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Memorial details

Memorial type
Window
District
Birmingham
Town
Acocks Green
County
West Midlands
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
63382

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Current location

Acocks Green Methodist Church
Shirley Road
Acocks Green
Birmingham
West Midlands
B27 7YB
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 121 828
Denomination: Methodist

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Description
Three separate stained-glass windows. The left hand window shows a kneeling figure praying. The centre window shows the Crucifixation, and the window on the right shows an armed figure kneeling before a crucifix.
Inscription
Left-hand window: "HIS STRENGTH IS AS THE STRENGTH OF TEN, BECAUSE HIS HEART IS PURE." EDWARD FRANCIS MALINS, APRIL 12th 1918. Centre window: "GREATER LOVE HAS NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAYS DOWN HIS LIFE FOR A FRIEND." LOWSON BROWN APRIL 12th 1917. Right-hand window: "MEN THAT HAVE HAZARDED THEIR LIVES FOR THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST." ERNEST WILLIAM DAW OCTOBER 26th 1917. (Line breaks unknown.)
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 3
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 3
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,year died,forename
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Window
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stained Glass
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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