Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- Purbeck
- Town
- Langton Matravers
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Placed
Date: 1919
Attended by:
- Placed
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26465
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Current location
On the north wall of the nave
St George's Church
St George's Close
Langton Matravers
Purbeck
Dorset
BH19 3NB
England
OS Grid Ref: SY 99828 78890
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Single-light window, with inscription incised into the sill. The window depicts a man in armour holding a sword, kneeling beside his shield (which bears the RAF crest and motto, 'Per Ardua ad Astra'); above him stands the figure of Jesus, holding a crown; above them are angelic figures, one of whom is holding a banner bearing a Biblical quote. (The maker's name is painted in the bottom-left corner of the window)
- Inscription
- Window: Be thou faithful unto me and/ I will give thee the Crown of Life [Quote from Bible; Revelation 2:10] Windowsill: IN MEMORY OF /PETER WOLFERSTAN RYLANDS/ BORN 9TH MAR 1899, KILLED FLYING 9TH AUG 1918
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Rylands, Peter Wolferston
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, surname, date of birth, manner/ date of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stained Glass - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Window
- Listing information
- PARISH CHURCH OF SAINT GEORGE
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- LT PETER WOLFERSTON RYLANDS (WINDOW)
- WMO ID: 97718
- Condition: Good [last updated on 05-06-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 20/11/1959: St George's Church was Grade II Listed (List Entry number 1120308)
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Responsibility
- Church of England
- Reference
- historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1120308?section=official-list-entry
- www.flickr.com/photos/8722328@N02/53584512252/in/photostream/
- Dorset Records Office: Ref PE-LAM/CW/2/3; Langton Matravers Parish; 'Bundle of faculties and minor faculties. 1908-1974': includes 'Design for a stained glass window by William Morris and Co Ltd n.d.' and 'Faculty for the Rylands memorial tablet 1919'. archive-catalogue.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/records/PE-LAM/CW/2/3
- www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/97718/
- www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2749448/peter-wolferstan-rylands/
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