hand corner represents in four quarters: 1) the Major Oak (Nottinghamshire); 2) a spade, pickaxe and plumb line (a builder or a tradesman); 3) a hand-frame (the village framework knitting industry); 4) a golden sheaf (agriculture); and separating the quarters is the ‘cross raguly’ which is the coat of arms of the City of Nottingham.' Dedication: 'To the glory of God and in proud and undying memory of all Ruddington men who have fallen in the Great War 1914-1919 (names). The souls of the righteous are in the hand of god and there shall be no torment touch them for God proved them and found them worthy. Wisdom lll.l.5. This tablet is erected by Captain FJ Ashworth as a thank offering for mercies vouchsafed during the war.' (Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project). WMA 27282 -The cross is in a separate enclosure adjacent to the churchyard. The memorial was funded by public subscription and the land donated by Mr Sutton, the local butcher. The memorial was designed by Lt Col A Brewill, DSO VD TD FRIBA, architect and surveyor to Southwell Diocese. In 1881 he had been made a lieutenant in the Robin Hood Rifles, later the 7th (Robin Hood) Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters, and took command of the battalion on 31 July 1915. The memorial was unveiled on 19 May 1923 by the Duke of Portland, the Rev HT Hayman officiated. The memorial now also commemorates men who died in the Second World War and one from the Korean War. (Source: Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project). There is also a tablet to two of the church's bellringers, Ernest Oliver and George Grice: 'In memory of our fellow bell-ringers who fell in the Great War 1914-1918. Their works liveth for evermore.' (WMA recording form completed December 2012). There is also a framed Roll of Honour, which includes military details, in the muniment room above the south porch (WMA 17282).