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    Memorial

    St Stephen's, Portland Town, St John's Wood

    St. Stephen's WW1 War Memorial

    Source: Bridget Clarke, St John's Wood Church

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    Current Location

    St Marks - Hamilton Terrace, junction of Hamilton Terrace and Abercorn Place, St John's Wood, Camden, Greater London, NW8 9UT, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 26151 83009

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Church Fabric / Fitting: Reredos or screen
    WMR Reference Number
    103963
    Description
    Oak screen dividing the choir vestry from the church. Carved and with names of the Fallen in the wood but stand out on a sunk ground of gold. Below the panels is the Book of Remembrance presented by an anonymous donor with a page for each of the men. The names and regimental badges entered by Miss Jessie Bayes. Above the screen are paintings by Sigismund Goetze. Lower tier has three panels: Centre - St. Michael crushing the Dragon, and grouped below him a soldier, sailor, nurse and an airman. Side panels have the four patron saints, St. David, St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick. The large panel surmounting all has our Lord triumphant in the act of benediction. Side altar refurnished with blue fabrics by Mrs Goetze. The memorial was moved to a new chapel at St. Mark's Church after St. Stephen's was badly damaged by enemy bombing. The new chapel was provided by the late Mrs Sigismund Goetze who had arranged the transfer before her death. January 2023 - Church has been badly damaged / destroyed in a fire - see References
    Inscription
    Unable to read from the image.
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    135
    Died
    135
    Maker(s)
    • Messrs. West & Collier of Freith, Henley-on-Thames, Wood Carver

    • Segismund Goetze, Painter

    • Miss Jessie Bayes, Hampstead artist, Calligrapher

    • Mrs Goetze - fabrics for refurbishing of the side altar., Weaver/ Embroiderer

    Sponsor Type
    private
    Sponsored By
    Screen gift of Mr W. H. White, F.R.I.B.A. and his son, Mr Theodore White. Book of Remembrance donated anonymously Transfer to St Mark's Church arranged and paid by Mrs Goetze.
    Maintenance History
    2023: The Church was destroyed by fire on 26 to 27 January 2023

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    27th May 1923

    Mr Churchwarden Thorpe and Mr Cox (ex-warden)

    Unveiled

    27th May 1923

    Lord Bishop of Willesden

    Dedicated

    17th June 1952

    Rt. Rev. A. H. Morris, Bishop of Pontefract and former Vicar of St Mark's Hamilton Terrace. Attended by the Countess Chippico (nearest surviving relative of Mrs Goetze).

    Previous Location(s)

    • Church closed following bomb damage. Now a block of flats., St Stephen's Church - Avenue Road, Avenue Road, St John's Wood, Camden, Greater London, NW8 6BR, England

      OS Grid Reference

      TQ 27290 83670

      Denomination

      Church of England

      Year of move

      After 1945

      Reason for move

      Church so badly damaged in WW1 that it closed 31 October 1945, the church was demolished and St John's Wood became the parish church.

    Components

    Screen

    Made from: Wood - Oak


    Condition: At Risk


    Painting

    Made from: Paint - Oil


    Condition: At Risk


    Book

    Made from: Paper


    Condition: At Risk


    Book

    Made from: Paint - Watercolour


    Condition: At Risk


    Figure

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: At Risk


    • Hampstead News - Thursday 17 May 1923 CHURCH NEWS
    • Hampstead News - Thursday 31 May 1923 CHURCH NEWS St. Stepohen's, Portland Town.
    • Hampstead News - Thursday 25 October 1945 ST. JOHN'S WOOD CHURCH TO CLOSE REORGANISATION OF THE AREA (St Stephen's closing at the end of the month)
    • Marylebone Mercury - Friday 07 October 1949 WAR MEMORIAL'S NEW HOME - Organ and choir stalls at St Mark's Church, Hamilton Terrace moved to the west gallery to make room for the St John's Wood 1914-18 War Memorial now housed in a disused church in Avenue Road.
    • The National Archive https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/b6723b1e-bc55-45a1-9485-91835b32a9ca SAINT STEPHEN THE MARTYR, HAMPSTEAD: AVENUE ROAD, CAMDEN P81/STE1
    • London Metropolitan Archive https://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/LMA_OPAC/web_detail/REFD+P81~2FSTE1?SESSIONSEARCH SAINT STEPHEN THE MARTYR, HAMPSTEAD: AVENUE ROAD, CAMDEN Date of Creation: 1856 - 1948 Reference Code: P81/STE1
    • BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-64421569 27th January 2023 St John's Wood: Historic church destroyed in large fire A Grade II* listed church in north-west London has been destroyed in a fire overnight. Eighty firefighters were deployed to St Mark's church in Hamilton Terrace, St John's Wood, at 23:20 GMT on Thursday.
    • St Mark's Fire - 26/27 Jan 2023 https://www.stmarks.london/