Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- Fenland
- Town
- Wisbech
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3464
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Current location
The stained glass panel is suspended in the west window of the church; the associated plaque bearing the names of the fallen is on the adjoining wall.
St Peter and St Paul Church
Church Terrace
Wisbech
Fenland
Cambridgeshire
PE13 1BL
England
OS Grid Ref: TF 46284 09544
Denomination: Church of England
- Previous locations
- Barton School
Barton Rd
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Barton School
- Description
- Two-light stained glass window, depicting St George, with associated arch-topped marble tablet bearing the names of the fallen beneath a carving of St George slaying the dragon. A smaller tablet hangs below, recording the identity of the headmaster who erected the memorial.
- Inscription
- Window: St George. He endured, as seeing him that is invisible / Dedicated by Old Boys of Barton School to the honoured memory of th e/ Bartonians who gave their lives for Justice and Right in the Great War, 1914-1918. Memorial tablet: DEDICATED BY THE "OLD BOYS" / OF THE BARTON SCHOOL, / TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN LOVING AND HONOURED / MEMORY OF THE BARTONIANS. / (names) / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / FOR JUSTICE AND RIGHT / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. Associated tablet: IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF / JAMES WEST STANTON . M.A. / (CHURCHWARDEN) / FOR MANY YEARS HEADMASTER OF THE / WISBECH BARTON SCHOOL / WHOSE LAST GENEROUS ACT OF DEVOTION TO HIS PUPILS / WAS THE ERECTION OF THE ABOVE MEMORIAL.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aubin, T Stanley
Blake, W L
Bodger, Wm
Brooks, Leonard W
Bruce, Nigel
Burgis, Edward
Burks, Jack
Chapman, Fred
Chivers, J G
Clarke, Fred
See details for all 42 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 42
Served and returned: 0
Died: 42
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename, initials
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: depth 60mm, height 1470mm, width 730mm
Materials: Marble - White - Window
Measurements: height C 2700mm, width C 1450mm
Materials: Stained Glass - Tablet
Measurements: height C 250mm, width C 400mm
Materials: Marble
- Tablet
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
Details: James West Stanton (former headmaster of Barton School) - Responsibility
- Parish council
- Reference
- BAK6
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