Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- Dudley
- Town
- Oldswinford
- County
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Placed
Date: Before 6th December 1915
Attended by:
- Placed
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 43371
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Current location
South Chapel
St Marys Church
Rectory Road
Oldswinford
Dudley
West Midlands
DY8 1HA
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 90792 83179
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Three light stained glass window depicting Christ saving St Peter on the Sea of Galilee. Flags of the Allied Nations in 1914 and the family coat-of-arms depicted at top.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD .. / ... / ,,, // AND IN LOVING MEMORY / OF ROBERT HENRY GRAZEBROOK R N / ENGINEER COMMANDER // OF H M SHIP CRESSY / FORMERLY OF H M YACHT VICTORIA / AND ALBERT ... // ... HE ASKED LIFE OF / THEE AND THOU GAVEST IT HIM / FOR EVER AND EVER ... (Image with dates of birth and death)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forenames, surname, service, ship's name, former ship's name
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
Details: Given by his mother - Reference
- Birmingham Daily Post - Monday 06 December 1915 Page 2 THE LOSS OF H.M.S. CRESSY. MEMORIAL WINDOWS TO ENGINEER-COMMANDER GRAZEBROOK.
- Gloucester Journal - Saturday 11 December 1915 Page 1
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