 The ancient church of St Lawrence in the village of Thornton Curtis is home to the parish's war memorials.
Note: The chuch was undergoing restoration work in October and November 2009.
As you enter the church, the Second World War stone memorial tablet and the hand-written First World War roll of honour can be found mounted on the wall to the left of the door. The white marble First World War memorial can be found mounted on the wall to the right of the door. While the memorial is in good condition, the church wall behind it is a poor state of repair.
FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIAL
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL
MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING MEN
OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1914
Charles William Carlile
Fred Drury Carlile
Moses Cant
Harold Clayton
Reginald Bertram Talbot Cliff
Frederick Dixon
John William Goddard
Henry Thorpe Goddard
Charles William Howson
Albert Parker
Albert Stephenson
Fred Stephenson
Arthur Wilson
FIRST WORLD WAR ROLL OF HONOUR
The Roll of Honour is framed and hangs on the wall to the left of the entrance as you come into the church. The names are written in ink and arranged in three columns.
Thonton Curtis
Roll of Honour
The Great War 1914-1915
Reginald Bertram Talbot Cliff
Robert Stainton Fieldsend
George Cully
George West
William West
Frederick Pinider
Robert William Osgerby
Edwin Harrison Davey
John Harrison Davey
Albert Shepherdson
Frederick Shephardson
Harold Shephardson
Michael Bush
William Alfred Howson
George Henry Tomlinson
Charles William Tomlinson
Walter Sydney Carlise
Henry Thorpe Goddard
Jesse Sellars
William Arthur Odlin
Herbert Thompson
William Turner
John Wiles
Charles Henry Curtis
Charles Bratton Riggall
Charles William Howson
Herbert Brumfield
Arthur Cant
John Major
Arthur Dixon
Frederick Dixon
Charles William Carlile
Harold Clayton
Herbert Cant
Thomas Mumby
Bertram Thomas La Bert
Henry Smith
George Francis Alexander
Thomas William Harrison
Thomas Reed
Fred Drury Carlile
William Woollas
Arthur Wilson
Albert Stephenson
John William Goddard
Richard Thompson
Frederick Wm Clark
Francis Wm Prentice
Albert Parker
James Grundy
Frederick Thompson
John Edward Osgerby
Thomas Riby
George Barnett
Ernest Arthur Thompson
George Burnett
Peter Edwin Taylor
Percy Sellars
George Everatt Clayton
Thomas Riby
George Barnett
Ernest Arthur Thompson
George Burnett
Peter Edwin Taylor
Percy Sellars
George Everatt Clayton
Frank Hodson
Moses Cant
Thomas Woodliffe
William Hodson
Arhur Ellerby
Edwin Dove
William Altoft
Charles Skipworth
George Howson
Arthur Veal
Arthur Parker
Harry Hodson
UNDERLINED - MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE.
SECOND WORLD WAR MEMORIAL
 To the glory of God
and in proud and grateful
memory of the following men
of this parish who have their
ives in the great war
1939-1945
Philip William Brocklesby
Tom Charnley Cook
Ernest Mosey
Horace Rowntree
Harry Joseph Sellars
THE WOODEN MEMORIAL BOARDS
Resting in a window in the in the north wall are two wooden memorials - one for the First World War and the other for the Seond World War. The inscriptions and names are identical to the wall-mounted memorials. Were these the original memorials, later replaced by ones made of more permanent materials?
SECOND WORLD WAR ROLL OF HONOUR
When I was last in the churcc, I couldn't find the Second World War roll of honour. For completeness, I include the names nonetheless. Can anyone tell me where this has gone?
Members of Thornton Curtis Parish, served 1939-1945
Thomas Alexander
James Richard Birkett
Joan Kershaw Brocklesby
Phillip William Brocklesby
John Cook
Tom Charnley Cook
Michael John Harrison Davey
Cyril H Elton
Norman ?? Row (Frow??)
Ruby Kathleen Farrow
John William Gibson
Rosemary Gibson
Douglas Eric Green
Mary Anne Green
Edwin Harriman
Arthur William Hickson
Allen Frederick Holden
Arthur Howson
Thelma Moody
Ernest Mosey
Willialm Alfred Raines
Horace Rowntree
Harry Joseph Sellars
Charles Henry Simons
Derek Leslie Smith
William Smith
Rowland C Swan
George Richard Swift
Claude Tomlinson
Harold James Tuxford
Wallace William Tuxford
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