Memorial Details
What type of memorial is it?
Window
How would you describe the memorial and its ornamentation?
RESTORED 15TH CENTURY PERPENDICULAR WINDOW OF TWO CINQUEFOIL LIGHTS AND FOUR TRACERY LIGHTS. DEPICTS DAVID AND JOSHUA AS BELOW.

WINDOW DEPICTS: (1) KING DAVID WITH UPWARD POINTING UNSHEATHED SWORD, LEFT HAND RESTING ON A HARP. INSCRIBED SILVER NIMBUS AND CROWN OVER POINTED HELMET. BLUE MANTLE OVER PATTERNED RED SUPERTUNIC AND DAMASCENED PLATE ARMOUR.
(2) MOUSTACHED JOSHUA IN FRONT OF A LARGE TURQUOISE SHIELD DISPLAYING A SUN WITH FACE ENSOLEILLE, HIS RIGHT HANDING HOLDING AN ENSHEATHED UPWARD POINTING SWORD. INSCRIBED RED NIMBUS. ROBED IN FULL DAMASCENED ARMOUR WITH ROWEL SPURS, OVER WHICH IS DARK RED MANTLE WITH DECORATED BORDER.
(3) DAVID WITH RED NIMBUS AND GOLD HELMET, SPEAR AND SHIELD. ROBED WITH WHITE AND GOLD TUNIC AND PURPLE CHAIN MAIL. SPEA RPOINTED TOWARDS 3 ROBED DANCING MAIDENS WITH CYMBALS, PIPES AND TABOR. SOLDIER BEHIND DAVID AND TREFOIL HEADED ARCHWAYS ABOVE THEM.
(4) DAVID SEATED AND ASLEEP,. NOW IN BLUE TUNIC OVER BROWN CHAIN MAIL. THREE HELMETED SOLDIERS IN THE DISTANCE, TWO MORE BEHIND DAVID. FOREGROUND SHOWS A FLOCK OF SHEEP CONFINED BEHID A WATTLE FENCE.
Reason for status change (if applicable/optional)
Images added
Location
Has this memorial been lost?
No
Location
Location
Is this the memorial's current location?
Yes
Building Name
ST MARYS CHURCH
Street
Church Road
Town
Watford
District
Watford
County
Hertfordshire
Country
England
Postcode
WD18 0EG
OS map ref
TQ 11084 96310
If the memorial is located in a site of worship, please list the religious denominations
Church of England

Lieutenant Colonel J Platt, Lieutenant Colonel C Chester, Captain J Fagan and Captain T H Hilliard Location

Commemoration
What words are inscribed on the memorial?
DAVID HATH SLAIN HIS TEN THOUSANDS/ DAVID AND HIS MEN REMAINED GUARDIANS OF THE CITY
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF LT COL: JOHN/ PLATT: LT COL: CHARLES CHESTER CAPT: JAMES FAGAN/ CAPT: THOS H HILLIARD/ ALL OF THE XXIII REGT BENGAL/ NATIVE INFANTRY WHO FELL IN THE MUTINY AND/ REBELLION IN INDIA AD MDCCCLVIII. ERECTED BY/ THEIR BROTHER OFFICERS/
War
How many names are listed in total?
1
Which war or group does the memorial commemorate?
Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
Is the total an exact count?
No
Of the names listed, how many served and returned?
0
Of the names listed, how many died?
1
What information is listed for those commemorated?
rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename
How is this information ordered?
rank
Condition
Is the writing on the memorial difficult to read?
No
Components
Component Details
Which memorial component are you recording?
Plaque
What condition is this component in?
Good
What materials has this component been constructed from?
Brass
Listing Information
Does it have listed status?
No
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
Sponsorship
Was the memorial sponsored by any organisations or individuals?
private
Image(s)
Memorial Image
Media ID
143617
Inscription
Priority
1
What is the image's caption?
Inscription
Copyright Statement
Copyright Mark Littler
Who is it credited to?
Mark Littler
Date Taken
25/08/2022
Who took or provided this image?
Mark Littler
What is its licence type?
Standard WMA terms
Is this image evidence of inscribed names?
✔
Media Image Height
1666
Media Image Width
4559
Media ID
143618
Window
Priority
0
What is the image's caption?
Window
Copyright Statement
Copyright Mark Littler
Who is it credited to?
Mark Littler
Date Taken
25/08/2022
Who took or provided this image?
Mark Littler
What is its licence type?
Standard WMA terms
Is this image evidence of inscribed names?
✔
Media Image Height
4402
Media Image Width
2866