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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- Stafford
- Town
- Haughton
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- Harcourt Doyle
Stanton & Bettany - Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: January 1947
Attended by: Dr Woods Bishop of Lichfield
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 29059
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Current location
St Giles' Church
Newport Road
Haughton
Stafford
Staffordshire
ST18 9EX
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 86573 20490
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- STAINED GLASS SINGLE-LIGHT WINDOW. FIGURE OF AIRMAN IN FLYING UNIFORM AND BOOTS. LEFT-HAND HELD BY HAND OF GOD REACHING DOWN FROM HEAVEN AND LIFTING HIM UP. RAYS OF LIGHT BEHIND FIGURE. SQUADRON BADGE IN BOTTOM RIGHT-HAND CORNER OF WINDOW. IN THE BACKGROUND IS A TEMPEST IN FLAMES. INSCRIPTION ON GLASS SURROUNDING FIGURE AND AT BASE OF WINDOW.
- Inscription
- THEY WERE/ SWIFTER / THAN / EAGLES / THEY WERE / STRONGER THAN / LIONS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Royds, Clement
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,year died,forename,manner of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Window
Measurements: height 3 m. EST., width 1 m. EST.
Materials: Stained Glass
- Window
- Listing information
- Church of St Giles
- 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
- Clement Royds WWII
- WMO ID: 173925
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 12-09-2017]
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- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
Details: Rev T.F. Royds (father)
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