Memorial details

Memorial type
Window
District
Barrow In Furness
Town
Barrow-in-Furness
County
Cumbria
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 25 June 1922
    Attended by: Rev A. J. W. Crosse BA CBE TD
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
4105

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Current location

North Wall
St James' Church
Blake Street/Hartington Street junction
Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow In Furness
Cumbria
LA14 5SN
England

OS Grid Ref: SD 19467 69935
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
There are 2 parts to this memorial- (1) The 2 light stained glass window which has 2 brass plaques below it (the lower dedicatory plaque is on a wooden backboard). The window is a general memorial with no names on. The names are on a separate memorial- the wooden panelling in the chancel- WMA 67385. (2) The nearby combined WW1 and WW2 Roll of Honour which is calligraphy on paper in a glazed wooden frame. The date of this is unknown. The original WW2 memorial (installed in 1952), now lost, was a shrine formed by removal of 5 pews below WW1 memorial, enclose that space with curtains, place carpet on floor and beneath the WW1 window a Book of Remembrance in a glass topped oak case .
Inscription
Roll of Honour- IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF/THE MEN OF THE/PARISH AND CONGREGATION OF/SAINT JAMES, BARROW IN FURNESS/WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE/GREAT WARS 1914-18 & 1939-1945/ REMEMBER THEM O LORD FOR GOOD,AND SEEING/THEY COUNTED NOT THEIRLIVES DEAR UNTO THEM NOR/SOUGHT TO SAVE THEM, MAY THE SACRIFICE OF HIM/WHO LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS AVAIL FOR THEM/MAY THEY REST IN PEACE AND BE WITH CHRIST WHICH/IS FAR BETTER/ 1914-18/ [Names in 2 colums]/ 1939-45/[Names in 2 columns] Window -1914-18/LORD GOD OF HOSTS BE WITH US YET Brass 1- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN COMRADES 1914-1918/”LEST WE FORGET” Brass 2-AS A THANK OFFERING TO ALMIGHTY GOD/FOR THEIR SAFE RETURN THIS WINDOW/WAS GIVEN BY THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH/AND PARISH WHO SERVED OVERSEAS/IN THE GREAT WAR. DEDICATED BY THE REV AJW CROSSE BA CBE TD SOMETIME/VICAR OF THIS PARISH 25 JUNE 1922
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Anderson, Af Dal
Atkinson, Bernard
Bagot, Jack
Ballantyne, John
Ballany, Fred
Barnes, Oswald J
Beck, Wilfred
Bellingall, Richard
Bennett, John Frederick
Benson, Kenneth
See details for all 62 names
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 43
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 43
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname,forename
    Order of information: Undefined
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 19
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 19
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, forename
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Window
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stained Glass
  • Plaque
    Measurements: depth 5 mm, height 100 mm, width 1060 mm
    Materials: Brass
  • Plaque
    Measurements: depth 5 mm, height 255 mm, width 470 mm
    Materials: Brass
  • Backboard
    Measurements: depth 30 mm, height 310 mm, width 540 mm
    Materials: Wood
  • Roll of honour
    Measurements: depth 5 mm, height 450 mm, width 610 mm
    Materials: Paper
  • Frame
    Measurements: depth 10 mm, height 585 mm, width 755 mm
    Materials: Wood, Glass
Listing information
Condition
History
All the windows were blown out except the WW1 memorial window, in the Barrow Blitz of WW2 when the building sustained severe damage. The memorial window escaped unscathed.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Reference
  • LNS INDEX 21
  • WW2 faculty is document reference BPR 23/C/5/10 at Barrow Record Office
  • WW1- faculty is document reference BPR 23/C/5/2 at Barrow Record Office. This is dated 1924, 2 years after the memorial was installed, yet the faculty gives slightly different wording!!

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