Rex Whistler

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Reference WMO/100065

Address:

Salisbury Cathedral

The Close

Salisbury

SP1 2EJ

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Other church fitting
Materials:
  • Glass Glass
  • Metal Bronze
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: This glass prism is a memorial to the artist Rex Whistler (1905-1944) who lived in the Cathedral Close. He was killed in Normandy leading his troop of tanks into action. This memorial was designed and engraved as a gift to the Cathedral by his brother Laurence who died in December 2000. The blank prism was given by Stephen Steuben of New York and the bronze lantern by the Welsh Guards. The lantern was cast by Richard Cowdy, built by Henry Bowler-Reed and Tony Wallis and gilded by Richard Healy in 1987.
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Inscribed on a ring which forms the base on which the prism stands: To Rex Whistler Artist . Whose home was in The Close . Killed in Normandy in the Welsh Guards . 1903 -1944 (Not sure where this inscription is): In memory of/ REX JOHN WHISTLER/ Lieutenant/ 131651/ Welsh Guards/ who died on/ Tuesday, 18th July 1944. Age 39

Rex John Whistler

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