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Sturton Le Steeple - St Peter and St Paul's Church

Church Street, Sturton le Steeple. Stone cross outside St Peter and St Paul's church showing the 24 names of the parishioners who fell during the 'Great War'. Unveiled 2nd June 1921 by Capt. E.W.S. Foljambe, dedication by The Venerable The Archdeacon of Newark, Egbert Hacking, designed by Austin & Paley (of Lancaster) and made by A.O. Thoms (of Lancaster); brass plaque also inside church, unveiled 4th February 1920 by Sir Frederick Milner Historic information source(s): Retford Times, 10th June 1921 (cross) and 13th February 1920 (church plaque). The inscription on the memorial in the churchyard reads: 'To the honoured memory of the men of Sturton who fell in the Great War.' The names of two men, GH Warburton and P Warburton, who died in the Second World War have been added to one of the faces.

Identified casualties 24 people