Around the grounds of Crich Memorial Towers are memorials to men who died serving their country. They were serving with the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiments) and later, after amalgamations, the Worcestershire and Sherwood Forsters and now the Mercian Regiment. The memorials include names of men who have lost their lives in recent conflicts.
Note that the names of Crich men who were killed in the two World Wars are on the Roll of Honour and War Memorial at St Mary's Church.
Photos courtesy Peter Patilla
Information plaque at the Memorial Tower
Over the door:
TO THE MEMORY OF 11409 MEN OF ALL RANKS OF THE
SHERWOOD FORESTERS (NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND DERBYSHIRE
REGIMENT) WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND THEIR
COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914–1919 AND IN HONOUR
OF 140,000 OF THEIR COMRADES WHO SERVED DURING THE
WAR IN THIRTY TWO BATTALIONS
OF THE REGIMENT THIS
MONUMENT IS GREATFULLY ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE
COUNTIES OF NOTTINGHAM AND DERBY . TO REMIND US OF THEIR SACRIFICE AND OUR DUTY.
Plaque to the left of the entrance:
THIS MEMORIAL TOWER IS ALSO DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE OF THE SHERWOOD
FORESTERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE
SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY
FROM 1945 TO 1970
Plaque to the right of the entrance:
THIS MEMORIAL TOWER IS ALSO DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE OF THE
WORCESTERSHIRE AND SHERWOOD FORESTERS
REGIMENT WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN
THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY SINCE THE
FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT ON
28 FEBRUARY 1970
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND
IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE
1520 SHERWOOD FORESTERS WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR
OF 1939–45 & IN HONOUR OF
THEIR COMRADES WHO SERVED IN
THE 13 UNITS OF THE REGIMENT
"GENTLEMEN WE WILL STAND AND FIGHT"
(Le Cateau 1915)
TO THE EVERGLORIOUS MEMORY OF
THAT GREAT SOLDIER AND GENTLEMAN
GENERAL
SIR HORACE LOCKWOOD SMITH DORRIEN
G.C.B. G.C.M.G. D.S.O.
COLONEL OF THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS
(NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND DERBYSHIRE REGIMENT)
1905–1930
ERECTED AS A TOKEN OF LOVE
AND ESTEEM BY HIS COMRADES
OF THE REGIMENT IN WHICH
HE SERVED SO MANY YEARS. WHOEVER LEADS SUCH A LIFE
NEED NOT CARE UPON
HOW SHORT WARNING
IT BE TAKEN FROM HIM
IN MEMORY OF
BRIGADIER J H M HACKETT DSO OBE
24 MARCH 1912–19 FEBRUARY 1985
LAST COLONEL OF THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS 1965 – 1970
AND
FIRST COLNEL THE WORCESTERSHRE AND
SHERWOOD FORESTERS REGIMENT 1970–1972
IN MEMORY OF
COLONEL S L A CARTER OBE MC
13 JANUARY 1942–4 AUGUST 1999
PRESIDENT
THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS ASSOCIATION
1977–1985
Plaque on a seat
In Memory Of
HAROLD FELL
No 4986467
2nd Battalion
Sherwood Foresters
1919–1998
Two plaques on a seat
24095382 WO2 B.R.MEAD
SPEEDY 1WRF
IN MEMORY OF
LEW MEAD
FROM HIS FAMILY AND COMRADES
12th BTN THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS
1920–1992
Plaque on a seat
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
JOHN LESLIE BALL
1912–1997
Plaque on a seat
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
SAM AND BERTHA WALDRAM
ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS
Two plaques on a seat
JOSEPH E. KENWORTHY
1900–1939
8th BN SHERWOOD FORESTERS
1916–1953
JOSEPH E. KENWORTHY
1930–2005
8th BN SHERWOOD FORESTERS
1st BN ROYAL LEICSTERSHIRE REGIMENT
3rd BN WORCESTERSHIRE & SHERWOOD FORESTERREGIMENT
FOR ALL WHO SERVED 1970–2007
Memorial Wall for those killed after 1945
PALESTINE, KOREA, NORTHERN IRELAND, AFGHANISTAN
Memorial Wall left plaque
Memorial Wall centre plaque
Memorial Wall right plaque
To see a guide to Crich Stand with panoramic map: click here
To see the programme for the opening in 1923: click here
To see photographic history of the Memorial Tower: click here