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Memorial details

Memorial type
Window
District
Coventry
Town
Coventry
County
West Midlands
Country
England
Commemoration
Crimean War (1853-1856)
Lost
Lost
WM Reference
17418

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  • LADY CHAPEL
    COVENTRY CATHEDRAL (RUINS)
    Coventry
    Coventry
    West Midlands
    England

    OS Grid Ref: SP 335 790
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
STAINED GLASS WINDOW WITH SEVEN LIGHTS, FOUR WITH TWO FIGURES IN THEM AND TRACERY ABOVE THEM. DEDICATORY BRASS PLAQUE IS BELOW THE WINDOW FIGURES OF ZACHARIAH, ISAIAH, JEREMIAH, EZEKIEL, DANIEL, MICAH, HOSEA AND OBADIAH REPRESENTED IN THE OUTER LIGHTS. THE CENTRAL LIGHTS REPRESENT THE ASCENSION OF JESUS WITH TWO ATTENDANT ANGELS AND ELEVEN APOSTLES AND THE VIRGIN MARY. IN THE TRACERY ARE ANGELS BEARING SHIELDS AND SCARED EMBLEMS, SCROLLS AND MONOGRAMS AND CHRIST SEATED IN GLORY
Inscription
WINDOW: I ASCEND TO MY FATHER AND YOUR FATHER, MY GOD AND YOUR GOD PLAQUE: TO THE HONOUR AND GLORY OF ALMIGHTY GOD, AND IN MEMORY OF THE COL THE HON. FRANCIS GROSVENOR HOOD, WHO COMMANDED THE GRENADIER GUARDS AT THE BATTLE OF ALMA SEPT 20 1854 AND FELL IN THE TRENCHES BEFORE SEVASTOPOL OCT 15 1854 AGED 45 / THIS WINDOW WAS ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF THIS CITY AND NEIGHBOURHOOD (EXACT LINE SPACING UNKNOWN)
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Window
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stained Glass
Condition
History
1940: THE MEMORIAL WAS LOST WHEN THE CHURCH WAS BOMBED
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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