St Winnow, St Winnow
Lady Chapel south 2
Entries in grey are not obtained from documentary evidence, but are inferred from content, context, etc.
Listed in the Imperial War Museum’s Register of War Memorials, reference 26114.
- Date of manufacture and insertion
- Number of lights
- 3
- Maker
- Not known
- Main subject
- Tracery subject
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A1. A2. - Donor
- Philip Melvill of Ethy, near Lostwithiel, father of Lt Melvill
- Dedicatee
- Lt Teignmouth Melvill, VC Victoria Cross , and and Lt Nevill Josiah Aylmer Coghill, VC Victoria Cross , both of the 1st Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot, died after the battle of Isandlana.
- Notes
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- Death of dedicatee ,
- Memorial to Lt Melvill and Lt Coghill to be erected at Aldershot, ,
- Window in memory of Lt Coghill to be erected in Cork Cathedral, ,
- Photograph of dedicatee recovered from battlefield, .
- Proposal to insert window , , .
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A Window erected by P. Melville, Esq., in memory of his son Teignmouth, Lieut. and Adj. 24th Regiment, killed , after the battle of Isandlana, in saving the colours of his regiment.
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The central light shows the Resurrection. The angel in the left-hand light
holds a scroll on which is written O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
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and the scroll held by the angel in the right-hand light reads
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ
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To the Glory of God and in loved memory of Teignmouth Melvill Lieut and Adjt 1-24th Regt who died in the 37th year of his age, saving the Queen’s Colour of his Regt from falling into the hands of the Zulus at Isandlana, the , accompanied and nobly aided by Lieut Coghill 1-24th Regt they together succeeded in reaching and crossing the Buffalo River, but in extreme exhaustion; and their bodies were found some days after. They were interred with Christian rites by British hands, and a cross marks the spot where their bodies lie, in Natal on the banks of the Buffalo
Faithful unto Death.
Rev..10.
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This window erected by his father, Easter .
Plaque near the window.