War memorials, North Yorkshire
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Barbon (Cumbria),
St. Batholomew's Church
War memorials, North Yorkshire
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The information below is found on the web pages of "AFTER THE CONFLICT - Cumbrian War Memorials", a Blog owned by "Louis".

The Memorial Window in St. Batholmew's Church, Barbon, to Captain Gifford.
The Memorial Window in St. Batholomew's Church, Barbon, to Captain Gifford.

St Bartholomew's Church lies at the the Western end of Barbondale, and a few miles North of Kirby Lonsdale, Cumbria.

Inside the church are a number of windows and one of these is a memorial to Captain Claude Gifford Jeffery of the Yorkshire Regiment.

The window was provided by Captain Gifford's wife Nellie, nee Anketell-Jones, of Coldingham, Winchfield, Hants whom Claude had only married in the early months of 1914. It depicts two allegorical classical figures; of Fortitude with spear and shield surrounded by oak leaves, & Pax bearing a lamb beneath a canopy of laurel. Above are the figures of the crucified Christ and a Madonna and child, perhaps in reality Nellie holding her and Claude's baby daughter. Captain Jeffery was of a professional family. His father, Herbert, was a Bradford solicitor and public notary. His wife's family were probably minor Irish gentry.

Captain Claud Giffard Jeffery. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Nellie Jeffery, of Coldingham, Winchfield, Hants. Killed 24 October 1914. Aged 34.

(For further information, and photo, of Captain Jeffery see "Photos of Individuals, - J")

St. Batholmew's Church, Barbon, Cumbria St. Batholmew's Church, Barbon, Cumbria
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