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    Memorial

    All Souls Church, Hastings - WW1

    Overview of memorial

    Source: Copyright Stephanie Gaunt

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    Current Location

    In the middle bay of the north aisle, on the east wall, All Souls Church, Athelstan Road, at the junction with Berlin Road, Hastings, Hastings, East Sussex, TN35 5JB, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 83540 10770

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    © WMR-53155

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    Type of Memorial
    Composite
    WMR Reference Number
    53155
    Description
    A pair of lance windows, each with three roundels. Five roundels show classic biblical scenes, the sixth shows a mounted St George spearing a dragoon. The memorial boards are under the windows with three columns of names carved into each board. The wall between the windows has a ledge with a statue of St George with raised spear about to stab a dragoon which is climbing over the ledge. An altar before the memorial has a St George shield in the centre of the painted frontal, flanked by two pairs of local shields.
    Inscription
    On each board: REMEMBER/ (Names)/ MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR 1914-1919/ REQUIESCAT IN PACE
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    43
    Died
    43
    Information shown
    forenames, surname
    Order of names
    surname
    Maker(s)
    • Philip Cole Windows, Manufacturer

    Components

    Board

    Made from: Wood - Oak


    Condition: At Risk


    Window

    Made from: Stained Glass


    Condition: At Risk


    Sculpture

    Made from: Unknown


    Condition: At Risk


    Altar

    Made from: Wood


    Condition: At Risk


    • Stained Glass Record - www.stainedglassrecords.org/Ch.asp?ChId=35919 - accessed 1 May 2020
  • Sussex Parish Churches - https://sussexparishchurches.org/church/all-souls-athelstan-road/ - accessed 1 May 2020
  • WIKI history - http://wiki.historymap.info/All_Souls_Church - accessed 23 June 2020 - name list has three names omitted.
  • Hastings Battleaxe - https://www.hastingsbattleaxe.com/2019/02/hastings-battleaxe-visits-all-souls-church-clive-vale-hastings.html - accessed 23 June 2020