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Stained Glass Window 1914-18 St. Mary

Reference

S34.01

Place

SLALEY

Map ref

NY 973578

Original Location

St. Mary the Virgin Church. In west end of nave.

Which war

Undated, but 1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled September 1921.

Memorial Description

Stained glass window of a single light. At the centre top is Christ triumphant, surrounded at the top by angels, with saints below these and at the bottom by men and women in uniforms, representing soldiers through the ages. The inscription is carried in a panel at the bottom of the window.

Inscription

To the glory of God and in proud
and sorrowing memory of five of my gallant friends
Capt. R.F. Guthrie; Capt. F.C. Lemmey; Capt. C.M. Joicey;
Capt. J.E. Ross; Capt. R.R. Jackson.
who gave their lives for their King and Empire and that the present
and future generations of England might live as a free nation.
This window is erected to the above, and in the hope
that it will remind us who are living that God and the Empire
stand now as then before all even unto death.

Names

5 names and ranks.
See above

Who commissioned

Captain Lindsay Hunting

English Heritage Listing

In Grade II Listed Building

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

A.L. Moore and Sons.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: Phil Thirkell, Tony Harding

A Slaveleia Miscellany Elizabeth Mason, 1986, page 38 (Photocopy on file).

Hexham Courant 27/09/1996 reports unveiling in feature 75 years ago

Diocese of Newcastle Faculty No.717, 11/12/1920

Research acknowledgements

Janet Brown; Sally Bird; P. Thirkell; Northumberland County Council; C.N. Dallison; Tony Harding

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