Memorial details

Memorial type
Window
District
Alnwick
Town
Alnmouth
County
Northumberland
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Maker
MESSRS CAKEBREAD & ROBEY LTD (Artist)
L C EVETTS (Designer)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 9 June 1921
    Attended by: Revd Linton Bogle, Vicar of Alnmouth (but see notes)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
33343

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Current location

52
St John the Baptist Church
Northumberland Street
Alnmouth
Alnwick
Northumberland
NE66 2RB
England

OS Grid Ref: NU 24646 10550
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
A window with two lights, the left hand light depicts St George and the right depicts a young soldier receiving a crown of victory from Christ. The quotation is carried at the bottom of each light, in Gothic lettering. Underneath on the sloping sill is a metal plaque. It has a raised border, with a small Maltese cross raised in half relief in each corner. Lettering is in raised Roman capitals
Inscription
BE THOU FAITHFUL/UNTO DEATH AND I/WILL GIVE THEE A/CROWN OF LIFE TO THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ LIEUT. PHILIP SYDNEY DENTON/ 10TH BATT. A & S HIGHLANDERS,/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR,/ IN FRANCE AUGUST 1917, AGED 33 YEARS/ "DULCE EST DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI"
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Denton, Phillip Sydney
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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: Surname, forename, rank, regiment, date of death, place of death, age at death.
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Window
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stained Glass
  • Plaque
    Measurements: height 254mm, width 608mm
    Materials: Metal
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Details: His parents
Reference
  • ALNWICK AND COUNTY GAZETTE 20 November 1920 (reports the proposal to "fill window opposite with painted glass by friends of a fallen soldier"*) & 11 June1921 (states it was dedicated by Revd FC Paul). But * In the book of remembrance it states that the window was given by his parents
  • newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6155
  • MORPETH HERALD 17 June 1921 (states it was dedicated by Revd Linton Bogle)

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