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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- North Shropshire
- Town
- Stoke On Tern
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 37970
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Current location
ST PETERS CHURCH
Stoke On Tern
North Shropshire
Shropshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 638 279
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- TWO LIGHT WINDOW (DECORATED AS BELOW) WITH INSCRIPTION PANELS SET IN INNER BOTTOM CORNERS LIGHTS DEPICT (LEFT) ARMOURED ST MICHAEL AND (RIGHT) ST GABRIEL HOLDING SCROLL
- Inscription
- (LH LIGHT) TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ LIEUT RICHARD HOLBROOK/ WHITFIELD RE/ WHO FELL IN FRANCE FIGHTING FOR/ HIS COUNTRY MAY 12TH 1916/ AGED 29 YEARS AND OF (RH LIGHT) LIEUT JOHN BURROWS WHITFIELD/ RE WHO DIED OF WOUNDS/ JANUARY 20TH 1916 AGED 26 YEARS/ SONS OF THOMAS NICHOLS WHITFIELD/ OF STOKE MANOR/ THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED/ BY THEIR WIDOWED MOTHER
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Whitfield, John Burrows
Whitfield, Richard Holbrook
See details for all 2 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of birth,manner of death,age of death,relationships
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
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