Bodmin, St Petroc
s6. South aisle 1
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 99632.
- Date of manufacture and insertion
- Number of lights
- 4
- Maker
- Clayton & Bell
- Main subject
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2a. 2b. 2c. 2d. 1a. St George slays the dragon 1b. St Germanus preaches 1c. St Mawes teaches children 1d. - Tracery subject
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A1. Probably emblem of St Michael, surmounting sword A2. Probably arms of dedicatee, surmounting sword B1. - Donor
- Officers, NCOs and men of the Regiment
- Dedicatee
- Colonel Henry Sparke Stabb, 1st Battalion the DCLI, died at Pietermaritzburg
- Notes
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- Marriage of Thomas Stabb of Ilfacombe to Mary Wilking [sic] of Shaldon (aka St Nicholas), Devon, (parents of dedicatee) on on Tinstaafl Transcripts.
- Death of Mary Stabb, née Wilkins, mother of dedicatee on , , , .
- Death of Thomas Stabb of Ilfracombe, father of dedicatee, on , .
- Death of dedicatee,
- Insertion, maker, subjects, donors, dedicatee, inscription, ,
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Painted Window, in memory of Col. Stabb, put in by his brother officers.
- Maker, refers to article by Revd W Iago in the Bodmin Parish Magazine on the window. Another article intended for following issue.
- Reference to article by Revd W Iago in the Bodmin Parish Magazine on the window, and description of St Mawes in 2c and 1c, .
- mentions two windows (this one and ) erected in – in memory of the officers and men of the DCLI who fell in the Zulu and Egyptian campaigns of and –
- Mentioned, .
- There is a memorial to Col Stabb in Holy Trinity Church, Ilfracombe, (Imperial War Museum memorial reference 46074).
- Same style as , .
In memory of Colonel Henry Sparke Stabb who served for thirty years in the 32nd Light Infantry now the 1st Battalion the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry which he commanded from to and whilst commanding the troops at Natal died at Pietermaritzburg on the from the effects of his devotion to duty in the suppression of the Zulu Rebellion of that year. Erected by the Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and men who have served in the Regiment
Tracery.
| A1. | Probably the emblem of St Michael, surmounting a sword |
| A2. | Arms of Wilkins impaled with Smith, surmounting a sword. The dedicatee’s mother was Mary Wilkin(s), so these are probably his arms, inherited through his mother’s family. The arms of Wilkins of Frocester, Glos, are erminois on a bend azure cotised sable three martlets argent on a canton or a rose gules () The arms of Smith of Cockermouth, co Cumberland, are sable on a fess engrailed or, between three squirrels sejant argent each holding a marigold slipped proper, as many roundels barry of six argent and azure (, Grazebrook, H Sydney, The Heraldry of Smith p 58 and Plate No. 3, London, John Russell Smith, ) |
| B1. | Arms of the Duchy of Cornwall: sable fifteen bezants, five, four, three, two and one (). |
S George S Germain Bp S Mawes S Alban
Main panels
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1a. St George slays the dragon
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1b. St Germanus, dressed as a bishop, preaches.
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1c. St Mawes teaches children.
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1d. The martyrdom of St Alban
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Inscription running across the base of all four lights.
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