Derby Daily Telegraph - 2 June 1938
NEW VICAR REV. W. W. H. NASH INDUCTED AT SHIRLEY
The Rev. W. W. H. Nash was inducted Vicar of Shirley at the Parish Church by the Archdeacon of Derby, the Rev. E. Spencer Noakes, assisted by the Bural Dean of Ashbourne, the Rev. R. VVheen. Mr. Nash, as announced in the "Telegraph" on Monday, succeeds the Rev. R. E. Coates, who retired from the benefice several months ago owing to ill health. The patron of the living, Earl Ferrers, attended the induction service, and others present included Canon H. E. FitzHerbert (secretary of the Bishop Derby's Appeal Fund), the Rev- A. E. Farrow and the Rev. E. R. Redfern (Ashbourne), the Rev, T. B. Brown (Brailsford). the Rev. E. Moretom (Cubley with-Marston Montgomery), the Bey. R. F. Borough (Bradbourne the Bey. O. E. Raven (Osmaston), and the Rev. C L. O'Ferral (Hognaston).