Truro, Cathedral School Assembly Hall
East
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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
33562 .
Date of manufacture and insertion
1921
Number of lights
2
Maker
Fouracre & Son
Main subject
2a .
The Archangel Gabriel
2b .
The Archangel Michael
Subject type
Figurative allegorical
Donor
Friends of the dedicatees
Dedicatee
Staff and former pupils of Truro Cathedral School killed in the First World War
Notes
Maker, subject, unveiled on 16th December 1921 ,
Western Morning News December 16, 1921 p 8 (photo of window),
Western Morning News December 17, 1921 p 5 .
Ad majorem Dei gloriam et in piam et perpetuam memoriam Scholae Ecclesiae Truronensis alumnorum
qui in bello per quattuor annos gesto MCMXIV –MCMXVIII
gravissima pro rege et patria passi libertatem nobis sibi immortalitatem morte sua emeruerunt hanc fenestram
ornandam curaverunt eiusdem scholae condiscipuli.
Avete fortes animae bene valeatis in pace.
(To the greater glory of God, and in affectionate and lasting memory of those lads of Truro Cathedral School who,
in the Great War, from 1914 to 1918 , for King
and Country enduring all things, by their supreme sacrifice won liberty for us, and for themselves a deathless
name—this window has been given by their friends.)
(Brave souls, all hail! In peace farewell.)
The archangels Gabriel and Michael illustrate
two lines from Canto IV
of Dante’s Paradiso
And Holy Church under an aspect human / Gabriel and Michael represent to you.
Viriliter agite et confortamini
(Quit you like men, be strong)
(Ⅰ Corinthians 16:13 ).
Habeatis illos abundantius propter opus illorum
(Esteem them very highly [in love] for their work’s sake.)
(Ⅰ Thessalonians 5:13 ).
Tracery. In the centre are the arms of Truro Cathedral School
(the same as the arms of the Diocese of Truro) and probably the school motto
Respondete natalibus (Answer your birth?).
S. Gabriel
2a .
St Gabriel, the angel of the Annunciation,
holds a scroll on which is written Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum
(Hail Mary, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee)
(Luke 1:28 )
and a lily without stamens, a symbol of purity.
S. Michael
2b .
St Michael, the captain of the host of the Lord
(Joshua 5:14 )
and
the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people
(Daniel 12:1 )
armed for the conflict, holding a sword and the shield of salvation.
1a .
The list of dedicatees, surrounded by palm and laurel branches.
The
Roll of Honour of the
Worcestershire Regiment records that Pte Frank Leslie Greenaway, 34239, was killed on
12th April 1918 .
GREENAWAY, FRANK L.
Part of the War Memorial in Boscawen Street, Truro, showing Frank L Greenaway as one of
the dedicatees. There is no record of Fred Greenaway , the name given in the window.
1b .
The list of dedicatees, surrounded by laurel and palm branches.
The inscription that runs across the bottom of both lights.