Old Contemptibles Window

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Reference WMO/253471

Address:

Town Church

Church Square

St Peter Port, Guernsey

GY1 2LD

Channel Islands

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Stained glass window
Materials:
  • Glass Stained Glass
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Stained glass window with dedicatory plaque nearby dedicatory plaque has gold painted letters. Three light window has St John and the elder on the left hand side, a soldier hanging on barbed wire in the shape of a crucifix in the centre and Christ on the cross on the right hand. By the side of the dead soldiers are the words MONS MARNE AISNE YPRES
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WINDOW: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOUR OF/ THE OLD CONTEMPTIBLES/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ CONSTANCE COLEBROOK, 1900 - 1974 PLAQUE: THE OLD CONTEMPTIBLES WINDOW./ THE THEME IS ANTI-WAR. ALL WARS ARE EVIL AND END IN DEAD SOLDIERS./ THE GREATER GOOD IS GOD HERE/ SHOWN WITH THE HOST OF THE REDEEMED, ST JOHN/ AND THE ELDER (FROM THE REVELATION) STAND AT THE/ LEFT OF THE WINDOW. WE GO FROM EVIL TO GOD/ THROUGH THE CROSS OF CHRIST. ERECTED 1975/ PRAY AND WORK FOR PEACE.

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