Stained Glass of Percy Bacon & Brothers

North Aisle 1: Christ the Consoler and biblical figures.

North Aisle 1. Christ the Consoler.

North Aisle 1. Lights 1 & 2 (left).

North Aisle 1. Lights 4 & 5 (right).

North Aisle 1. Light 1. Moses and Abraham.

North Aisle 1. Light 2. Ruth and Rebbekah.

North Aisle 1. Light 2. Rachel, Anna the Prophetess, Judith, and Ruth.

North Aisle 1. Light 4. Dorcas, St Ann, Martha of Bethany.

North Aisle 1: Christ Consoler, and bibicla figures.

Posted zz May 2026.

Now in the north aisle, this window was originally on the north side of the north transept known as the Plumbe chapel prior to the 1905 rebuild. The window is of five lights, the central figure being of Christ as Consoler. In the outer lights stand a crowd of saints, matriarchs, and prophets: Numbered from left these represent:

1. Samuel, Jeremiah(?), Joshua, Moses, Abraham. The text on the scroll announcing Jeremiah may have been altered and is indistinct.
2. Rachel, Anna the Prophetess, Judith, Judith, Rebbekah.
3. Christ: "I am the vine, ye are the branches."
4. Dorcas, St Ann, Martha, St Mary Magdalene, St Mary (BVM).
5. St Andrew, St Peter, St Luke, St John the Baptist, St Paul.

Beneath the figure of Christ angels hold a tablet with the words, "Come unto Me all ye that are heavy laden and I will give you rest."

The dedication reads;

The window is unsigned.

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North Aisle 1: Christ the Consoler and biblical figures.

NAW: War memorial. c1917.

Either during the 1834 or 1905 rebuild of the north side of the church the west wall just north of the tower was pierced to form a door accessed by a number of steps, and just west of that a small rectangular window. This not mentioned by Ronald Stuart-Browne in his Notes on Childwall, as it post-dates his work.¹

The window is a memorial to Montaguie Forwood Ainslie a lieutenant in the 12^th Battalion, the King's Liverpool Regiment, son of the Vicar of All Saints, who was killed in action at Ypres on 17^th April 1916. In common with many Percy Bacon windows in memory of fallen soldiers, it depicts a stylised warrior with sword and shield, in this case represented by St Michael. At the bottom right is the cap badge of the regiment. A scroll at the top of the window reads, "It is not death but victory".

The dedication reads:

He is buries at the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial West-Vlaanderen Belgium V. A. 19.²

The window is unsigned.

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1. Stuart-Browne, R, F.S.A. Notes on Childwall in Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire for the year 1913. Vol 65. p47. The article can be downloaded as a pdf from the society's website here.
2. Imperial War Museum, Lives of the First World War. Entry for Montague Forwood Ainslie.