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

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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
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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
Components
  • Window
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stained Glass
Listing information
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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