Gwennap, St Wenappa
North aisle 2
Entries in grey
are not obtained from documentary evidence, but
are inferred from content, context, etc .
Listed in the Imperial War Museum’s Register of War Memorials, reference
26121 .
Date of manufacture and insertion
1918
Number of lights
4
Maker
Powell, James of Whitefriars
Main subject
a .
The Archangel Michael
b ,
c .
Adoration of the Magi
d .
Christ as Salvator Mundi
Tracery subject
Arms of Ford and Nagle and regimental badges
Dedicatee
Maj Richard Nagle Ford, MC,
11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers,
died 6th January 1918 in France
Notes
Commonwealth War Graves Commission ID 82836 .
Insertion=deathdate.
Some stained glass windows executed within the past twenty years
, p 88. London, The British Society of Master Glass Painters, 1930
(“Three 4-light windows, N. side Nave.”).
To the Glory of God and in loving memory of Major Richard Nagle Ford M.C. Royal Fusiliers youngest son
of E.S. Ford of Pengreep b: 19th June 1884 d: in France
6th January 1918
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Tracery.
The same arms (Ford, with Nagle in an escutcheon of pretence)
appear in the panel
of Maj Ford’s grandfather, the Revd James Ford,
a major benefactor to the Bishop Phillpotts’ Library in Truro,
now in the
Truro Cathedral School Assembly Hall
Display panel
where the azure components have all degraded to off-white.
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a .
The archangel Michael above the dragon above three
satanic figures, the lowest of which, with horns and wings,
is the Devil himself.
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b ,
c .
Adoration of the Magi.
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d .
Christ, holding a banner on which is written
Victor Mortis
(the Conqueror of Death).
Below him is an angel holding a scroll on which is written
He is not here: [for] he is risen
(Matthew 28:6 )
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The inscription,
running across the base of all four lights.
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A1 .
Unidentified emblem, probably a badge of the Royal Fusiliers.
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A2 .
The arms of Ford.
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B1 .
The arms, crest and motto of Ford, with the arms of Nagle in an escutcheon
of pretence. The same arms appear in the
Truro Cathedral School Assembly Hall
Display panel
,
where they are described in greater detail,
because Maj Ford’s grandfather, the Revd Preb James Ford, was a
major contributor to the Bishop Phillpotts’ Library, where the
glass of the display panel originated.
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A3 .
The arms of Nagle. Maj Ford’s paternal grandmother was
Jane Frances Nagle.
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A4 .
The regimental badge of the Royal Fusiliers.
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