Hatfield Boer War

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Reference WMO/190260

Address:

St Etheldreda’s Church

Fore Street

Old Hatfield

AL9 5AN

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Stained glass window
Materials:
  • Glass Stained Glass
  • Stone Limestone
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Boer War, Second (1899-1902)
About the memorial: A magnificent, 5-light stained glass memorial window with an associated stone tablet placed underneath with details of the origins of the window and the names of the fallen. The central light contains the figure of Christ and is flanked by the figures of St. George (left) and St. Alban (right). The outer lights contain kneeling figures representing Fortitude (left) and Mercy (right) and the lowest segments of each pair of outer lights show kneeling soldiers looking towards the centre panel which contains a pair of angels.
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Windows: various biblical quotations with the following at the foot: They put themselves / in jeopardy to the end / they might deliver his / people and give them / a perpetual name. / Tablet: left: THIS WINDOW / WAS PLACED HERE / BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF THE / SOLDIERS WHO FELL IN THE / SOUTH AFRICAN WAR. / 1899 - 1902. / centre: [names x 8 / regiment / place of death] / right: OF THE FIFTY-ONE MEN / WHO WENT OUT FROM HATFIELD, / THESE EIGHT NEVER RETURNED, / LEAVING MANY TO MOURN / THEIR LOSS AND ADMIRE / THEIR NOBLE CONDUCT.

Thomas Austin, Branton Bamford, Emmanuel Chapman, George Samuel Croucher, Benjamin Goodwin, Matthew Robertson, Herbert Valentine, Herbert Young.

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