Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- Ashfield
- Town
- Underwood
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 5 September 1920.
Attended by: General Lord Playfair
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26955
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Current location
Outside wall at the east end of the church
St Michael and All Angels Church
Church Lane
Underwood
Ashfield
Nottinghamshire
NG16 5EY
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 47367 50791
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Four-main light and 6 tracery light stained glass window at east end of church. There are 32 names of the men that fell in WW1 recorded at the bottom of the stained glass window - 8 at the bottom of each main light. The east window is one of only two stained glass lights in the church. It is of considerable proportions - it has four tall pointed lights reaching nearly halfway into the outer pointed arch, the points of these lights are extended to form the tracery above, three small lozenge shaped lights and two smaller lights above completed by a small single light that fills the apex.
- Inscription
- THIS WINDOW IS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE LOCAL OFFICERS AND MEN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR (32 names are recorded beneath)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 32
Served and returned: 0
Died: 32
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, forename initials, surname, regiment
Order of information: rank
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stained Glass - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Pink
- Window
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS
- 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
- Underwood
- WMO ID: 201087
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 26-10-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Church authorities / Parochial Church Council (PCC)
- Reference
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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