Seadog Posted 4 February , 2012 Share Posted 4 February , 2012 Seadog, That is an interesting window, do you know which are the Patron Saints ?, and to which of the Allies each belongs ? Regards, LF Panels Left to Right top to bottom:- PANEL ONE 1.0 Not readable 2.0 St Denis - France 3.0 Not readable PANEL TWO 1.0 Not readable 2.0 St Andrew – Scotland & Russia PANEL THREE 1.0 St Michael – The Church of the same name PANEL FOUR 1.0 St David - Wales 2.0 St George - England PANEL FIVE 1.0 St Joseph – Belgium and many others 2.0 St Ambrose – Italy (?) Regards Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 4 February , 2012 Author Share Posted 4 February , 2012 2nd Lt Arthur Noel Eyre 6th Sherwoods and 57 Sqdrn, observer in DHA no D8419 piloted by Lt Percy Walter Johnson Timson, shot down by Jasta 5 26th Sept 1918 over Cambrai. Could this have been their type of aircraft - De Havilland DH 4 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 5 February , 2012 Author Share Posted 5 February , 2012 Stuart, A very nice Memorial Window to a specific Battalion/Regiment. Leo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 5 February , 2012 Author Share Posted 5 February , 2012 2nd Lt Arthur Noel Eyre 6th Sherwoods and 57 Sqdrn, observer in DHA no D8419 piloted by Lt Percy Walter Johnson Timson, shot down by Jasta 5 26th Sept 1918 over Cambrai. Could this have been their type of aircraft - De Havilland DH 4 ? Update - 2 members, Adrian amd Gareth, have both kindly confirmed that this was the type of aircraft 2nd Lt Arthur Noel Eyre, and Lt Percy Walter Johnson Timson were flying when shot down and killed. LF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 5 February , 2012 Author Share Posted 5 February , 2012 Lieutenant Percy ( Laddie ) Walter Johnson Timson - RFC. Killed in action - Thursday, 26th September, 1918, aged 19 years. Whilst I can find no Memorial Window to Lieutenant Timson , his family did erect a stone memorial to him in the cemetery at Charing, Kent. " Born Mosely, Birmingham on 21st December 1898. Son of Walter Johnson and Minnie Timson of " The Towers ", Charing, Kent. Later of " Southbourne, Kent. Percy was educated at Beverley House and at Margate College, Kent. After leaving college he went to work on his family's farm in Charing. On his 18th Birthday he joined the Cadets of the Royal Flying Corps ( RFC ) at Lincoln College, Oxford. After qualifying as a pilot he went to France in February 1918. He was attached to a squadron serving the Third Army. On 26th September, 1918, close to Cambrai, Percy was piloting a DH4 ( D8419 ). His Observer was 2nd Lieutenant A.N. Eyre. Their aircraft was attacked and shot down at 1805 hours, by Lt. Fritz Rumey of 5 ( Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 5 ) Squadron Imperial German Flying Service. Lt. Rumey was a German Air Ace who scored 45 victories before being killed in action himself. Percy's Commanding Officer wrote to his family - " Your son has been missing since 26th September 1918. On that date he went out with other machines and became engaged in a heavy fight with a number of enemy machines. Your son was not seen again. We shall drop messages to our German Friends to find out what happened to him. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 5 February , 2012 Author Share Posted 5 February , 2012 Leutnant Fritz Rumey. " A prewar infantryman with the 45th Infantry regiment, he saw action against the Russians and was decorated with the Iron Cross 2nd class. Subsequently in August 1915 he applied for aviation duty and completed an observer's course and served with FAA 219. Later he was accepted for pilot training and when he completed his training, he was sent to France in early 1917, serving for a brief period with Jasta Boelcke, and then went to Jagdstaffel 5 on 10 June 1917. He served as a Vizefeldwebel, along with Josef Mai and Otto Könnecke, as one of the three NCO pilots who flew together and scored 40% of the squadron's successes, and were known as "The Golden Triumvirate". His personal marking on the aircraft he used was a demon's head. Rumey's first victim was a British observation balloon, flamed on July 6, 1917. His third was over British ace Captain Gerald Crole (5 victories) of 43 Squadron, who was taken prisoner. Rumey was wounded on 25 August 1917, and again on 24 September. By year's end he was credited with five victories. Rumey continued to accrue single victories throughout the first half of 1918. He killed ace Lt. James Dawe (8 victories) of No. 24 Squadron on 7 June 1918, for his 23rd claim. This same day he was commissioned as a Leutnant. He brought down and killed Canadian ace Lt. Edward C. Eaton of No. 65 Squadron on 26 June 1918. About this time, he switched to a yellow Fokker D.VII. With 29 victories to his credit, Leutnant Rumey received the coveted Pour le Mérite in July 1918. This made him one of only five pilots to have received both this award and the Golden Military Merit Cross. He went scoreless in August but in September, shot down 16 airplanes, a figure only surpassed by Franz Büchner. There are conflicting accounts of Fritz Rumey's death. One theory was that he was killed after a mid-air collision with the SE5a of Captain G. E. B. Lawson (No. 32 Squadron, who survived). With the top wing of his Fokker D.VII smashed to pieces (his plane thus driven out of control), he bailed out. The spin that his aeroplane was in, however, caused his parachute to open incorrectly when he threw it from the cockpit. Another suggests Lieutenant Frank Hale (7 victories) of 32 Squadron actually shot Rumey down, while Rumey's squadron comrades believed that his full throttle diving pursuit of an RAF SE5a caused the fabric to peel off the upper wing of his aircraft. Whichever account is true, when he jumped from his damaged machine, his parachute failed entirely, sending the 27-year old ace plummeting to the ground below (from a 1,000 feet up according to Lawson's account). Rumey did not survive. Fritz Rumey's tally of 45 victories was almost entirely over enemy fighter planes. He shot down more enemy scouts (35) than the more famous Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaymen Posted 5 February , 2012 Share Posted 5 February , 2012 This old thread has a couple in it http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=77529&st=0&p=711412&hl=stansted&fromsearch=1entry711412 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 5 February , 2012 Author Share Posted 5 February , 2012 This old thread has a couple in it http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=77529&st=0&p=711412&hl=stansted&fromsearch=1entry711412 Many thanks for the information on some additional Memorial Windows. LF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 6 February , 2012 Author Share Posted 6 February , 2012 With reference to the stained glass Memorial Window to Lieut. John Burrows Whitfield RE who died of wounds January 20th, 1916 aged 26 years, I am very fortunate to have his personalised Royal Engineers officer's sword, having his name engraved on the blade, along with the Royal Engineers insignia. 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Evans Posted 6 February , 2012 Share Posted 6 February , 2012 One in St Mary's church, Sedgley, Near Wolverhampton. http://www.wolverhamptonwarmemorials.org.uk/memorial_pages/Church/All_Saints_Church_Sedgley.htm From the 'Wolverhampton War Memorials' website by Doug Lewis. Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 6 February , 2012 Author Share Posted 6 February , 2012 One in St Mary's church, Sedgley, Near Wolverhampton. http://www.wolverhamptonwarmemorials.org.uk/memorial_pages/Church/All_Saints_Church_Sedgley.htm From the 'Wolverhampton War Memorials' website by Doug Lewis. Roy Roy, A very nice window, I shall post it for members to enjoy. Many thanks. Regards, Leo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 7 February , 2012 Author Share Posted 7 February , 2012 An unusual example, where the window is located in the fallen's own Father's Church. Burton on Trent, St Paul's church Staffordshire. Captain Philip Lloyd Stockley, 30th Battalion, Machine Gune Corps ( Infantry ), killed in action near Ypres, 26th April 1918 aged 21 of Hertford College Oxford. Son of Reverend Joseph John Gabbett Stockley and Sarah Stockley of The Rectory, Wolverhampton. and Vicar on St Paul's Burton on Trent, Staffordshire 1902-1919. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs_cooper Posted 7 February , 2012 Share Posted 7 February , 2012 These are in St. Michael's Church in Langley, West Midlands. They are behind mesh but vulnerable as the Church is unused. The local history society is monitoring the situation. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wainfleet Posted 7 February , 2012 Share Posted 7 February , 2012 I don't have any photos of it, but the most magnificent (by quite a long way) WW1 memorial stained glass I have ever seen is in Swaffham Prior church, Cambs. Well worth going out of your way to see. Also the village is very pretty and the pub used to be (and hopefully still is) excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggers Posted 7 February , 2012 Share Posted 7 February , 2012 Another window in memory of a vicar's son can be found in Childwall parish church (All Saints), Liverpool. It commemorates Lieut. Montague Ainslie, 12th Battalion, the King's Liverpool Regiment, Kia in 1916. I am unable to attach a photo, but hope to at some stage. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 7 February , 2012 Author Share Posted 7 February , 2012 I don't have any photos of it, but the most magnificent (by quite a long way) WW1 memorial stained glass I have ever seen is in Swaffham Prior church, Cambs. Well worth going out of your way to see. Also the village is very pretty and the pub used to be (and hopefully still is) excellent! Many thanks for the information, I shall look it up and see if any photographs are available. LF Another window in memory of a vicar's son can be found in Childwall parish church (All Saints), Liverpool. It commemorates Lieut. Montague Ainslie, 12th Battalion, the King's Liverpool Regiment, Kia in 1916. I am unable to attach a photo, but hope to at some stage. D That would make another interesting post, hopefully you can obtain a photograph. LF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 7 February , 2012 Author Share Posted 7 February , 2012 These are in St. Michael's Church in Langley, West Midlands. They are behind mesh but vulnerable as the Church is unused. The local history society is monitoring the situation. Chris Chris, Hopefully these beautiful windows can be saved and preserved, as they are probably irreplaceable. LF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wainfleet Posted 7 February , 2012 Share Posted 7 February , 2012 Many thanks for the information, I shall look it up and see if any photographs are available. LF There are some at the link in my post. There are also some on Geograph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 7 February , 2012 Author Share Posted 7 February , 2012 I don't have any photos of it, but the most magnificent (by quite a long way) WW1 memorial stained glass I have ever seen is in Swaffham Prior church, Cambs. Well worth going out of your way to see. Also the village is very pretty and the pub used to be (and hopefully still is) excellent! Wainfleet, I was able to find the attached photographs on the two WW1 stained glass Memorial Windows in St. Mary's Church, Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire, and you are perfectly correct, they are magnificent, and contain images from WW1 which we have not seen before. The windows are divided into various smaller panels, each dealing with an aspect of the Great War. A plaque below one of the windows reads " nobly for God, King and Country against the aggression and barbarism of German militarism. " Thank you for posting their location. In this window, the very top depicts submarines, mines and a sinking ship. Top left - A YMCA Camp. Middle - Providing irrigation to the desert. Bottom - Military Ambulance scene. Top right - Military Hospital scene. Middle - Field Medical scene. Bottom - Statue of Liberty, LF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 7 February , 2012 Author Share Posted 7 February , 2012 Inividual panels. Statue of Liberty - Military Ambulance scene - Military Hospital scene - Army Chaplin scene, comforting dying soldier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 7 February , 2012 Author Share Posted 7 February , 2012 The second WW1 Memorial Window at St. Mary's Church, Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire. The top panels depict a Zeppelin - Searchlights - Tank. Top left - Field Artillery Top right - Bi-plane. Middle left - Munitions workers. bottom right - Trench scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 8 February , 2012 Author Share Posted 8 February , 2012 Individual panels - Field Artillery - Zeppelin - Searchlights - Tank - Munitions workers - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 8 February , 2012 Author Share Posted 8 February , 2012 Trench scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 8 February , 2012 Author Share Posted 8 February , 2012 Top panel - Sea Mines and sinking ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 8 February , 2012 Author Share Posted 8 February , 2012 This old thread has a couple in it http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=77529&st=0&p=711412&hl=stansted&fromsearch=1entry711412 Shayman, Many thanks, I shall take a look at them. LF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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