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Stained Glass Window Blunt 1918 St. Barnabas

Reference

B154.05

Place

BURNMOOR

Map ref

NZ 310515

Original Location

St. Barnabas� Church, Chester Road DH4 6EU.
In west wall of south aisle.

Which war

1914-18

Memorial Description

Stained glass window of a single light 7 feet high x 1 foot 3 inches wide (2.133 m x 381 mm) featuring an angel with a harp at the top above a scene of David slaying the fallen Goliath. The dedication is at the foot of the window, using Roman capitals throughout.

Inscription

To the glory of God and in loving
memory of Frederick Blunt, Private,
West Yorkshire Regt. born 31st Dec. 1898
Killed in action in France 28th June 1918.
Erected by his father and mother.

Names

See above.

Who commissioned

Parents

Notes

1. CWGC gives his date of death as 1919, not 1918 although the Headstone schedules read 1918.

2. He is remembered at Burnmoor on B154.01 B154.06 and at Chester-le-Street on C105.14

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: C. Sanders; David Sloan; James Pasby

The Story of Burnmoor Church, County Durham (Thomas Westgarth, FCIS, 1948)

External web link

The CWGC entry for Private Blunt

Durham at War

Research acknowledgements

Dorothy Hall; C. Sanders; David Sloan

Research In Progress

Paul Robson researches all things Burnmoor Contact pr.burnmoor@hotmail.com

David Sloan is researching the names on this memorial. Contact: david.sloan@btinternet.com

Stained Glass Window Blunt 1918 St. Barnabas (B154.05)

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