Memorial

St Michael and All Angels Church - WW1 Window

Black and white image of the window

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Current Location

Outside wall at the east end of the church, St Michael and All Angels Church, Church Lane, Underwood, Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG16 5EY, England

SK 47367 50791

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Window
WMR Reference Number: 26955
Description: Four-main light and 6 tracery light stained glass window at east end of church. There are 32 names of the men that fell in WW1 recorded at the bottom of the stained glass window - 8 at the bottom of each main light. The east window is one of only two stained glass lights in the church. It is of considerable proportions - it has four tall pointed lights reaching nearly halfway into the outer pointed arch, the points of these lights are extended to form the tracery above, three small lozenge shaped lights and two smaller lights above completed by a small single light that fills the apex.
Inscription: THIS WINDOW IS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE LOCAL OFFICERS AND MEN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR (32 names are recorded beneath)

Maker(s): Arthur Anselm Orr (Stained glass designer, born in Chiswick, west London), Designer

Unveiled

5 September 1920.

General Lord Playfair

Window

Made from: Stained Glass

Condition: Good