Now located in Thornton Methodist Church. Designed by William Morris. Unveiled 15 January 1921, attended by Local Clergy and dignitaries and Mr. Pearson Bentham. It is a single light stained glass window decorated depicting Christ in majesty bestowing a crown on a kneeling soldier in armour. Mounted on inside wall of church lit from behind.
Its inscription reads:
I.H.S.
FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918
WW1
Robert R Alston, see Thornton War Memorial WW1
Herbert Bentham, see Thornton War Memorial WW1
Joseph E. Bentham, see Thornton War Memorial WW1
J. Edgar Brock, see Thornton War Memorial WW1
H. Coleman, see Thornton War Memorial WW1
Allen Dixon, see Thornton War Memorial WW1
Clarence Dixon, see Thornton War Memorial WW1
Granville Dixon, see Thornton War Memorial WW1
Charles Farrar, see Thornton War Memorial WW1
John Farrar, see Thornton War Memorial WW1
W.E. Gledhill, see Thornton War Memorial WW1
Frank Leach, see Thornton War Memorial WW1
L. Passman, see Thornton War Memorial WW1
E Robinson, see Thornton War Memorial WW1
S. Robinson, see Thornton War Memorial WW1
G. Waterworth, see Thornton War Memorial WW1
R.J.W Waterworth, see Thornton War Memorial WW1
(Updated 22 February 2021)
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