SANDY WW1

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Reference WMO/294858

Address:

St. Swithun's Church

High Street

Sandy

SG19 1AQ

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Composite
Materials:
  • Glass Stained Glass
  • Stone Marble
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Elaborate, composite memorial consisting of two-light stained glass windows, with a marble-framed tablet at their foot containing the main inscription, plus two castellated, marble-framed tablets to the left and right containing the names of the fallen. Small marble and bronze crucifix on the left side in the lower tablet. At the top of the lights is the Biblical quotation "Be thou faithful unto death / and I will give thee a Crown of Life". The words "COURAGE" and "VICTORY" are at the foot of the lights.
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THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 / THIS WINDOW ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS OF SANDY / IN THE FAITH OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST / IN GRATITUDE TO ALMIGHTY GOD THE GIVER OF VICTORY / AND IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF ALL WHO FROM THIS PARISH / HELPED TO SECURE TO US THE PRICELESS HERITAGE OF LIBERTY. / ETERNAL HONOUR GIVE TO THOSE WHO DIED / IN THAT FULL SPLENDOUR OF HEROIC PRIDE / THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. / THEIR NAMES ARE HERE RECORDED.

Left panel: names x 53, ordered by rank; right panel: names x 58, all privates.

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