On a November Sunday in 1918 the flag on St. Peter’s Church was flown at half mast. That afternoon a muffled peal was rung in honour of the village lads whose lives had been lost serving their King and Country.

Like many other communities residents collected money to commission a permanent monument. The result is the Scotter War Memorial, an obelisk of Portland Stone designed by Kenneth Eyre and built by Herbert Dorrington of Gainsborough. Situated on The Green in the centre of the village it was unveiled by Major Molson M.P. on 15th May 1921.  Reverend John Blew took the service and Scotter Brass Band, under the baton of Alfred Harsley, accompanied the singing.

The north face lists the thirteen villagers who sacrificed their lives in the Great War (1914 to 1918) while the other three sides show the names of eighty men who served in, and survived the conflict.  After the Second World War (1939 to 1945) eight more names were added to the Northern face to commemorate the Scotter men who had died.

In the autumn of 1983 the monument was refurbished by R. Wallace and Son of West Butterwick. Unfortunately mistakes were made when trying to read the names for re-engraving. Three errors on the north face were corrected in 2007 but there are still more on the other sides.

Conservation of this important monument is the responsibility of the Parish Council.

The following is dedicated to their memory and others with a connection to Scotter and Susworth.

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