2Lt W S Moult

Memorial
Title

2Lt W S Moult

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Locations

Last known location:
St Stephen's Church
Station Rd (B5010)
Borrowash
Derbyshire

Nearest postcode:
DE72 3LG

NGR:
SK 41705 34423
(From online digital mapping)

Location details:
On the southern wall of the nave.

Type

Overall type: Window

Overall condition: Good. The inscription is legible.

Description:

A two light stained glass window. The two lancet lights each have stone arches and cills and are inserted into a pointed arch opening in the brick wall. Each light contains a depiction of a winged angel in reds, white and blue and each carrying a round shield or plate, the left one bearing a warrior saint and the right one a group of figures. The left light has the badge of the Sherwood Foresters Regiment at the foot, and each light also contains a text within a panel at the head and the dedicatory inscription extends across the foot of both lights. The inscriptions are in upright capital lettering.

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Window	Stained glass	1590	380	-	Good
Window	Stained glass	1590	380	-	Good
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

Head of left light:	AND GOD SHALL WIPE AWAY ALL TEARS FROM THEIR EYES, AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH
Head of right light:	NEITHER SORROW NOR CRYING, NEITHER SHALL THERE BE ANY MORE PAIN FOR THE FORMER THINGS ARE PASS'D AWAY
Foot of left light:	TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF 2ND. LIEUT. S. W. MOULT. 2ND. BATT. SHERWOOD FORESTERS. This window was given by his Mother and Father
Foot of right light:	WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE SEPTEMBER 15TH 1916 AGED 28 YEARS. and by his Sister and Brother.
Bottom right corner:	A. J. DAVIES Fecit 1917 BROMSGROVE GUILD

Conflicts and people commemorated
Conflict	First World War (1914-1919)
Number died	1
Number served and returned	0
Total names	1

Administration

Custodian: -

Local authorities:
After WW1: Ockbrook Parish Council; Shardlow Rural District Council and later South East Derbyshire Rural District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Ockbrook and Borrowash Parish Council; Erewash Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.

History

11th March, 2008: An application was submitted to Erewash Borough Council for planning permission to erect coated steel grilles over the window, reference ERE/0308/0019.

6th May, 2008: Planning permission was granted for the grilles. It is not known whether they were installed.

14th September, 2014: Recorded by Roy Branson.

References

Pevsner, Nicolaus, revised by Williamson, Elizabeth; Derbyshire (in the Buildings of England series); Penguin Books 1998; ISBN 0140710086; p102. The window is described as being by A. J Davies in 1917 and "Much above his average".

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