Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- St Albans
- Town
- St Albans
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 14691
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Current location
North aisle
north wall
east.
St Peters Church
St Peters St
St Albans
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL1 3HG
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 15012 07629
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Stained glass window depicting a knight kneeling in prayer, with his horse grazing nearby in a grassy field with daisies. Mounted below the window is a light brown marble tablet with details of the Mead brothers. The crests of the Royal Fusiliers and Winchester College are at the centre of the inscription. The tablet has an integral curved frame and is supported by two wall brackets.
- Inscription
- Tablet: † In loving memory of FREDERICK MEAD who died August 11th.1915 / Aged 58 years & of his two sons/ JOSEPH FREDERICK MEAD / 2nd. Lieut. 4th. Battn. The Royal Fusiliers / educated at Winchester College & / Sandhurst. joined his regiment March 1914. / Killed defending the Nimy Bridge / at Mons on Sunday 23rd. August 1914. / Aged 22 years / ROBERT JOHN MEAD 2nd. Lieut. / 8th. Service Battn. The Royal Fusiliers/ educated at Winchester College / received his commission August 1914. / Died at Armentieres Hospital Aug 2nd. 1915 / from wounds received on Sunday Aug. 1st / Aged 19 years. / † "E'en as they trod that day to God so walked they from their birth, / In simpleness and gentleness and honour and clean mirth". Rudyard Kipling † Window: Top: agnus dei Bottom: IN MONTE DOMINI VIDEBIT
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Mead, Joseph Frederick
Mead, Robert John
See details for all 2 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forenames, surname, rank, regiment, manner, date and place of death, age of death, relationships
Order of information: date
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stained Glass - Tablet
Measurements: height 690mm, width 117mm
Materials: Marble
- Window
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- History
- 1918, August 3rd: Application for a faculty to take out the plain glass and replace it with stained glass Sacrifice. June 13th: Application for a faculty for the tablet.
- Costs
Comments: Paid for by Mrs Mead as a memorial to her husband and to her two sons who were killed in France in the First World War.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
- Vestry minutes
- St Peter's Church, St. Albans www.stpeterschurch.uk.com/about-us/contact-us
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