World War 1 Memorial Window - Minster Church of St Peter ad Vincula - Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

The stained glass memorial window is located in the Peace Chapel which is up in the balcony of St. Peter Ad Vincula and was originally called the Warriors' Chapel.

With the aid of a Heritage Lottery Fund award of £9400 granted to The Friends of Stoke Minster the Memorial Stained Glass Window in Stoke Minster has been restored and was rededicated on 3rd August 2014 to mark centenary of the start of the First World War.

The memorial window in the Peace Chapel in Stoke Minster has now been repaired with a grant of £9,400 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Children from St Peter’s academy did research into the origins of the window and created a exhibition which is now on display in the narthex at Stoke Minster. The restored window was rededicated by Rt Rev Geoff Annas, Bishop of Stafford, on Sunday 3rd August at a special Requiem Eucharist in the presence of the Lord Mayor of Stoke, HLFNL_2747 logo the Lord Lieutenant, High Sheriff and a congregation of some 220 people. As part of the service poems from this era were read, and Ken Bagnall shared the moving story of his grandfather who was gassed during the Great War. (visit link)

The Memorial window was designed by Gordon Mitchell Forsyth (GMF) (1879-1952). He was highly influenced in his stained glass window design by the Arts & Crafts movement. The movement, originally led by John Ruskin and William Morris, taught that the separation of design from the act of making was aesthetically damaging. Students and church parishioners (their initials can be seen in the window) were trained to create the window and it was completed in 1923.The window was dedicated on 10th November 1923, and unveiled by General Sir Walter Congreve. The Staffordshire Sentinel reported on 12th November that: 340 men of the parish of St Peter’s Stoke fell in the war. (visit link)

This memorial window was beautifully cleaned and restored by Dennis Holgate. St Peter’s Academy met with the Restorer, as part of their Memorial Project.

Memorial Window - pdf: (visit link)

Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 10/11/1923 Private or Public Monument?: Other Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: The Memorial window was designed by Gordon Mitchell Forsyth and was built by students from the Burslem School of Art and church parishioners. Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Website for this Monument: [Web Link] Physical Address of Monument: Glebe Street, Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. ST4 1JG Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes

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