Memorial

Haswell WW2

Haswell County Durham St Paul’s church west window

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west wall, St Paul's Church, Church Street, Haswell, Easington, Durham, DH6 2DZ, England

OS Grid Reference

NZ 37462 43171

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Window
WMR Reference Number: 71119
Description: Stained glass window of four lights with three oculi above, designed by Stanley Murray Scott, made by Millican, Baguley & Atkinson of Newcastle upon Tyne. In the topmost oculus is Christ in glory, with angels in the lower two oculi, with the glorious rays coming from God into the four main lights which depict eleven disciples, individually named, either kneeling or standing, kneeling and looking upwards. Each light has at the top the winged symbol of the four evangelists: an eagle (St.John); lion (St.Mark); bull (St.Luke); man (St. Matthew). The dedication is carried on a scroll at the bottom of the two inner lights. At the bottom of the two central lights is a scroll giving the details. Underneath is a brass plaque 14 inches high x 40 inches wide bearing the Binyon quotation. Beneath this are two vertical brass plaques on plain wood pattresses each 26 inches high x 16 inches wide. These bear the names listed in a single column on each, using Roman capitals. Window erected 1947
Inscription: On window: This window was / erected to the / memory of those / from this parish / who fell in the / Second World War 1939-1945 On horizontal plaque: They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old; / Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. / At the going down of the sun and in the morning, / We will remember them. On vertical plaques-[names]

Commemoration

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 28
Died: 28
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of names: surname

History

Maker(s): Millican, Baguley and Atkinson Ltd, Makers
Costs: £370
Sponsor Type: public

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Sep 1947

Dr. Cyril Alington, Dean of Durham

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Haswell WW2

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