Carillon Bell Inscriptions

 

THE GIFT OF
WILLIAM AND ELLEN JOHNSTONE
IN MEMORY OF
LIEUT. FREDERICK RAMSEY WALKER
M.C., M.M. LEGION D'HONNEUR
2ND A. & S.H.

 

THE GIFT OF
THE DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES
OF
THOS. CLARKE & SONS (CLARDYE) LTD.
IN MEMORY OF
CLARKE, HILARY C.
FISHER, FREDK. A.
LEAVESLEY, E. ARTHUR.
PEAKE, ALBERT.
MILLER, ARTHUR.
KNIGHT, GEO.
STEVENSON, ARTHUR.

  

THE GIFT OF
THE WIDOW AND 7TH SON OF JOHN HINKLEY
IN MEMORY OF
DOUGLAS ROY HINKLEY
(THEIR SON AND BROTHER)

 

THE GIFT OF THE MOTHER
OF
LIEUT. A.W.H. PURNELL

 

THE GIFT OF
THE PROPRIETOR AND EMPLOYEES OF
TOWLE AND CO
AND IN MEMORY OF
C.S.M. WALTER SELLARS 6TH LEICESTERS
SERGT JOHN HENRY LAWTON

 

THE GIFT OF
ALBERT AND CLARA CHAPMAN
IN MEMORY OF THEIR SON
ARTHUR DONALD CHAPMAN
SEC. LIEUT. 1ST 5TH NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGT.

 

GIVEN BY
CHARLES & FLORENCE WIGHTMAN
IN MEMORY OF
LIEUT. JOHN F. WIGHTMAN R.A.F.
KILLED IN ACTION 4 SEPT. 1917
AGED 18

 

THE GIFT OF
THE DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES
OF
HANFORD & MILLER LIMITED
AND IN MEMORY OF
WILLIAM SUTTON

THE GIFT OF THE WORK PEOPLE
OF THE
NOTTINGHAM MANUFACTURING CO. LIMITED
IN MEMORY OF
THEIR FELLOW-WORKERS WHO MADE THE GREAT SACRIFICE
GEORGE RANDAL ANGRAVE, JOSEPH EDWARD JOHNSON
THOMAS ANGRAVE, BERNARD KIDGER
CHARLES BLASDALE, CHARLES WILLIAM KIRK
JOHN EDWARD CLARKE, JAMES WILLIAM MELLORS
EDWARD HENRY GENEVER, WALTER MURDOCK
ALFRED WILLIAM GREEN, WILLIAM RAYSON
LEONARD GIBSON HAGUE, CECIL EDWARD SCREATON
JAMES IVOR HOLROYD, FREDERICK ROBERT SPENCER
FRANK HUECK, JOHN WALDRON
JOSEPH HENRY WOOD

 

THE GIFT OF THE SONS OF
WILLIAM AND ANN MOSS
THIRD MAYOR AND MAYORESS OF THIS BOROUGH.
TWO OF WHOSE GRANDSONS
HOWARD JAMES HARDING MOSS
(2ND LIEUT. 5TH LEICESTERS)
AND
GERALD ALEC MOSS
(2ND LIEUT. 2ND MANCHESTERS)
FELL IN THE GREAT WAR.

 

THE GIFT OF
THE HOSIERY AND ALLIED TRADES
OF LOUGHBOROUGH
IN MEMORY OF
THEIR FELLOW WORKMEN
GEORGE HENRY BRADSHAW, HERBERT KNIGHT
DOUGLAS BRYAN, WILLIAM MOORHOUSE
ALBERT COULSON, THOMAS PALMER
FRANK COULSON, JAMES SMITH
ARTHUR DUNN, WALTER SMITH
HERBERT GOULDEN, JOHN WAIN
JOHN HARVEY, ARTHUR WILSON
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR.

 

PREPARATION FOR THIS TOWER AND CARILLON WAS COMMENCED
IN THE YEAR 1919
ERECTION WAS COMPLETED IN THE YEAR 1923
THE FOLLOWING MAYORS HELD OFFICE DURING THAT PERIOD:-
1919 WALTER WILLIAM COLTMAN, M.B.E.
1920 - 1921 WILLIAM FREDERICK CHARLES
1922 ARTHUR ERNEST ARMSTRONG
1923 WILFRED MOSS C. B. E.
ARCHITECT WALTER TAPPER F.R.I.B.A.
BUILDERS WILLIAM MOSS & SONS LIMITED
BELLFOUNDERS JOHN TAYLOR &CO
HONORARY CAMPANOLOGIST WILLIAM WOODING STARMER F.R.A.M.
HONORARY SECRETARY RICHARD SPRIGGS
£50 WAS GIVEN TO THE COST OF THIS BELL
BY J.W. AND GERTRUDE GIBBS
IN MEMORY OF
SERGEANT ARTHUR FREDERICK PALMER
AND
LANCE CORPORAL EDWIN PALMER
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR

 

PRYCE & GWEN
IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY
OF HIS THREE NEPHEWS
KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE
JOHN WILLIAM TAYLOR COURCELETTE 1916
GERARD BARDSLEY TAYLOR ST. QUENTIN 1918
ARNOLD BRADLEY TAYLOR CONTALMAISON 1916
SONS OF JOHN WILLIAM TAYLOR (1853 - 1919)
GRANDSONS OF JOHN WILLIAM TAYLOR (1827 - 1906)
EDMUND DENISON TAYLOR
THE FOUNDER OF THESE BELLS
GIVES THIS THE LARGEST
1923


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