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North Collingham All Saints Church - Thomas Letts Berry

All Saints Church, Low Street/Church Street, Collingham, Nottinghamshire, NG23 7NF. Stained glass widow in memory of Thomas Letts Berry. A plaque below the window has the inscription: 'To the Glory of God and in loving memory of Thomas Letts Berry of this parish. Born March 14th 1880 died March 13th 1915 of wounds received in action at Neuve Chapelle - laid to rest Estaires Cemetery, France.' Description from WMA record: 'Mee (1937) describes this window which ‘has a choir of red winged angels hovering above, while our Lord in a gleaming gown of rose and gold appears to Mary kneeling in a rich blue robe. This window is in the memory of Thomas Berry, the first man of the village to offer himself for the war [World War I] and the first to fall’.

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