Memorial

Horatio Herbert Earl Kitchener Of Khartoum

Window

Source: Copyright Penny Woollard

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Current Location

East window, St George's Church, Church Lane, Eastergate, Arun, West Sussex, PO20 3UX, England

SU 94520 05090

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Window
WMR Reference Number: 42721
Description: Three light, gothic decorated window Left light: St George Centre light: Jesus in his Kingly form Right light: St Michael Tracery left light: Joseph and Mary riding camels Tracery right light: Jesus calming the Sea of Galilee
Inscription: Central light dedication: BE THOUGH FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH / AND I WILL GIVE THEE / A CROWN OF LIFE Inscription: TO THE HONOUR OF CHRIST AND HIS SAINTS AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF HORATIO HERBERT EARL KITCHENER OF KHARTOUM / HIS MAJESTY'S SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR FROM AUG 1914 - JUNE 1916 HIS GENIUS AND INDOMITABLE ENERGY AND THE IMPLICIT CONFIDENCE REPOSED IN HIM BY HIS KING AND COUNTRY ENABLED HIM TO RAISE THE VAST ARMIES THAT PROVED THE SALVATION OF / THE BRITISH EMPIRE FOR WHICH HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE + COFFINED IN A MAN OF WAR HE PASSED INTO THE GREAT BEYOND

Window

Made from: Stained Glass

Condition: Good

CWGC - www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2894749/kitchener-of-khartoum,-the-rt.-hon.-horatio-herbert/ - accessed 1 May 2020
Stained Glass Record - www.stainedglassrecords.org/Ch.asp?ChId=35462 - accessed 1 May 2020