Paul, St Paulinus (St Pol de Léon)
Chancel east
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Listed in the Imperial War Museum’s Register of War Memorials, reference 33593.
- Date of manufacture and insertion
- Number of lights
- 5
- Maker
- Anning Bell, Robert
- Main subject
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7. The road from Ypres to Menin 6a. Angels receiving Lt Bolitho, as Sir Galahad, into heaven 6e. Regimental badge of the 19th Royal Hussars 5a. Angels in adoration 5e. Angels in adoration 4a. Lakenhalle, Ypres 4e. Badge of HMS Bellerophon 3a. Angels playing trumpets 3e. Angels playing trumpets 2a. 2e. 1. Coastal view, possibly Mounts Bay, Cornwall - Tracery subject
- Eight angels playing musical instruments and two praying.
- Subject type
- Narrative
- Dedicatees
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- Lt William Torquill Macleod Bolitho, 19th Royal Hussars, killed in action aged 22 at Château Hooge, Second Battle of Ypres
- Other members of the family and parish who died in World War
- Notes
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- Truro Diocesan Faculty, , .
- Maker’s mark.
- Next to the window is a plaque recording the names of other family members and members of the parish who died at sea. The plaque was made by Peter Wylie Davidson, whose name is in the bottom right-hand corner and who was a contemporary of Robert Anning Bell, the maker of the window, at the Glasgow School of Art.
- Window in memory of the same dedicatee at Leusdon, St John the Baptist,
- MG Swift The Bolitho war memorial window at St Pol de Léon Parish Church, Paul, Cornwall.
- Pedigree of the dedicatee of the window:
Heads of the five main lights, showing the battlefield at Château Hooge
a. | Ypres Menin Road. German Trenches. British Trenches. |
b. | Ecluselte Cottage. |
c. | Bellewaerde or Bellewaarde Wood. |
d. | German Trenches. British Trenches. |
e. | Hooge. Ypres Menin Road. |
The central scene
b. | Six angels receiving Lt Bolitho |
c. | Lt Bolitho as Sir Galahad |
d. | Six angels receiving Lt Bolitho |
Photograph copyright © Peter Hildebrand
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