Memorial details

Memorial type
Window
District
Basingstoke
Town
East Woodhay
County
Hampshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
21153

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Current location

ST MARTINS CHURCH
East Woodhay
Basingstoke
Hampshire
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 400 610
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
STAINED GLASS WINDOW DEPICTING KNIGHTLY FIGURE BEING CROWNED BY JESUS WITH ST MICHAEL KNEELING AT HIS FEET. ST MICHAEL HOLDS A LAUREL BRANCH. KNIGHT IS HOLDING OUT A SWORD. FIGURES ARE SHOWN IN A GARDEN AREA WITH TREES AND FLOWERS. INSCRIPTION AT BASE OF WINDOW WITHIN SCROLL-EFFECT. TOP THIRD OF THE WINDOW DEPICTS THREE WINGED ANGELS. BASE CORNERS OF WINDOW SHOW TWO EMBLEMS; BOTTOM LEFT IS SHIELD-SAPED, BOTTOM RIGHT IS A SCULL AND CROSSBONES.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF/ RONALD JAMES WALTER CARDEN, MAJOR 17TH LANCERS KILLED/ IN ACTION AT THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME WHEN GALLENTLY LEADING/ HIS BATTALION (16TH ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS) IN THE ASSAULT/ ON MAMETZ WOOD 10TH JULY 1916 THIS WINDOW IS/ DEDICATED BY HIS BROTHER AND SISTER
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Carden, Ronald James Walter
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    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,relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Window
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stained Glass
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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