Memorial

I have never seen a church memorial window like this dedicated to one fallen soldier( who wasn't a Lord of something) how his family must have loved him
Respect
The church was St Peters in Ropesly.

It is dedicated to the memory of Sergeant William Philip Dales who was a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force. ‘Phil’ was a Ropsley man who enlisted in the RAF at the start of WW2. He went on to fly in action many times surviving until 1941. Sadly, whilst flying a mission over Belgium on November 5th 1941 he was shot down and killed.

In 1949 his family gained permission from the Dioceses authorities to
erect a stained glass window in his memory. Later that year the window
was put in place. It was funded entirely from the Dales family resources. The scene is that of Sergeant Dales in flying uniform with angels above and gun dogs at his feet. The inscription reads, “Greater love have no man than this that he lay down his life for his friends.”