Swaffham Prior: St Mary, 1st World War memorial window 2013-09-14

Left-hand image from the middle tier of the central N. aisle window. Conceived, designed and two-thirds paid for by the squire in 1919, according to the church guide, although similar (but pre-Great War) glass in the S. aisle is signed by T.F. Curtis and was made by Ward and Hughes. The main image appears to show an irrigation scheme with, above, a YMCA hut - according to its website, the YMCA provided huts during World War I to give soldiers food and a place to rest on the front line. Whereas the first window largely dwells on violent and militaristic aspects of the war, the second seems more positive (in Christian terms) and dwells on attempts to relieve suffering or at least to provide Christian solace, in preparation for the third window with its theme of peace.