'They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.'
[From 'For the Fallen' by Laurence Binyon]
The East Window of St. Mary's Church, Kettlewell in the Yorkshire Dales shows the figure of Christ appearing to soldiers in the trenches at the Battle of the Somme, 1916. The window is a memorial to Lieutenant G. Cutliffe Hyne of the Irish Guards, who was wounded in the battle, aged just 18, and died of his wounds later in a military hospital in London. He was buried in St Mary's churchyard. The pile of clothes is his and the faces of the soldiers are reputedly those of his friends.
That is beautiful, Jenny!
ReplyDeleteI've never seen stained windows with soldiers before. It is a nice memorial.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful windows.
ReplyDeleteExcellent post, jennyfreckles. The stained glass windows are a lovely memorial to the fallen soldier.
ReplyDeleteA lovely post, photograph and story for the day Jenny.
ReplyDeleteAn unusual memorial, but a very touching one.
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