Memorial details

Memorial type
Window
District
Sutton
Town
Wallington
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 1919
    Attended by: UNKNOWN
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
39448

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Current location

Wallington Methodist Church
Beddington Gardens
Wallington
Sutton
Greater London
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 28833 63819
Denomination: Methodist

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Description
FIVE-LIGHT STAINED GLASS WINDOW DEPICTING THE RISEN CHRIST IN TOP CENTRE SURROUNDED BY ANGELS, DISCIPLES, THE VIRGIN MARY AND MARY MAGDALENE. DEDICATORY BRASS PLAQUE ON WOODEN BACKBOARD PLACED BELOW WINDOW WITH INSCRIPTION IN BLACK ROMAN CAPS. DEPICTED LEFT TO RIGHT IN THE UPPER PART OF THE LIGHTS ARE ENOCH, ST MICHAEL, THE RISEN CHRIST, ST GABRIEL AND ELIJAH. BELOW THEM IN THE CENTRE LIGHT ARE TWO MEN IN WHITE ROBES WHO SPEAK TO THE APOSTLES WHO ARE DEPICTED AT THE BASE OF THE LIGHTS. AT THE TOP OF THE WINDOW ARE SIX ANGEL MUSICIANS TRUMPETING CHRISTS RETURN TO HEAVEN. THE BUFFS ARE COMMEMORATED IN THE UPPER LEFT TRACERY LIGHT AND THE LAMB OF RESURRECTION REPRESENTS THE ENDURING SACRIFICE OF THE QUEENS. DOVES FLY AND PERCH IN STYLISED TREES THROUGH WHICH ONE CAN SEE A CITY.
Inscription
PLAQUE: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / (NAMES) / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 WINDOW: ENOCH/ ELIJAH/ WHEREFORE HE SAITH WHEN HE ASCENDED UP ON HIGH HE LED CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE AND GAVE GIFTS UNTO MEN
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Aslin, Robert
Board, George William
Gibson, William
Gravatt, Hubert A C
Holyman, Leslie E
Hooke, Thomas
Knight, Edgar H
Llewellyn, Edmund H
Masham, Frederick B
Purser, Norman F
See details for all 16 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 24
    Served and returned: 12
    Died: 12
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname,forename
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: height C 200MM, width C 3320MM
    Materials: Brass
  • Window
    Measurements: height C 5000MM, width C 3320MM
    Materials: Stained Glass
Listing information
Condition
History
1990'S: REPAIRS CARRIED OUT FOLLOWING A STONE THROWN THROUGH THE WINDOW FROM THE PUBLIC CAR PARK OUTSIDE
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
CHURCH TRUSTEES

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