Memorial

Norton Boer War Memorial Window

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Current Location

ST PETERS CHURCH, Langton Rd, Norton, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, England

SE 795 710

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Window
WMR Reference Number: 30879
Description: THREE LIGHT WINDOW DECORATED AS BELOW AND FLANKED BY TWO TABLETS LIGHTS DEPICT (CENTRE) THE CRUCIFIXION, FLANKED BY SAINTS: ST GEORGE, ST OSWALD, ST SEBASTIAN, ST EDWARD, ST LAWRENCE, ST STEPHEN.
Inscription: WINDOW: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS LH TABLET: IN TOKEN OF REGARD FOR ALL THOSE OF THIS PARISH OF NORTON WHO/ SERVED THEIR SOVEREIGN AND COUNTRY IN THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA/ 1899 - 1902, AND WHO HAVE RETURNED IN PEACE, THIS MEMORIAL IS HERE/ PLACED AND THEIR NAMES HERE RECORDED/ (NAMES) RH TABLET: REMEMBER YE IN THE LORD ALL THOSE WHO DIED IN WAR FOR THEIR/ SOVEREIGN AND COUNTRY IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1899 - 1902, ESPECIALLY/ (NAMES)

War: Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Number Commemorated: 13
Served: 8
Died: 5
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death
Order of names: rank

Unveiled

1903

Bishop of Beverley, Local Clergy and other Dignitaries

Window

Made from: Stained Glass

Condition: Good

Tablet

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good