Memorial

Canewdon WW1

Canewdon WW1 Window

Source: Copyright Paul Jones

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Current Location

St Nicholas' Church, High Street, Canewdon, Rochford, Essex, SS4 3JL, England

TQ 89688 94541

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Window
WMR Reference Number: 22666
Description: Three light Stained glass window. LEFT LIGHT DEPICTS ST GEORGE, CENTRAL LIGHT DEPICTS ST MICHAEL AND RIGHT LIGHT SHOWS ST NICHOLAS. INSCRIPTION ON SCROLL-EFFECT AT TOP AND BOTTOM. There is one person not on the memorial: Agnes Morley, who was killed in the village in 1915, by an incendiary bomb which landed on her house when dropped from a Zeppelin. She was the first woman to be killed in mainland Britain and received a "heroine's" funeral. The event was widely reported in the papers of the time.
Inscription: St. Michael / BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND I / WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE / St. George / St. Nicholas IN MEMORY OF (names) / GREATER LOVE HATH / NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY / DOWN HIS LIFE / FOR HIS FRIENDS/ (names) WHO FELL IN / (names) / THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918.

Window

Made from: Stained Glass

Condition: Good

Chelmsford Chronicle - Friday 04 July 1919 THE ESSEX CHURCHES. It is proposed to place a stained-glass window in Canewdon Church as a war memorial.
Image and biographical details- http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Essex/Canewdon.html