Memorial details

Memorial type
Window
District
Ryedale
Town
Malton
County
North Yorkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 01st June 1919
    Attended by: LT-COL THE HON TATTON WILLOUGHBY
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
30747

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Current location

ST LEONARDS CHURCH
Church Hill
Malton
Ryedale
North Yorkshire
England

OS Grid Ref: SE 78849 71680
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
MAGNIFICENT NINE LIGHT WINDOW DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS, DECORATED AS BELOW CENTRE LIGHT DEPICTS JOSHUA WITH HIS SWORD POINTING TO THE SUN AND ON HIS LEFT HAND THE SHIELD OF THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH. ON THE LEFT IS DAVID AS A YOUNG MAN WITH SLING AND STONE IN RIGHT HAND AND SHEPHERDS CROOK IN LEFT. ON THE RIGHT IS JONATHAN WITH HIS BOW AND ARROW. ON THE EXTREME LEFT IS A REPRESENTATION OF LT COL THOMSON IN THE UNFORM OF COLONEL OF THE REGIMENT STANDING IN FRONT OF YORK MINSTER. EXTREME RIGHT IS A FIGURE OF A SAILOR, WITH A BACKGROUND OF A WW1 BATTLESHIP AND HMS VICTORY. UPPER PORTION OF THE WINDOW DEPICTS JOSHUA EMERGING FROM HIS TENT STANDING IN A POSITION OF AWE AND WONDER AT THE ANGEL OF THE LORD CLAD IN SHINING ARMOUR , REPRESENTING THE CAPTAIN OF THE LORDS HOSTS. TO THE RIGHT OF THIS SCENE ARE ANGELS BEARING THE SHIELD OF THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND A NAVAL CREST
Inscription
THIS WINDOW IS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF/ GOD, AND IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF LIEUT-/ COLONEL J A RAYMOND THOMSON, D.S.O.,/ AND CROIX DE GUERRE (GOLD STAR), KILLED IN/ ACTION AT CRAONNE, IN FRANCE, MAY 27TH/ 1918, BY HIS UNCLE ROBERT METCALFE J.P.;/ ALSO IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMIS/ SIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE 5TH YORKSHIRE/ REGIMENT, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 - 18/ (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Bullous, Arthur
Douglas, Ernest E
Galtry, Raymond D
Gibson, Harold
Harrison, George W
Hodgson, Ernest
Kendall, Percy F
Longster, William E
Mason, John
Perrin, Harry
See details for all 17 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 18
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 18
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,forename,decorations
    Order of information: rank,surname
Components
  • Window
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stained Glass
Listing information
  • Roman Catholic Church of St Leonard and St Mary, and churchyard wall
  • 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
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Reference
  • www.maltonnortonmemorials.org.uk/page95.html Raymond Thomson Col. Thomson’s niece Vivian Hirst records “Great-Uncle Robert gave an unusual and beautiful East Window to St. Leonard's Church, Malton. It was unusual in that the figure of Christ was not present, the theme being carried out by the story of Joshua, David and Jonathan, and angels, each pointing with meaning to the unseen glory of the Christ. The idea was entirely Great-Uncle Robert's and difficulty was encountered in obtaining permission for the window, because of the absence of Christ's image. It was also unusual in that the actual face and form of Uncle Raymond were depicted on the right side of the stained glass, and the symbolic figure of a sailor on the left."

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