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    Memorial

    West Kirby Methodist Church - Thomas Geoffrey Porter

    Thomas Geoffrey Nash Stained glass window

    Source: Copyright Phil Nash

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    Current Location

    West Kirby Methodist Church, 29A, Westbourne Road, West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside, CH48 4DQ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SJ 21493 86732

    Denomination

    Methodist

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    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

    • Thomas Geoffrey Porter

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    Type of Memorial
    Window
    WMR Reference Number
    2450
    Description
    Two-light stained and painted glass window . In the left light a figure of a young man clad in a purple robe holding a burning torch ,surmounted by a coat of arms . In the right light the figure of Christ Crucified against a back ground of sunrays , the base of the cross shaped in the appearance of a pair of compasses , and at the bottom an aeroplane with RAF roundels .
    Inscription
    THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD AS WE / THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD. / AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM / NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN. // AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN / AND IN THE MORNING / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. / L. BINYON // TO THE GLORY OF GOD, AND / IN PROUD AND LOVING / MEMORY OF THOMAS / GEOFFREY PORTER / WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR / OTHERS JULY 3 1943. / "GREATER LOVE HATH NO / MAN THAN THIS ..."
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    given names , surname , date of death
    Maker(s)
    • Williams & Watson, Designer

    Components

    Window

    Made from: Stained Glass


    Condition: Good


    • West Kirby Methodist Church - Thomas Geoffrey Porter http://www.westkirbymethodist.btck.co.uk/history/thomasgeoffreyporter
    • Guide to church and all windows http://btckstorage.blob.core.windows.net/site1797/History/History.pdf