Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- Leeds
- Town
- Guiseley
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 29257
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Current location
ST OSWALDS CHURCH
Church Street
Guiseley
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS20 9PQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 19417 42140
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- THREE LIGHT STAINED GLASS WINDOW DECORATED AS BELOW LIGHTS DEPICT (CENTRE) ARMED AND ARMOURED ANGEL WITH FAMILY CREST AND CAPTION "THE CAPTAIN OF THE HOST"; (LH LIGHT) NAVAL BATTLE WITH BATTLESHIP AND BURSTING SHELLS, ABOVE JOSHUA AND BELOW INSCRIPTION; (RH LIGHT) BATTLEFIELD SCENE WITH TANK AND AIRCRAFT, ABOVE GIDEON AND BELOW INSCRIPTION
- Inscription
- (LH LIGHT)TO THE GLORY OF GOD & IN LOVE & HONOUR/ OF WILLIAM WHITAKER THOMPSON, MAJOR/ 2/2 LONDON REGT, DIED MAY 2ND 1920/ AGED 63 & OF HIS NEPHEW & GOD SON" (RH LIGHT) GILBERT THOMPSON, CAPTAIN CONNAUGHT/ RANGERS KILLED FEB 26TH 1915 AGED 37/ & PHILIP THOMPSON HIS ONLY SON, CAPT. R.F.C./ KILLED FLYING MAR 23RD 1918 AGED 19
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Thompson, Gilbert
Thompson, Philip
See details for all 2 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stained Glass
- Window
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
- The Kings England Series by Mee, Arthur 152
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