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David Watson Smith

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Reference WMO/294163

Address:

St Bartholomew's Church

Church Street North

Old Whittington

S41 9QP

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Stained glass window
Materials:
  • Glass Stained Glass
Lettering: Painted
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Gothic two-light window- St Francis feeding a rabbit together with St Michael. RAF crest in Lancet above main window. This is the long description from the Church website- In the Kitchen Area, the west window depicts St. Francis Francis of Assisi (1181 or 1182 – 3 October 1226), (venerated as Saint Francis of Assisi), was an Italian Catholic friar, deacon, mystic, and preacher. He founded the men’s Order of Friars Minor, the women’s Order of Saint Clare, the Third Order of Saint Francis and the Custody of the Holy Land. Francis is one of the most venerated religious figures in Christianity. Pope Gregory IX canonized Francis on 16 July 1228. Along with Saint Catherine of Siena, he was designated patron saint of Italy. He later became associated with patronage of animals and the natural environment, and it became customary for churches to hold ceremonies blessing animals on or near his feast day of 4 October. The Franciscan Order had grew to such an extent that its primitive organizational structure was no longer sufficient. He returned to Italy to organize the Order. Once his community was authorized by the Pope, he withdrew increasingly from external affairs. Francis is known for his love of the Eucharist. In 1223, Francis arranged for the first Christmas live nativity scene. According to Christian tradition, in 1224 he received the stigmata during the apparition of Seraphic angels in a religious ecstasy, which would make him the second person in Christian tradition after St. Paul (Galatians 6:17) to bear the wounds of Christ’s Passion. He died during the evening hours of 3 October 1226, while listening to a reading he had requested of Psalm 142. and Saint Michael the Archangel is referenced in the Old Testament and has been part of Christian teachings since the earliest times. In Catholic writings and traditions he acts as the defender of the Church and chief opponent of Satan, and assists people at the hour of death. In the New Testament, Michael leads God’s armies against Satan’s forces in the Book of Revelation, where during the war in heaven he defeats Satan. In the Epistle of Jude, Michael is specifically referred to as “the archangel Michael”. Sanctuaries to Michael were built by Christians in the 4th century, when he was first seen as a healing angel. Over time his role became one of a protector and the leader of the army of God against the forces of evil. From the time of the apostles, he has been invoked and honoured as the protector of the Church. Scripture describes him as “one of the chief princes” and the leader of heaven’s forces in their triumph over the powers of hell. The centre light shows the RAF badge emblem. This window is dedicated to the memory of DAVID son of OLIVE and HARRY WATSON SMITH. This window is reproduced on the Facebook page of the Bomber Command where it remembers Flight Sgt David Crofton Smith who was killed in action on 13th May 1943 when his aircraft was shot down on the way to an operation over Duisburg.
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF DAVID, AGED 21, FOURTH SON OF OLIVE (NEE NUNNEY) AND HARRY WATSON-SMITH, CBE, JP, WHO AS A BOMBER PILOT GAVE HIS MORTAL LIFE ALONG WITH HIS CREW DURING THE BOMBING OPERATIONS ON GERMANY, 13 MAY 1943

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