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Memorial details

Memorial type
Window
District
Ashfield
Town
Kirkby In Ashfield
County
Nottinghamshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 22 June 1919
    Attended by: The Venerable Archdeacon Hacking, of Southwell, dedicated the memorial.
  • Unveiled
    Date: 22 June 1919
    Attended by: The Venerable Archdeacon Hacking, of Southwell, unveiled the memorial.
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
26903

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Current location

South wall of the nave.
St Wilfrids Church
Church Street
Kirkby In Ashfield
Ashfield
Nottinghamshire
NG17 8LA
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 49018 55838
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
A two-light stained glass window, and associated brass plaque beneath. In the upper section of the window, Jesus Christ is depicted (in the left light), blessing the kneeling soldier (in the right light). Beneath those panels is the text 'Greater Love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends'. The lower left section of the window depicts the crucifixion; the lower right depicts a mounted soldier, leading others into battle.
Inscription
Window: Greater Love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Plaque: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF KIRKBY-IN-ASHFIELD/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1918. THE ABOVE WINDOW IS PLACED/ BY THE LOCAL DETACHMENT OF THE BRITISH RED CROSS.
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: Undefined
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
  • Window
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stained Glass
Listing information
  • CHURCH OF ST WILFRID
  • 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
  • Historic England
Condition
History
28/11/1950: St Wilfrid's Church was Grade II Listed (List Entry Number 1275908). The listing's mention of this memorial reads: 'South side has war memorial window and brass c.1920'
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Church of England.
Reference
  • Mansfield Reporter, Friday 18th April 1919 (page 5) reported: Quite a number of religious bodies in the county have resolved to honour the memory of those who hare fallen in the war. At Linby a lych-gate will probably be provided as a memorial, and at Newstead it is hoped that the long-promised church will he built. Annesley has lost heavily, including two brother officers of the Musters' family, as well as a brother-in-law, and will do something to keep alive the memory of those who have fallen. St. Thomas's Church, East Kirkby, claims to have lost sixty men who were connected with the church, and it has been decided to place a memorial window in the church, and at St. Wilfrid's, in the same parish, a brass tablet is to be erected. Here fifty-one men have given their lives for their country. www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001825/19190418/092/0005
  • www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/201086/
  • Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project, has a photo of the window southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/kirkby-st-wilfrid/hglass.php#win06
  • Historic England, record of Grade II Listing of the Church. historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1275908?section=official-list-entry
  • Mansfield Reporter Friday 27th June 1919 (page 3) reported: KIRKBY'S MEMORIAL TO THE FALLEN. A dedicatory service was held at the Parish Church of St. Wilfrid's, on Sunday morning, when the Ven. Archdeacon Hacking, of Southwell, unveiled a stained glass window, which has been placed in the church by the local Red Cross Society, to commemorate the memory of the 180 Kirkby men who have fallen during the war. The window ,which is beautiful in design, is inscribed as follows: "Greater love bath no man than this, that he laid down his life for his friends." A brass tablet is placed underneath the window, bearing the words: "To the glory of God, and in memory of the men from the parish of Kirkby-in-Ashfield, who have fallen in the great war, 1914-1918." Preceding the service, a church parade was held, the "fall in" being at the cross roads, East Kirkby. and those taking part included: "Comrades of the Great War," Cadets, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides. Red Cross Detachments. and St. John's Ambulance Brigade. The Archdeacon conducted the service, and unveiled the window, assisted by the Rev. S. M. Wheeler, vicar of St. Thomas's, and the Rev. J. W. Wilkinson, curate at St. Wilfrid's. During the service the choir rendered the anthem, "Send out Thy Light." www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001825/19190627/068/0003

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