Memorial

Men of Devonshire Boer War Window

Source: Copyright Brian Mawdsley

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Current Location

South Aisle of the Nave, Exeter Cathedral, Cathedral Close, Exeter, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1AJ, England

SX 92114 92545

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Type of Memorial: Window
WMR Reference Number: 25230
Description: Located in the South Aisle of the Nave, five-light stained glass window with tracery. Figures in each light and five dedicatory Vernon marble tablets are below the window. In the tracery lights is the Sacred Monogram flanked by the Royal Monograms of Queen Victoria and King Edward VI. below these is the badge of the Devon Regiment. In the larger openings below this are the Arms of Australia, India, Canada and South Africa and below them are the Battle Honours. The lights below this are Angels bearing the symbols of Christian warfare. In the main lights Our Lord is depicted in the centre light with the Palm of Victory in one hand and the Banner of Resurrection in the other. He is flanked by King Alfred, Abraham, Joshua and King Edward I. In the Predella series at the base of the window is, left to right, King Alfred submitting laws to the approval of his Witenagemot; Melchizedek offering bread and wine to Abraham; Joshua and the Angel; Princess Eleanor visiting Prince Edward when suffering from the poisoned wound
Inscription: TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF DEVON WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE RECORDED AND WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE/ OF THEIR COUNTRY DURING THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1899 - 1902, THIS WINDOW IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED/ (names)

War: Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Number Commemorated: 460
Died: 460
Information shown: rank, initials, surname, decorations
Order of names: rank,
Additional Information: Details of name list not known/partially known. NCO and officers added. Contemporary reports say 460 names or officers and men.

Maker(s): Clayton and Bell, Designer
Clayton and Bell, Artist
Sponsored By: £2,000 from Mr Percy Sladen.
Maintenance History: The tablets may have been moved from beneath the window: (Our ref.25220)