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Memorial details

Memorial type
Window
District
Huntingdon
Town
Huntingdon
County
Cambridgeshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Maker
C E Kempe & Co Ltd (Manufacturer)
MR WALTER ERNEST TOWER (Designer)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 1920
    Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
288

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Current location

All Saints Church
High Street
Huntingdon
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE29 3LL
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 23776 71844
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
STAINED GLASS WINDOW DEPICTING THE TREE OF LIFE WITH NUMEROUS SAINTS AND IMAGES. DEDICATORY TABLET SET WITHIN A CARVED WOODEN FRAME IS PLACED ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE NAVE. TOP: MONOGRAM OF THE NAME OF JESUS BRANCHES OF THE TREE: THE SAINTS AND MARTYRS WHO DIED FOR GOD AND CHRIST. THEY ARE ST MARTIN SYMBOLISING THE ALLIES, ST GEORGE, ST OSWALD, ST EDMUND, ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, ST FELICITAS SYMBOLISING THOSE WHO DIED THROUGH WRONGS WORSE THAN DEATH IN WAR OR WHO HAD SUFFERED THE LOSS OF LOVED ONES, ST DOROTHEA, THE MAID MARTYR SYMBOLISING THOSE GIRLS WHO ENDURED DEATH, TORTURE OR BEREAVEMENT, AND ST PANCRATIUS SYBOLISING THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES. BACKGROUND: VIEWS DEPICT THE PASSION AND THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF JESUS CHRIST BASE OF LIGHTS: ANGELS CARRY SCROLLS INSCRIBED WITH THE WORDS SPOKEN BY GOD TO ST JOHN THE DIVINE AS RECORDED IN THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS.
Inscription
TABLET: + TO THE GLORY OF GOD +/ THE EAST WINDOW OF THIS CHURCH AND/ THIS TABLET HAVE BEEN OFFERED BY MANY/ WHOSE/ HOMES, LIBERTIES AND LIVES WERE/ PRESERVED THROUGH THE SACRIFICE OF THOSE WHO DIED AND THE DEVOTION OF/ THEIR COMRADES, IN REMEMBRANCE OF/ (NAMES)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ "THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US BOTH NIGHT AND DAY" I SAM XXV 16 WINDOW: BLESSED ARE THEY THAT DO HIS COMMANDMENTS, THAT THEY MAY HAVE RIGHT TO THE TREE OF LIFE, WHICH IS IN THE MIDST OF THE PARADISE OF GOD
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Atkins, E
Atkins, R G
Byatt, C J
Carter, G E
Childerhouse, F
Cox, W T
Craghill, C A
Doggett, G
Dyke, T
Farr, H F
See details for all 66 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 63
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 63
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Surname
    Order of information: Surname
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Window
    Measurements: height 3315 mm, width 57 mm
    Materials: Stained Glass
Listing information
Condition
Costs

Comments: The current glazing of the window was installed in 1920 and the estimated cost of glazing the window was £335.

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public

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