Parr Family Memorial

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Reference WMO/222460

Address:

St Mary Magdalen Chuch

Church Square

Taunton

TA1 1SA

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Stained glass window
Materials:
  • Glass Stained Glass
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Three-light, stained glass window. The first light shows a soldier in Arthurian battledress above the word Chivalry; the second a soldier in Roman battledress above the word Fortitude; the third a soldier as a Crusader above the word Faith. The window was paid for by Mrs Parr and the central figure depicts her husband with a likeness of his face. The two flanking soldiers are her sons similarly portrayed. Above the soldiers are angels holding items of armour with inscriptions - the helmet of salvation; the sword of the spirit; the shield of faith. Underneath the left and right hand figures are angels with the inscriptions 'Thy Son liveth' and 'The angel of His presence saved them'. Below the central figure is a shield and Regimental badge. Across the base of the three lights is a Biblical quotation. There is an associated wooden plaque beneath the window. The window was designed by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale. Incorrectly dated 1912 in the IWM Register.
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Window - And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be anymore pain: for the former things are passed away. (Revelation 21.4)Plaque - To the glory of God and in memory of Major General Sir Henry Hallam Parr K.C.B. C.M.C. born July 24th 1847 died April 4th 1914. Colonel Prince Albert's Somerset Light Infantry 1910 - 1914. This window is dedicated by his wife Lilian Mary. Also in memory of their sons Arthur Henry Hallam Parr 2nd Lieut. P.A.S.L.I. Born Feb12th 1890. Died at Malta Feb 22nd 1910. George Roworth Parr Lieut. P.A.S.L.I. Born Nov 29th 18991. Killed in action in Belgium Dec 19th 1914. And of those comrades who served in the Regiment during the Colonelcy of Major-General Sir H.H. Parr and gave their lives in the Great War 1914 - 1919.

Arthur Henry Hallam Parr, George Roworth Parr, Major F.G. Thoyts, Brig-Gen. C.B. Prowse D.S.O., Lt-Col. H.C. Dickinson, Capt. D. Kenworthy, 2nd Lieut. A.B. Read, Lt-Col. J.A. Thicknesse, Capt. C.C. Maud D.S.O., Capt. F.B. Bradshaw, Capt. F.S. Mills, Lieut. R.L. Moore, Capt. C.C. Ford, Brig-Gen. C.G. Rawling C.M.G. C.I.E. D.S.O., Lt-Col. W. Watson, Capt. S.V. Wasbrough, Capt. G.P. Steer, Capt. G.A. Prideaux M.C., Lt-Col. W.C. Cox.

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