Memorial details

Memorial type
Window
District
Copeland
Town
Hensingham, Whitehaven
County
Cumbria
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Maker
MESSRS HEATON, BUTLER & BAYNE (Manufacturer)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 4 May1919
    Attended by: Revd CEA Blackburn, wartime Vicar of the Parish, but now of Corbridge
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
9004

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Current location

NORTH AISLE
2ND WINDOW FROM THE WEST
St John's Church
Egremont Road
Hensingham
Whitehaven
Copeland
Cumbria
CA28 8QW
England

OS Grid Ref: NX 98564 16629
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
3 Light Stained Glass window depicting St George of England, the Crowned Christ and St Michael of France (left to right) {unsigned}- St Michael and St George being the 2 saints most closely associated with military matters
Inscription
LEFT LIGHT (at top)-ST. GEORGE OF ENGLAND CENTRE LIGHT (at bottom)-BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND/I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE RIGHT LIGHT (at top)-ST. MICHAEL OF FRANCE ACROSS THE THREE LIGHTS (at bottom)-TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF LEONARD WILLIAM ARMSTRONG/LIEUT 1ST BORDER REGT WHO WAS KILLED IN FRANCE MAY 19 1917 THIS WINDOW IS GIVEN BY HIS SISTERS
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Armstrong, Leonard William
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename, surname
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Window
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stained Glass
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Details: By his sisters
Responsibility
PCC & Churchwardens of the Parish
Reference
  • The Stained Glass in the Churches of the Anglican Diocese of Carlisle (by Leslie N.S. Smith, CWAAS Extra Series XXVI), 1993
  • West Cumberland Times 10/5/1919 page 3 g-h
  • November 1919 Parish Magazine in the DBT 23/6 collection at Whitehaven Record Office

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