Elleray Park School memorial window

(Across base of 3-paned window): TO THE GLORY OF GOD & IN MEMORY OF THE OLD BOYS OF ELLERAY PARK SCHOOL, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR THIS WINDOW IS ERECTED BY THE PARENTS & PAST & PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL UNDER J.M. STUART-EDWARDS M.A. & HIS WIFE KATHERINE. AD 1917

Accompanying framed roll of honour (fixed adjacent to window): THE "RESURRECTION" WINDOW THE WINDOW IS INTENDED TO REPRESENT AN EASTER MORNING IN EARLY SPRING. THE DAWN OF A NEW DAY HAS COME, THE GREY SKY IS MELTING INTO BLUE AND THE STARS ARE SCARCELY VISIBLE. THE SALLOW WILLOWS ARE IN BLOOM AND THE THRUSHES ARE SINGING; IT IS TOO EARLY IN THE YEAR AS YET FOR THE YOUNG ONES. ALL AROUND IN THE GREEN GRASS SPRING UP RED AND PURPLE ANEMONES, GROWING WILD AS THEY GROW IN THE HOLY LAND, AND IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE. "FOR LO, THE WINTER IS PAST, THE RAIN IS OVER AND GONE; THE FLOWERS APPEAR ON THE EARTH; THE TUNE OF THE SINGING OF BIRDS IS COME." THE TWO YOUNG KNIGHTS ARE AT THE OTHER SIDE OF DEATH AND ARE CONSCIOUS OF THE APPROACH OF THE RISEN LORD. HE IS THE VICTOR MONARCH, GIVING THE BLESSING OF PEACE. HIS HEAD IS CROWNED WITH THORNS, THEY ARE NO LONGER PAINFUL BUT ARE BLOSSOMING AND SENDING OUT YOUNG BUDS, HE BEARS IN HIS HAND THE BLOSSOMING OLIVE BRANCH. THE KNIGHTS ARE ARMED WITH THE SHIELD OF FAITH. THEY HAVE JOYFULLY LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES. THE WHOLE WINDOW IS MEANT TO GIVE THE IDEA OF GREAT HAPPINESS AND PEACE. "PRO DEO, PRO REGE, ET PRO PATRIA." Captain C S GARNETT-BOTFIELD Bedfordshire Regt Dec 1914, Lieutenant L K ADAMS 7th B King's L'pool Regt May 1915, Captain C IVOR RIVERS BULKELEY 2nd B Scots Guards May 1915, Captain C G R HIBBERT 4th B Loyal North Lancs Regt June 1915, 2nd-Lieutenant G EIMER LOCKET 1st B Suffolk Regt June 1915, Lieutenant NORMAN L WELLS 6th B Loyal N Lanc Regt Aug 1915, Corporal T A NEVETT 5th B Shropshire Light Inf Sept 1915, Captain ANDREW WEATHERHEAD King's Own Royal Lanc Regt July 1916, Captain GORDON BARBER Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders July 1916, 2nd-Lieutenant REGINALD W SETTLE Royal Flying Corps July 1916, Captain DONALD SMITH West Yorkshire Regt Aug 1916, Captain P A H THORNILEY MC 21st B Manchester Regt Jan 1917, Lieutenant ALAN P RAVENSCROFT Royal Flying Corps Jan 1917, Captain ALEC A REES RAMC Feb 1917, 2nd Lieutenant ALAN G HAMMERSLEY North Staffordshire Regt Mar 1917, Lieutenant GUY C D HILL Shropshire Light Infantry May 1917, Trooper E A BALL Denbeghshire [sic] Hussars Jan 1918, Lieutenant F HUGH T STONEX Royal Dublin Fusiliers Feb 1918, 2nd Lieutenant ARTHUR P DAVIES Royal Flying Corps Mar 1918, Lieutenant T A C STOCKHAM 3rd B East Yorkshire Regt Mar 1918, 2nd Lieutenant JOHN OVERTON Royal Welsh Fusiliers Mar 1918, Captain FRED PRIESTLEY MC 1st Wiltshire Regt May 1918, Lieutenant C B ASTLEY 10th B King's L'pool Regt July 1918, Captain MELLARD SETTLE North Staffordshire Regt Dec 1918