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Memorial details

Memorial type
Window
District
Newbury
Town
Bradfield
County
Berkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Maker
James Powell and Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd (Manufacturer)
Ceremony
  • Unknown
    Date: 1903
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
41393

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Current location

College chapel. Window in south wall; tablet on east wall.
Bradfield College
Bradfield
Newbury
Berkshire
RG7 6AU
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 60385 72482
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
THREE LIGHT STAINED GLASS WINDOW WITH DEDICATORY INSCRIPTION ON A WHITE ALABASTER TABLET MOUNTED ONTO A GREEN MARBLE BACKBOARD. FIGURES DEPICTED IN EACH LIGHT WINDOW DEPICTS SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF DAVID, NAMELY AS A SHEPHERD IN THE LEFT LIGHT, AS A KING AND PSALMIST IN THE CENTRE LIGHT AND AS AN ARMOUR BEARER IN THE RIGHT LIGHT. COLLEGE BADGE PLACED WITHIN A CIRCLE AT THE BASE AND CARVED ROSES IN THE CORNERS
Inscription
WINDOW, LEFT LIGHT: THOU SHALT TREAD ON THE LION WINDOW, CENTRE LIGHT: PRO PATRIA/ DAVID/ ARISE, ANOINT HIM, FOR THIS IS HE WINDOW, RIGHT LIGHT: NEVERTHELESS, HE WOULD NOT DRINK THEREOF TABLET: PRO PATRIA/ THIS WINDOW AND TABLET IN MEMORY OF OLD BRADFIELD/ BOYS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE S. AFRICAN WAR, 1899 - 1902,/ WERE ERECTED BY THEIR RELATIONS AND SCHOOL FRIENDS
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 8
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 8
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death
    Order of information: year died
Components
  • Backboard
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Green
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Alabaster
  • Window
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stained Glass
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Other
Reference
  • For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James 11 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London

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