Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- Peterborough
- Town
- Peterborough
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Clayton and Bell (Manufacturer)
MR PERCY MACQUOID RI (Designer) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 26th April 1923
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42957
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Current location
Thomas Cook Head Office
Westpoint
Peterborough Business Park
Lynch Wood
Peterborough
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE2 6FZ
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 14174 96389
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Warehouse
Essendine
South Kesteven
Lincolnshire
England
OS Grid Ref: TF 020 070
Denomination: Undefined - Thomas Cook and Sons HQ
Lugate
South Kesteven
Lincolnshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (1)
- Warehouse
- Description
- Stained glass window with figures and inscription at the base. Right: An angel bearing a branch of peace Left: A knight relinquishing his shield to the Angel in acknowledgement of peace and who, by his stern and martuial bearing expressing the Motto at the beginning of the inscription. Wooden board bearing gold inscription.
- Inscription
- Window: THROUGH DEATH ETERNAL FAME/ IN MEMORY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE STAFF OF THOMAS COOK & SON/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ (Names) Board: IN MEMORIAM / (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abrey, A W A
Allinson, F
Apthorp, R J
Armstrong, J O
Arnaud, F C
Arnull, J T
Arsenne, E
Astin, A S
Baines, N R
Barnes, L H
See details for all 153 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 153
Served and returned: 0
Died: 153
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Window
Measurements: depth 210MM, height 2390MM, width 1190MM
Materials: Stained Glass - Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- 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
- Date unknown: lower portion of the window listing the names has disappeared. Oct 2001: it is hoped that the window will be erected in the archives new premises in Peterborough November 2018: memorials in the Archive
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: COT ENDOWED AT ST BARTHOLOMEWS HOSPITAL, LONDON - Responsibility
- Company Archivist
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