Nottingham Journal, Monday 5th May 1924 (page 5) reported: HONOUR TO FALLEN. MEMORIAL TO 320 EMPLOYEES OF MESSRS. BOOTS. In memory of the 320 employees of the Nottingham branches of Boots, the Chemists, who gave their lives in the war, two tablets were erected in the pavilion on the Boots' Athletic Ground, Lady Bay. These were unveiled on Saturday by the Rev. H. T Hayman, M.A. (late Chaplain of the Robin Hoods), who, in his address, said that these occasions always brought to his mind the great idea of unselfishness. Several of the fallen, he said, were prepared, and when the war came they willingly offered themselves for their country without thought for themselves. World peace, he concluded, was wanted by everyone, but such a state could not be brought about unless people lived in harmony in their domestic lives'. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001898/19240505/059/0005

Nottinghamshire Heritage Gateway article (by Sophie Clapp) re Boots buildings states of the Pavilion: 'W200 Lady Bay Sports Grounds/Athletic Club: Canal Side, Lady Bay, West Bridgford, Nottingham. Ground acquired in 1900 to provide a ports ground for the Boots Athletics Club; Freehold purchased 1920 for £5,700 including some cottages. Pavilion constructed 1922 and more land bought 1926 for £5,800. Pavilion extended 1953. Some land and cottages sold to Trent River Board for £650 7 Aug 1957'. http://www.nottsheritagegateway.org.uk/themes/boots/bootsstructural.htm

Biographical details of the casualties can be found at https://secure.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/RollOfHonour/WarMemorials/Details/644