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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- Birmingham
- Town
- Sutton Coldfield
- County
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- MESSRS HARVEY AND ASHBY OF BIRMINGHAM (Artist)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 12th September 1920
Attended by: REV D LINCOLN-JONES BA BA
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 38680
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Current location
United Reformed Church
Park Rd
Sutton Coldfield
Birmingham
West Midlands
B73 6DB
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 12000 96230
Denomination: United Reformed
- Description
- FOUR LIGHT WINDOW WITH TWO TRACERY LIGHTS DEPICTING A SCENE FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATION, CHAPTER 21 AND 22. UPPER TRACERY LIGHT DEPICTS THE HAND OF GOD AND SURMOUNTS A LIGHT WITH A DOVE (SYMBOLISING THE BLESSING OF GOD). CENTRE RIGHT LIGHT SHOWS CHRIST AND THE RIVER OF LIFE. CENTRE LEFT LIGHT SHOWS DISCIPLES AND SHEPHERDS. FAR RIGHT LIGHT SHOWS THE TREE OF LIFE. FAR LEFT AND RIGHT LIGHTS ALSO DEPICT A FAMILY, A SOLDIER, A KING AND QUEEN, A PRISONER, A HOLY MAN, A GARDENER AND A SORROWING FEMALE. ASSOCIATED PLAQUE WITH NAMES IS WALL MOUNTED BELOW WINDOW.
- Inscription
- THIS WINDOW WAS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL AND LOVING MEMORY/ OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH AND/ SUNDAY SCHOOL WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aldridge, Ernest
Atkins, Percy F
Barber, Harry
Cartwright, Edward
Collyer, Frank H
Cripps, Frank
Delattre, Reginald
Edge, Philip R F
Halford, Frederick
Harrison, Thomas G
See details for all 23 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 23
Served and returned: 0
Died: 23
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,regiment,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 1000MM, width 1000MM
Materials: Bronze - Window
Measurements: height 6000MM, width 5000MM
Materials: Stained Glass
- Plaque
- 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
- Sutton Coldfield Congregational Church - Stained Glass Window
- WMO ID: 238633
- Condition: Good [last updated on 01-02-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 1975: Window repaired by the firm of John Hardman at a cost of £392. 1948: Addition of plaque with the names of Second World War casualties.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- CHURCH AUTHORITIES
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