- Type of Memorial
- Window
- WMR Reference Number
- 30747
- Description
- MAGNIFICENT NINE LIGHT WINDOW DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS, DECORATED AS BELOW
CENTRE LIGHT DEPICTS JOSHUA WITH HIS SWORD POINTING TO THE SUN AND ON HIS LEFT HAND THE SHIELD OF THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH. ON THE LEFT IS DAVID AS A YOUNG MAN WITH SLING AND STONE IN RIGHT HAND AND SHEPHERDS CROOK IN LEFT. ON THE RIGHT IS JONATHAN WITH HIS BOW AND ARROW. ON THE EXTREME LEFT IS A REPRESENTATION OF LT COL THOMSON IN THE UNFORM OF COLONEL OF THE REGIMENT STANDING IN FRONT OF YORK MINSTER. EXTREME RIGHT IS A FIGURE OF A SAILOR, WITH A BACKGROUND OF A WW1 BATTLESHIP AND HMS VICTORY. UPPER PORTION OF THE WINDOW DEPICTS JOSHUA EMERGING FROM HIS TENT STANDING IN A POSITION OF AWE AND WONDER AT THE ANGEL OF THE LORD CLAD IN SHINING ARMOUR , REPRESENTING THE CAPTAIN OF THE LORDS HOSTS. TO THE RIGHT OF THIS SCENE ARE ANGELS BEARING THE SHIELD OF THE 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT AND A NAVAL CREST
- Inscription
- THIS WINDOW IS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF/ GOD, AND IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF LIEUT-/ COLONEL J A RAYMOND THOMSON, D.S.O.,/ AND CROIX DE GUERRE (GOLD STAR), KILLED IN/ ACTION AT CRAONNE, IN FRANCE, MAY 27TH/ 1918, BY HIS UNCLE ROBERT METCALFE J.P.;/ ALSO IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMIS/ SIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE 5TH YORKSHIRE/ REGIMENT, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 - 18/ (NAMES)