Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- Castle Morpeth
- Town
- Bolam
- County
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 33679
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Current location
South side of church
St Andrew's Church
Bolam
Castle Morpeth
Northumberland
NE61 3TY
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 09245 82604
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- PLAIN GLASS. INSCRIPTION AT FOOT IS INCISED AND PAINTED BLACK, USING ITALIC LETTERS.
- Inscription
- THIS WINDOW MARKS THE PLACE WHERE, / ON 1ST MAY 1942, A BOMB DROPPED FROM / A GERMAN AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE CHURCH / BUT DID NOT EXPLODE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Window
Measurements: height 530MM, width 250MM
Materials: 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
- History
- CHURCH IS GRADE 1 LISTED
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6644
- Daily Telegraph 13 Jul 2004 about the visit of the German pilot
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