Memorial details

Memorial type
Window
District
South Somerset
Town
Wincanton
County
Somerset
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
25107

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Current location

St Peter and St Paul Church
Church Street
Wincanton
South Somerset
Somerset
BA9 9EL
England

OS Grid Ref: ST 71110 28494
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Three-light stained glass window with tracery lights above it. Figures are in each light and inscription reads across the base. There are 12 names presented on each marble tablet that is set into ledge below each of the 'lights'. Figure of Christ on the Cross in the centre of the window. The raising of Lazarus is depicted in the left hand light and Christ giving the Crown of Life to a soldier is depicted in the right hand light.
Inscription
left light - THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN (...) right light - I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE/ along the bottom of the window the following text runs across the three lights - THIS WINDOW COMMEMORATES THE MEN OF WINCANTON WHO WERE NUMBERED AMONG THOSE/ WHO AT THE CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM ENDURED/ HARDNESS FACED DANGER AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN BY THE PATH OF/ DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE GIVING UP THEIR OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM/ (36 names)/ 1914 - 1919
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Alner, C
Cash, G S
Coombe, R
Cronin, G
Davis, H
Deane, W
Doughty, S
Dove, C
Dowding, W
Dyke, W B
See details for all 35 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 36
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 36
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank, forename initial, surname
    Order of information: rank, surname
Components
  • Window
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stained Glass
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Church authorities / Parochial Church Council (PCC)
Reference

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