
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- Chesterfield
- Town
- Chesterfield
- County
- Derbyshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- MESSRS PEARSONS POTTERIES OF CHESTERFIELD (Manufacturer)
K BIDEL (Artist)
Henry Holiday (Designer) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 20th April 1924
Attended by: Mrs E D Swanwick - Dedicated
Date: 20th April 1924
Attended by: Undefined - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1461
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Current location
The window is in the east wall and the plaque is mounted on the north wall
Unitarian Chapel
Elder Yard
Chesterfield
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S40 1UX
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 38323 71248
Denomination: Unitarian
- Description
- Circular stained glass window with a figure representing the Parable of the Sower surrounded by a border of acanthus leaves. Two nowy-headed bronze wall plaques mounted on a common oaken backboard with a copper shelf for the placement of tributes. Each plaque has a raised border of laurel leaves, a circular laurel wreath at the head and an inscriptions in raised upright capital roman lettering.
- Inscription
- Left-hand plaque: THE ROUND WINDOW ABOVE / THE ALTAR WAS ERECTED / TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN PROUD AND LOVING / MEMORY OF THE MEN OF / THIS CONGREGATION WHO / FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / (Names) / "GREATER LOVE HATH NON MAN THAN THIS" Right-hand plaque: THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED / TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN PROUD AND LOVING / MEMORY OF THE MEN OF / THIS CONGREGATION WHO / FELL IN THE SECOND / WORLD WAR / 1939-1945 / (Names) / AND THEY - THE KNIGHTS OF GOD / SHALL SEE HIS GLORY
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adlington, Christopher
Barnes, Edmund
Bond, Noel
Bucknall, Harold
Burcher, John E
Burrows, Albert
Goodwin, Frederick
Goodwin, George E
Green, Alfred Louis
Johnson, Ralph
See details for all 23 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Shelf
Measurements: depth 110mm, height 25mm, width 970mm
Materials: Copper - Backboard
Measurements: depth 30mm, height 1080mm, width 1040mm
Materials: Wood - Oak - Plaques / Panels with names
Measurements: depth 20mm, height 850mm, width 475mm
Materials: Bronze - Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stained Glass
- Shelf
- 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 - Reference
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