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The Sherwood Foresters

St Peter's Church on St Peter's Square in Nottingham is home to a memorial to the Sherwood Foresters. The plaque is located on the south side of the external wall of St Peter's Tower. It refers to the Sherwood Foresters regiment memorial on Crich Hill and carries the regimental badge at its head. The memorial is in a conservation area.

In 2002, War Memorials Trust gave £250 towards works to steam clean the plaque, clean up any areas of corrosion with pencil jet, repatination and the application of a protective coat of wax.

The plaque was originally at street level when the west gate of the churchyard led to Albert Street. It was moved to its current site in 1967.

The inscription reads:

"On Crich Hill a monument is erected
in memory of
11,409 of all ranks of
the Sherwood Foresters
(Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
who gave thier lives
for their King and their country
in the Great War 1914 - 1919
whose names
are recorded with gratitude and love in a 
Book of Remembrance
deposited in the Castle Museum 
in this City:
and also in honour of
all teir comrades who gloriously served in
32 Battalions of the same Regiment
to the number of 
140,000.

Also 
1939 - 45"

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM762
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 38837

If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org

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