Sergeant Francis Purcell


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Reference WMO/300792

Address:

Salford Roman Catholic Cathedral of St John the Evangelist

Chapel Street

Salford

M3 5LL

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Stained glass window
Materials:
  • Glass Stained Glass
Lettering: Painted
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Three light stained glass window. The central light depicts St George in full armour with lance and shield, below a representation of the ruins of the Cloth Hall, Ypres. In the left light are depicted the arms of his Teacher Training College, St Mary's, Hammersmith, with his years of attendance, with the year of the start of the conflict below. In the right light are depicted his regimental badge, with the year of the Peace below. The inscription is painted across the bottom of the three lights. It is to the left of the north entrance
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St Mary's, Hammersmith/ 1910 - 1912/ St George/ Lancashire Fusiliers/ 1914 1919/ Of your Charity pray for/ the repose of the soul of/ Sergt. F Purcell Lancs Fusiliers/ the only son of Francis and Elizabeth A Purcell/ He was killed/in action on/ the 22nd ... 1916 at/ Delville Wood, France, Aged 24 years/ This window is/ erected to his memory/ by his parents. RIP

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