Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- Calderdale
- Town
- Todmorden
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 29385
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Current location
The windows form part of the South wall
St Mary's Church
Burnley Road
Todmorden
Calderdale
West Yorkshire
OL14 7BD
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 93616 24152
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- TWO SINGLE LIGHT STAINED GLASS WINDOWS WITH INSCRIPTION AT THE BASE. FIGURES IN EACH LIGHT WITH FURTHER INSCRIPTION AT THEIR FEET. LEFT LIGHT IS OF A FIGURE OF A KNIGHT PUTTING ON ARMOUR, FIGURE OF A KNIGHT KNEELING IN FRONT OF JESUS IN THE RIGHT LIGHT: JESUS HOLDS THE CROWN OF LIFE IN HIS HANDS AND THE SCENE IS WATCHED OVER BY AN ANGEL
- Inscription
- ACROSS BASE OF BOTH WINDOWS: TO THE GLORY OF GOD & IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOHN H. J. BARKER LIEUT EAST LANCS REGT (TF) WHO FELL IN ACTION IN THE/ GALLIPOLI PENINSULA AUGUST 7TH 1915 AGED 22 YEARS THESE WINDOWS ARE ERECTED BY HIS PARENTS BROTHERS & SISTERS WITHIN LEFT LIGHT: PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOUR OF GOD THAT YE MAY/ BE ABLE TO STAND AGAINST THE WILES OF EVIL RIGHT LIGHT: BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND/ I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Barker, John H J
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional
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
Details: The parents (John and Alice Ann according to Hornshaw and Fowler), brothers and sisters of the casualty. - Reference
- Calderdale War Dead, Hornshaw and Fowler, published privately in 1995
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