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Papplewick - St James

St James' Church, Papplewick, Nottinghamshire, NG15 8FE. St James is now a united benfice with St Michael, Linby. Marble tablet giving details of the fallen of both Linby and Papplewick villages. There is an identical tablet in St Michael's Church at Linby. An article was published in the Mansfield Advertiser, 9 September 1921, describing the unveiling of the parish's war memorial, ‘Papplewick tribute to the Fallen: The little church of Papplewick was well filled on Sunday afternoon when Canon TG Barber (vicar of Hucknall) dedicated the alabaster tablet erected in memory of the fallen parishioners attached to Linby cum Papplewick. The Rev AS Reid (rector) also took part in the service in the course of which floral tributes were placed near the tablet by relations of the fallen soldiers' Source: Nottinghamshire Archives Ref 90.2, ‘A place like Papplewick’ (Vols 1-17). Vol. 16 Chronological and Miscellanea, 1334-1951, CJ Womble, 2002.

Identified casualties 12 people