Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- Manchester
- Town
- Victoria Park
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1922
Attended by:
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 18584
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Current location
Westernmost window of the south wall of the Anson Chapel
St John Chrysostom Church
Anson Road
Victoria Park
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M14 5SF
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 85591 95654
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- STAINED GLASS WINDOW. CENTRE LIGHT DEPICTS A CALVARY IN A RUINED RURAL LOCATION WITH A MOUNTED SOLDIER AND A WOUNDED SOLDIER. CITY OF MANCHESTER ARMS BELOW. LEFT LIGHT DEPICTS ANGEL HANDING SWORD TO KNEELING MAN. SPHINX (REGIMENTAL BADGE) BELOW. RIGHT LIGHT DEPICTS ENTRANCE TO A TOMB WITH ANGEL OF RESURRECTION. CROWN, WREATHS AND PALM AND OAK BELOW.
- Inscription
- (ACROSS THE BASE OF ALL THREE LIGHTS): IN EVERY GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE HEROIC/ DEAD OF THIS PARISH WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES ON/ THE ALTAR OF SERVICE IN THE GREAT WAR (LEFT LIGHT): GO FORTH IN THE NAME OF THE LORD THY GOD/ YPRES 1915 1916 (CENTRE LIGHT): IS IT NOTHING TO YOU, ALL YE THAT PASS?/ GALLIPOLI, EGYPT, SINAI (RIGHT LIGHT): 1914 TO 1919/ SOMME 1917 + 1918
- 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
- Anson Chapel Stained Glass Window
- WMO ID: 236259
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 18-04-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
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