Memorial Details
What type of memorial is it?
Window
How would you describe the memorial and its ornamentation?
Stained glass window. At the top is a knight in armour, leaning on a sword, with legend 'they rest not from their labours'. Below, an angel holds a scroll bearing the names.
Reason for status change (if applicable/optional)
Image located- reference and names added. Dimensions removed as the window is demonstrably not 65 metres high, as was input. Inscription corrected, number commemorated corrected.
Location
Has this memorial been lost?
No
Location
Location
Is this the memorial's current location?
Yes
Building Name
Dornoch Cathedral
Street
The Square
Town
Dornoch
District
Sutherland
County
Highlands and Islands
Country
Scotland
Postcode
IV25 3SL
OS map ref
NH 79719 89688
If the memorial is located in a site of worship, please list the religious denominations
Church of Scotland

Dornoch Cathedral Window Location

Commemoration
What words are inscribed on the memorial?
TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ (Names)/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ THEY LOVED NOT THEIR/LIVES UNTO THE DEATH
War
How many names are listed in total?
16
Which war or group does the memorial commemorate?
First World War (1914-1918)
Is the total an exact count?
Yes
Of the names listed, how many served and returned?
0
Of the names listed, how many died?
16
What information is listed for those commemorated?
surname, forenameS
How is this information ordered?
surname
Condition
Is the writing on the memorial difficult to read?
No
Components
Component Details
Which memorial component are you recording?
Window
What condition is this component in?
Good
What materials has this component been constructed from?
Stained Glass
Listing Information
Does it have listed status?
No
History
Scholarship
Is there a trust or scholarship associated with it?
No
Maker
Maker
Person or organisation involved in the making of the memorial
Mr James Ballantine, 71 George Street, Edinburgh
What role did they have in the making?
Designer
Ceremony
Ceremony
Ceremony
What was the purpose of the ceremony?
Dedicated
When did it take place?
June 1923
References
References
Image-http://www.historylinks.org.uk/war-memorials
The Scotsman - Friday 25 May 1923 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19230525/219/0005
DORNOCH CATHEDRAL MEMORIAL. — Mr James Ballantine, 71 George Street, Edinburgh, has completed the war memorial stained glass window for Dornoch Cathedral, which is to be dedicated in the Cathedral next month. The design shows the figure of a mediaeval knight in armour, in an attitude expressive of rest and peace after victory, the texts, "They . . . rest from their labours" and "They loved not their lives unto the death" forming the theme of the window. The colour scheme is of deep tones relieved by well-designed shrine work of silvery white . Another window in the same studio, recently seen in London at the Ecclesiastical Art and Craft Exhibition and eventually to be placed in Kim Parish Church, is of superb colour, leaded and constructed in the manner of the early English craftsmen.
BUILDINGS OF SCOTLAND by GIFFORD, JOHN 565 Source: Image Library Highlands and Islands edition(1992)