Memorial Details
Memorial
Stained Glass Window N.F. Prisoners of War 1939-45 All Saints
Reference
R24.08
Place
ROTHBURY
Map ref
NU 057016
Original Location
All Saints' Church, in Memorial Chapel.
Which war
1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Dedicated Easter Day, 4th April 1947.
Memorial Description
Lancet window of single light made with plain glass. Half way down is the badge of the Northumberland Fusiliers. At the foot of the window is a small panel bearing the dedication, made by painting the background black and leaving the lettering in clear glass.
Materials used
Hand made antique plain glass with coloured badge.
Inscription
arms of the Northumberland Fusiliers, sometime prisoners-of
war in the Far East. In memory of Ernest Benjamin Lomas Hart,
killed in France; and of George Davison, Robert Laidler, Frederick
James Nixon, James Ormston, John Stewart and William H. Young
who died while Prisoners-of-War in the hands of the Japanese.
Names
7 full names, all from Northumberland Fusiliers. See above.
Who commissioned
Northumberland Fusiliers
Present condition
The colours in the badge are fading.
English Heritage Listing
In Grade II Listed Building
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
L.C. Evetts of Newcastle University, who made both windows and badge.
Notes
1. See also candlesticks R24.15
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Janet Brown
Diocese of Newcastle Faculty Book No. 1601, 07/11/1946
Diocese of Newcastle Faculty Book No. 1601, 07/11/1946
Research acknowledgements
J. Brown; P. Thirkell
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