Cartoon for Stained Glass Window 1914-18 Trinity Methodist

Trinity Wesleyan Methodist Church, Whitley Road, Whitley Bay, North Tyneside. NE26 2NA. NZ 35885 72002

St John’s Methodist Church, Ilfracombe Gardens, Whitley Bay, NE26 3ND NZ 35013 72565

1914-18

On window :
In loving memory
of the sons of this
Church who gave their lives
in the Great War
1914-1918.

On casket :
Memorial window
(1914-1918)
in Trinity Methodist Church Whitley Bay
which was destroyed by enemy action
August 28th 1940.
Sealed in this casket are fragments
of the original glass
June 26th 1949.

Cartoon 26 inches high x 16 inches wide (660mm x 416mm) of the stained glass window.

The window was of a single light, with tracery which divided it into five panels.

In the oculus is God as king, with minor lights to right and left containing the Greek letters “Alpha” and “Omega”.

The main five panels have at centre top Christ on the cross.

Below, and dominating the window, is an angel, whose arms and wings spread across the panels to right and left; he is holding broken chains.

Above him are two angels supporting a scroll bearing the words “There shall be no more death”.

At the top of the outer four panels are angels.

At bottom left is St. George, beneath the words “The Lord God is my strength”.

Bottom right is a knight, beneath the words “Thine O Lord is the Victory”.

Bottom centre left are an artist, a fisherman and a scholar, gazing up at the angel, with a fishing boat and buildings in the background.

Bottom centre right are a king, a child, and the Virgin Mary? also gazing up at the angel.

The dedication and names are carried right across the bottom, written in black Roman capitals.

Below is a casket which bears pieces of this window. The story is told on a brass plate on the front of the casket in sans serif capitals.

See Whitley Bay W84.28.

Photos of cartoon and casket: J. Maughan

John Maughan

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