Gwennap, St Wenappa
North aisle 2
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Listed in the Imperial War Museum’s Register of War Memorials, reference 26121.
- Date of manufacture and insertion
- Number of lights
- 4
- Maker
- Powell, James of Whitefriars
- Main subject
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a. b, c. d. - Tracery subject
- Arms of Ford and Nagle and regimental badges
- Dedicatee
- Maj Richard Nagle Ford, MC, 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, died in France
- Notes
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- Commonwealth War Graves Commission ID 82836.
- Insertion=deathdate.
- (“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: d: in France
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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 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
()
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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 , 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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