Swaffham Prior Memorial Window

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Reference WMO/119076

Address:

St Mary's Church

High Street

Swaffham Prior

CB25 0LD

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Stained glass window
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The local squire, Charles Allix commissioned and paid for the Memorial himself. It cost £170 and was designed by Thomas Curtis and eventually dedicated by the vicar on 21 December 1919. The three stained glass windows were placed in the North Aisle and the 23 names were inscribed on a separate tablet near the chancel. The memorial windows were executed by artist Messrs G.Maile and Sons, from designs by Mr Charles Allix, Miss Cecily Allix and Thomas Curtis. The unveiling and dedication took place on 21st December 1919 Set of three windows depicting different stages and fields of war. Window 1: Details of the start or call to war. Window 2: Details of the experience of war Window 3: Details of the peace
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top of window one under a depiction of a Zeppelin " THOU SHALT NOT BE AFRAID FOR THE TERROR BY NIGHT" = top left of window one under flame throwers " AND SIGNS IN THE EARTH BENEATH BLOOD & FIRE & VAPOUR OF SMOKE" = top right of window one under a tank "BUT THE MAN THAT SHALL TOUCH THEM MUST BE FENCED WITH IRON" = window 1 bottom light 1 under call to arms "PROCLAIM YE THIS AMONG THE GENTILES PREPARE WAR WAKE UP THE MIGHTY MEN" = window 1 centre light 1 under shell factory "WHATSOEVER THY HAND FINDETH TO DO DO IT WITH THY MIGHT" = window 1 top light 1 under a howitzer " WHEN THE BLAST OF THE TERRIBLE ONES IS AS A STORM AGAINST THE WALL" = window 1 bottom light 2 under captured dugout "THOUGH THEY DIG INTO HELL THENCE SHALL MY HAND TAKE THEM" = Window 1 centre light 2 under telegraph "THERE IS NEITHER SPEECH NOR LANGUAGE BUT THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD AMONG THEM" = window 1 top light 2 under Spad plane "THOUGH THEY CLIMB UP TO HEAVEN THENCE I WILL BRING THEM DOWN" = = Window 2 top under British submarine "THEY THAT GO DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS THAT DO BUSINESS IN GREAT WATERS" = window 2 top left under U-boat minelayer "THOUGH THEY BE HID FROM MY SIGHT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA THENCE WILL I COMMAND THE SERPENT & HE SHALL BITE THEM" = window 2 top right under Lusitania sinking "IN PERILS IN THE SEA PERILS AMONG FALSE BRETHREN" = window 2 bottom light 1 under field kitchen "COMFORT YE COMFORT YE MY PEOPLE" = window 2 centre light 1 under desert pipeline "FOR IN THE WILDERNESS SHALL WATERS BREAK FORTH & STREAMS IN THE DESERT & PARCHED GROUND SHALL BECOME A POOL " = window 2 top light 1 under YMCA hut "AND THE SECOND IS LIKE UNTO IT THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF " = window 2 bottom light 2 under Liberty "NATION SHALL NOT LIFT UP SWORD AGAINST NATION NEITHER SHALL THEY LEARN WAR ANY MORE"= window 2 centre light 2 under chaplain = "MY PEACE I GIVE UNTO YOU NOT AS THE WORLD GIVETH GIVE I UNTO YOU" = window 2 top light 2 under hospital "AND THE LORD GOD SAID IT IS NOT GOOD THAT THE MAN SHOULD BE ALONE I WILL MAKE HIM AN HELP MEET FOR HIM" = window 3 top under animals feeding "HE SENDETH SPRINGS INTO THE VALLEYS THEY GIVE DRINK TO EVERY BEAST " = window 3 top left under sower "A SOWER WENT OUT TO SOW HIS SEED" = window 3 top right under watering sheep "HE MAKETH ME TO LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES HE LEADETH ME BESIDE THE STILL WATERS" = window 3 bottom light 1 under Christ-shepherds "AND YE MY FLOCK THE FLOCK OF MY PASTURE ARE MEN AND I AM YOUR GOD SAITH THE LORD GOD" = window 3 centre light 1 under ploughing "HE THAT PLOWETH SHOULD PLOW IN HOPE" = window 3 top light 1 under rural scenes "BECAUSE THE LORD THY GOD SHALL BLESS THEE IN ALL THINE INCREASE THEREFORE THOU SHALT SURELY REJOICE" = window 3 bottom light 2 under harvest "I WILL SAY TO THE REAPER GATHER YE TOGETHER FIRST THE TARES BUT GATHER THE WHEAT INTO MY BARN" = window 3 centre light 2 under oxen THRESHING "THOU SHALT NOT MUZZLE THE MOUTH OF THE OX THAT TREADETH OUT THE CORN " = window 3 top light 2 under reaping "THE VALLEYS SHALL STAND SO THICK WITH CORN THAT THEY SHALL LAUGH AND SING". And along the bottom of all three windows " I HEARD A VOICE FROM HEAVEN - SAYING UNTO ME WRITE - BLESSED ARE THE DEAD - WHICH DIE IN THE LORD - MAN GOETH FORTH UNTO HIS WORK - & TO HIS LABOUR UNTIL THE EVENING And on four brass plates attached to the wall under the windows = Window 1 = 1ST MEMORIAL WINDOW // WAR // WAR WAS DECLARED ON THE 4TH OF AUGUST 1914 // THESE.WINDOWS.WERE.INSERTED.TO.COMMEMORATE.THE.GREAT // WAR.AND.THE.MEN.OF.SWAFFHAM.PRIOR.WHO.WERE.KILLED // IN.ACTION.OR.DIED.OF.WOUNDS.OR.DISEASE.FIGHTING.NOBLY // FOR.GOD.KING.AND.COUNTRY.AGAINST.THE.AGGRESION // AND.BARBARITIES.OF.GERMAN.MILITARISM window 2 = 2ND MEMORIAL WINDOW // RIP WAR RIP //(names) window 3 = 3RD MEMORIAL WINDOW // PEACE // PEACE WAS SIGNED ON THE 28TH JUNE 1919 // THE.LORD.SHALL.GIVE.STRENGTH.UNTO.HIS.PEOPLE // THE.LORD.SHALL.GIVE.HIS.PEOPLE.THE.BLESSING.OF.PEACE // THE.STAINED.GLASS.WINDOWS.IN.THE.AISLES.OF.THIS.CHURCH.WERE.INSERTED.IN.1902 AND.// THE FOLLOWING.YEARS.TO.THE.HONOUR.&.THE.ADORNMENT.OF.HIS.HOUSE // THEM.THAT.HONOUR.ME.WILL.I.HONOUR.&.THEY.THAT.DESPISE.ME.SHALL.BE.LIGHTLY.ESTEEMED. another brass plate under window 2 = 1939-1945 // (names)// RIP

names on brass plates under window 2 WW1 in three columns - column 1 = DOUGLAS TOSETTI.M.C.MAJOR.R.BERKS // F.DANBY HAWKES.LIEUT.CANADIAN BK.WATCH // J.EDMOND FLACK.SERGT.1ST ESSEX // MAURICE .SYMONDS.SERGT.N.STAFFORDS // EDWARD HAWKES.CORPL.CANADIANS // F.IVOR ATKINSON.CANADIAN INFANTRY // ARTHUR BENSTEAD.11TH SUFFOLKS // PERCY BENSTEAD.R.H.A. column 2 PERCY BENSTEAD.11TH SUFFOLKS // WILLIAM J.BROWN.R.W.SURREYS // .JACK BULLMAN.11TH SUFFOLKS // C.HARRY CAMPS.BEDFORDS // FREDERICK HATLEY.M.G.C. // RICHARD HAWKES.1ST SUFFOLKS //GEORGE C.HEFFER.R.W.SURREYS column 3 ROBERT JAGGARD.15TH SUFFOLKS // FRED LONG.8TH EAST SURREYS HAROLD C.NORTON.2ND SUFFOLKS // THEODORE PALMER.1ST CAMBS T.F. // BERTRAM SCOTT.23RD WELSH // ERNEST SHELDRICK.R.FUSILIERS // ALFRED WHITMORE.11TH SUFFOLKS // JONATHAN WHITMORE.R.FUSILIERS 1939-1945 in 2 columns PETER LORAINE ALLIX.ENSIGN.COLDSTREAM GUARDS.....CYRIL RONALD PAMMENTER.PTE.EAST YORKS REGT // JOHN ALFRED BENSTEAD.A/B/ ROYAL NAVY....EDWIN PRESTON.LIEUT.HOME GUARD // WILLIAM DICK HAWKES.P/O ROYAL AIR FORCE....ERNEST JAMES SARGEANT.A/B ROYAL NAVY // ARTHUR LING.PTE.PIONEER CORPS...GEORGE HERBERT TAYLOR.PTE.SUFFOLK REGT// HERBERT VALENTINE REX HALLETT.GUARDSMAN COLDSTREAM GUARDS

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