Polar Exploration

Memorial: M1230

Window in Banbury, Oxfordshire dedicated to Admiral Sir George Back d. 1878

Location

St Mary's Church, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England

Transcript

[Brass plaque below window] 'TO . THE . GLORY . OF . GOD . AND . IN . MEMORY . OF . ADMIRAL . SIR . GEORGE . BACK . D.C.L.F.R.S. WHO . DIED . 23RD . JUNE . 1878 . AGED . 81 . YEARS' [Around flight into Egypt] ' HE . TOOK . THE . YOUNG . CHILD . & . HIS . MOTHER . BY . NIGHT . AND . DEPARTED . INTO . EGYPT' [Around Jesus in the temple] 'ALL . THAT . HEARD . HIM . WERE . ASTONISHED . BY . HIS . UNDERSTANDING' [Around Jesus in the carpenter's shop] 'AND . CAME . TO . NAZARETH . AND . WAS . SUBJECT . UNTO . THEM'

Details

Description: Window showing the carpenter's shop at Nazareth, Christ in the temple and the flight into Egypt in roundels in the centre. Below and at the edges, Arctic fauna - wolf, fox, polar bears, caribou, walrus and seals. Two small roundels are based on sketches of HMS 'Terror' in the ice. An Inuit dog sled occupies the space at the bottom. The window has a border of snow flakes.

Type: Window
Materials: Stained glass
Date Erected: 1878-1881
Artists: Heaton, Butler & Bayne
Vessel: HMS Terror

People

Back, George
Age: 81
Date of Death: 23/6/1878
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER. Window given by Rev. H. Back and the Rev. John Back in memory of their uncle. It was designed and made by Heaton, Butler & Bayne. Acknowledgments to St Mary's Church Banbury for permitting access.
Bibliography: Eleanor Draper and William Potts 'The Parish Church St Mary's Banbury' 1907.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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