Waterbeck WW1 Windows

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Reference WMO/162760

Address:

Waterbeck Church

B722

Waterbeck

DG11 3JS

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Stained glass window
Materials:
  • Glass Stained Glass
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: 3 exceptional gothic arched stained glass memorial windows, designed and manufactured by Meikle of Glasgow. From the Dumfries and Galloway Standard 22 August 1917 page 4. -[the first of the 3 lights] [less than two months later the second son, Thomas, was killed at Ypres]- A WATERBECK MEMORIAL-A very fine stained glass window has just been completed by Messrs William Meikle & Sons, 19 Wellington Street, Glasgow, and will be erected shortly in Waterbeck United Free Church in memory of Second Lieutenant Robert Carlyle, 5th KOSB, who was killed in action in Gallipoli on 15th (sic) July 1915. The window, which was designed by Mr. A. Rigby Gray, is an admirable example of artistic glass-work. Measuring about 17 feet by 2 feet 9 inches, the window may be divided into three portions. (the article then goes on at some length to describe the detail and symbolism - finishing with) Over all hovers the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove. (Note the Church became Church of Scotland, was closed by them and is now a Community Church)
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Window 1-In Loving Memory of/[Thomas Johnstone Carlyle] Window 2-In Grateful Remembrance of/[12 names] Window 3-In Loving Memory of/[Robert Carlyle]

Lt Thomas Johnstone Carlyle/ 2Lt Robert Carlyle / 2Lt James M Kerr/ Cpl Richard Common MM/ LCpl Archibald Armstrong/ LCpl James Graham/ LCpl Thomas Morrin/ Pte George Bell/ Pte William Chalmers/ Pte John Davidson/ Tpr Walter Graham/ Pte David Patterson/ Pte Samuel C Rogerson/ Pte James W Ward

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