Timothey Findley's novel The Wars has to deal with World War I and the personal wars of the protagonist, Robert Ross, as well as his family. In this novel the `Stained Glass dugout' plays an important role.

After Levitt had saved Robert and the bugler Willie Poole from drowning in the mud, all three set out for their new post at the front. At the `Stained Glass dugout' they met some new friends, Devlin, Bonnycastle and Rodwell.

Upon entering the dugout, Devlin cries out to them to "Don't hit the door! Don't hit the door! Great God¯ don't hit the door!"1 referring to the dugout door made of stained glass. He collected the door from a house in St. Eloi and on it is depicted St. Eloi, patron saint of smiths and metalworkers with a butterfly in a pair of tongs. One might see the image of the...