A hundred
years ago our community was mourning the loss of many many lives – not only
from the First World War but also from the ‘Spanish flu’ pandemic that followed
it.
Nonetheless, the May 1920 edition of the parish magazine tells of a “delightful Spring day” on Saturday 24th April - when a large number of local people gathered in the church for a Service of Dedication. The service had been arranged to dedicate the stained glass panels, crafted by Horace Wilkinson, which had been installed in the East Window and the Lady Chapel and the two carved wooden Memorial Panels in the nave – commemorating those who died in the Great War, 1914-1919.
Nonetheless, the May 1920 edition of the parish magazine tells of a “delightful Spring day” on Saturday 24th April - when a large number of local people gathered in the church for a Service of Dedication. The service had been arranged to dedicate the stained glass panels, crafted by Horace Wilkinson, which had been installed in the East Window and the Lady Chapel and the two carved wooden Memorial Panels in the nave – commemorating those who died in the Great War, 1914-1919.
The names
of the men of this congregation and parish who gave their lives in the Great
War are recorded in the panel on a pillar between the centre and south aisles.
Bishop Henry Montgomery, who lived in Bolton Road, Grove Park, led the service. He was the father of Bernard L Montgomery, who became well known during the Second World War as Field Marshall Montgomery and later Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.
Bishop Henry Montgomery, who lived in Bolton Road, Grove Park, led the service. He was the father of Bernard L Montgomery, who became well known during the Second World War as Field Marshall Montgomery and later Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.