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| HER Number: | MDV106006 |
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| Name: | Bampton War Memorial Window, St Michael's Church |
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Summary
The parish church contains a First World War memorial window.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 956 222 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS92SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Bampton |
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| District | Mid Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BAMPTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WAR MEMORIAL (World War I - 1914 AD to 1918 AD (Between))
Full description
Walls, S., 2011, Bampton World War I Memorial Window and World War II Memorial Tablet (Ground Photograph). SDV356244.
Bampton Town Council, 2014, Bampton in Devon (Website). SDV356201.
The emblems of those regiments to which the men of Bampton belonged during the First World War have been in-filled in the War Memorial Window in the parish church, along with the names of those who were killed.
Imperial War Museum, 2014, War Memorials Archive, 25243 (Website). SDV356253.
Four-light stained glass window tracery. Unidentified figures in each light. Inscription at the base and tablet for World War II placed below.
Inscription:
Window: THE GLASS IN THIS WINDOW WAS RESTORED AND PLACED HERE TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE ABOVE NAMED PARISHIONERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919
Tablet: THESE ALSO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ 1939 - 1945./ (NAMES)/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV356201 | Website: Bampton Town Council. 2014. Bampton in Devon. http://www.bampton.org.uk/history-war-memorial.html#wartime. Website. |
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| SDV356244 | Ground Photograph: Walls, S.. 2011. Bampton World War I Memorial Window and World War II Memorial Tablet. The Materiality of Remembrance. Digital. |
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| SDV356253 | Website: Imperial War Museum. 2014. War Memorials Archive. www.ukniwm.org.uk. Website. 25243. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV1389 | Part of: St. Michael and All Angels, Bampton (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 9 2014 12:22PM |
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