Memorial Window

This is the Great War Memorial Window at Southwell Minster. It is by Nicholas Mynheer who was one of three artists short-listed for the commission to create and install a new window as a memorial to the men from Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire who lost their lives in the First World War. The commission was awarded to My Mynheer in February 2024 and the window was dedicated in July 2016 . A begowned elderly gentleman, appropriately named Bishop, explained the window to me and there was a very informative pamphlet available too. However, I have gone to the Southwell Minster Glass page to provide this brief description of what is a very vivid and memorable piece of imagery. 


This window is a single light, wider than the other lancets in the south choir aisle and located centrally in the westernmost bay of that aisle. It is the Great War Memorial window, commissioned from Nicholas Mynheer in 2014 and dedicated on 10 July 2016. Southwell Minster, which was the mother church for both Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire during the Great War, is depicted as an enduring symbol of stability. The design commemorates all those from both counties who lost their lives in the conflict, whilst paying tribute to civilians hard at work on the home front. Christian iconography merges with images of the horrors of the trenches: but forgiveness and reconciliation is the final message.