Memorial Title

R H Ford

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW1 war memorial window to Reginald Ford in All Saints' Church, Sawley, Derbyshire.

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Locations

Last known location:
All Saints' Church
Tamworth Rd (B6540)
Sawley
Derbyshire

Nearest postcode:
NG10 3AT

NGR:
SK 47249 31366
(From online digital mapping.)
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Location details:
In the west wall.

Type

Overall type: Window.

Overall condition: Good. The inscription is legible.

Description:

A stained glass window commemorating various members of the Ford family and comprising three narrow lancet lights with six small panes above. The central light contains a biblical figure in green and gold robes walking across a landscape. At the head is a red cross against a radiating sun and at the foot is an oblong panel with gold border containing the commemorative inscription in white mixed case roman lettering on a black ground. The two side lights each contain an angel at the head with biblical quotations below. The makers' mark is in the lower right corner of the right light.

Glossary

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Window	Stained glass	c4000	2000	-	Good
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

Left light:

Centre light:

Right light:

I
WILL LIFT
UP MINE EYES
UNTO THE HILLS
FROM WHENCE
COMETH MY
HELP

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF
JOSEPH FORD	Died	27 Dec 1941	GEORGE C FORD Died 12 Oct 1916
MARY JANE FORD	. . .	21 June 1920	REGINALD H FORD -
ETHEL FORD	. . .	22 May 1957	- Killed in action Sept 1918
ANNIE G MAY	. . .	19 Sept 1957	- Killed in action Sept 1918
THIS WINDOW WAS GIVEN BY VERA FORD

MY
HELP
COMETH FROM
THE LORD
WHICH MADE
HEAVEN AND
EARTH

Conflicts and people named:
Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)	Totals
Action	Unspecified
Number died	1	1
Number served and returned	0	0
Total names	1	1

Administration

Custodian: Presumed to be the Bates family.

Local authorities:
From WW1: Sawley with Wilsthorpe Parish Council; Shardlow (later South East Derbyshire) Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Sawley Parish Council; Erewash Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.

History and Conservation

Unknown date: The window was made by Pope and Parr, glaziers of Nottingham.

22nd October, 1962: The church was listed Grade I, Heritage List for England number 1204277.

Unknown date: The memorial lies within the Sawley Conservation Area.

28th August, 2017: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in good condition and the inscription was legible.

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