The theme of the first Window is weapons of war.
The quotation reads: "I heard a voice from Heaven saying unto me write";
there is no reference on the window but this is taken from Revelation 14 v13:
"And I heard a voice from Heaven saying unto me, Write, blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them."
Starting from the bottom of the left-hand side and going in a clockwise direction, the panels illustrate:
Call to war
Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; prepare war, wake up the mighty menJoel 3 v9
Shell Factory
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy mightEcclesiastes 9 v10
Howitzer
When the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wallIsaiah 25 v 4
Liquid Fire
And signs in the earth beneath; blood, & fire & vapour of smokeActs 2 v19
Zeppelin
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by nightPsalm 91 v5
Tank
“the window is an exact copy taken from the Imperial War Museum photograph No C0988 of a Mark 1 tank, showing a most unusual feature… the drum or bobbin arrangement which can be seen above the cradle of the tail wheels. Does any reader know what this device is for?..” extract from a letter to The Tank, 1969But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron
2 Samuel 23 v7
German Aeroplane
German aeroplane, believed to be a French built SPAD fighter used by both British and American forcesThough they climb up to Heaven, thence will I bring them down
Amos 9 v2
Field telegraph tent
There is neither speech nor language, but their voices are heard among themPsalm 19 v3
Captured dugout
Though they dig into Hell, thence shall my hand take themAmos 9 v2
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