Skip to main content

    War MemorialsRegister

    • Home
    • Search Memorials
    • Search Names
    • Help
    Imperial War Museums LogoImperial War Museums home
    • About
      • About us
      • Submit a photograph
      • Volunteering
    • Legal
      • Accessibility Statement
      • Cookies
      • Copyright
      • Privacy
      • Terms of use

    © Imperial War Museums 2026

    Memorial

    J B Gough and Lieutenant Colonel C F Pretor-Pinney DSO

    J. B. Gough and Lt.Col. C. F. Pretor-Pinney - window

    Source: Mark Newton

    1/8

    Current Location

    St Michael and All Angels Church, The Market Place, Somerton, South Somerset, Somerset, TA11 7NB, England

    OS Grid Reference

    ST 49039 28619

    Denomination

    Church of England

    View location on Google Maps

    Names listed on this memorial

    Contribute to the War Memorials Register

    Send us details and photographs of your local war memorials, to help enhance the information about the people, places and events they commemorate.

    Contribute now

    This record shows everything IWM currently knows about this memorial. We are continually updating our records.

    © WMR-104097

    To share information or photographs, contact us.

    Type of Memorial
    Window
    WMR Reference Number
    104097
    Description
    Large five-light stained glass, east window. Left hand (1st.) light dedicated to John Bloomfield Gough, depicts the birth of Christ. Two right hand (4th. and 5th.) lights dedicated to Lieutenant Colonel Charles Pretor-Pinney DSO, depict the Resurrection and the Ascension. The other two lights are dedicated to two parishioners and depict the Transfiguration and Crucifixion.
    Inscription
    1st. (left) light: For unto us a child is born. / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF / JOHN BLOOMFIELD GOUGH ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY / KILLED IN ACTION NEAR COULOMMIERS FRANCE 8TH SEPT 1914. AGED 28 YRS. ERECTED BY HIS WIFE. 4th. and 5th. light: I am the Resurrection and the Life. I ascend unto My Father and your Father. / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF LT. COLONEL CHARLES F. PRETOR-PINNEY. D.S.O. / THE RIFLE BRIGADE. KILLED IN ACTION IN THE GREAT WAR APRIL 28TH 1917. AGED 52. ERECTED BY HIS WIFE.
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    2
    Died
    2
    Information shown
    Rank, forenames, surname, honours, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death, relationships
    Order of names
    Date of death
    Maker(s)
    • Jones and Willis, Makers

    Sponsor Type
    private
    Sponsored By
    The wives of the fallen.

    Ceremonies

    Components

    Window

    Made from: Stained Glass


    Condition: Good


    Report a Concern

    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    218403

    To report a concern about the condition of this memorial, visit War Memorial Trust.

    Help update these details if the condition is wrong
    War Memorials Register Logo
    • https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/574145/john-bloomfield-gough/
    • https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/996219/charles-frederick-pretor-pinney/