Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- North Cornwall
- Town
- Launceston
- County
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 66810
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Current location
Chancel east
St. Stephen the Martyr Church
Roydon Road
Launceston
North Cornwall
Cornwall
PL15 8HE
England
OS Grid Ref: SX 32477 85704
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Large east window of five lights depicting biblical scenes. Lights depicting the following: war; devastation; Christ in Majesty above St. Michael and the dragon; peace; plenty. Tracery depicts angels with instruments and twelve seraphs. In the wall is a dedicatory rectangular tablet set on a slate backboard with a carved cross at the top and the dedication below: it carries the WW1 names and the first line and last lines are are in red lettering, all other lettering is in black. There is a separate tablet for WW2 below that.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE MEN OF ST STEPHEN, LAUNCESTON/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ THE EAST WINDOW AND THIS INSCRIBED STONE/ WERE GIVEN BY GRATEFUL PARISHIONERS./ (Names)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bennetts, Eric Augustine
Brighton, Fred Harvey Longman
Brighton, Richard
Brighton, Tom Stanley
Brighton, Truman
Callow, Gerald
Cocks, Kenneth
Davey, Charles
Fitze, James
Geake, Geoffrey
See details for all 30 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 17
Served and returned: 0
Died: 17
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment, decorations.
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Slate - Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stained Glass
- Tablet
- 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 - Reference
- Cornish Churches, www.cornishchurches.com/St%20Stephen%20by%20Launceston%20Church%20Cornwall%20-%20St.%20Stephen/images/SS%20Launceston%20-%20The%20East%20Window.jpg, accessed 13th July 2023
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