Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- Lambeth
- Town
- Kennington
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 11th December 1927
Attended by: GEN. THE HON. SIR HERBERT LAWRENCE KCB - Dedicated
Date: 11th December 1927
Attended by: Rev Dr Darlington - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 12178
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Current location
St Marks Church
Kennington Oval
Kennington
Lambeth
Greater London
SE11 5SW
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 308 777
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- STAINED GLASS WINDOW WITH FOUR FIGURES: TWO TRAM DRIVERS IN DIFFERENT UNIFORMS AND TWO SAINTS. INSCRIPTION AT BASE.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF OUR GALLANT COMRADES/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ SEEK THE LORD AND HIS STRENGTH; SEEK HIS FACE EVERMORE/ AH THE LONG ROAD AND YOU ARE FAR AWAY/ SO CLOTHED ABOUT WITH PERFECT LOVE THE ETERNAL END SHALL/ FIND US ONE/ GOOD NIGHT TRUE MOTHER HERE, GOOD MORROW THERE!/ PRESENTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE LONDON COUNTY OLD/ COMRADES ASSOCIATION AND BY THE GENEROSITY OF/ GEORGE HARVEY ESQ. MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR KENNINGTON, AND OTHER FRIENDS 1927.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stained Glass
- Window
- 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
- History
- ? LOST AS A RESULT OF BOMBING IN WW2
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- The Times 12 DEC. 1927, unveiling by Gen Sir Herbert Lawrence of a stained glass window to London County Council tramwaymen killed in the Great War.
- Tramway Review No.186 (Summer 2001) Review of E G H Bristow: 'St Marks Kennington Tramways Brotherhood. A short 1904 to 1914. (Par: author)
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