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St Ann's Nottingham - Parish and Congregation

On Sunday 19th June 1921, according to the Nottingham Evening Post a day later, ‘the church of St Ann’s, Nottingham, was filled to its utmost capacity... when a crowded congregation gathered to acknowledge the debt due to the 300 (sic) men of the parish who gave their lives in the defence of their country during the war, and to take part in the ceremony (led by municipal leaders and clergy) of unveiling a handsome memorial of oak panelling which has been erected round the chancel.’ This report, along with the recently unearthed photograph appearing here, confirms that St Ann’s officially recorded total of Great War fatalities was 301 rather than 387 cited on the 1921 St Mary’s, Lace Market plaque. The remainder it seems were allocated to a separate memorial, standing at the junction of Woodthorpe Drive and Plains Road, Mapperley, for the parish of St Jude (since 1877 a daughter church of St Ann). David Nunn

Identified casualties 300 people
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