Christ with a Fallen Soldier and the Crown of Life
detail from St George and St David with the Crown of Life
Photo © Martin Crampin
1921
Three-light window with standing figures of George and David at either side of Christ who holds the crown of life for a kneeling knight in armour. Family heraldry and David cutting off Goliath's head with a sword in the upper lights.
firm/studio: William Aikman
Church of St Pedrog, Llanbedrog, Gwynedd
south wall of the nave
Given in memory of David Henry George Manley, killed at Tel Khuweilfeh in 1917, by the incumbent Revd Henry Jones Manley and Mrs Manley. Revd Manley also supervised the design and execution of the work.
Three-light window with standing figures of George and David at either side of Christ who holds the crown of life for a kneeling knight in armour. Family heraldry and David cutting off Goliath's head with a sword in the upper lights.
firm/studio: William Aikman
Church of St Pedrog, Llanbedrog, Gwynedd
south wall of the nave
Given in memory of David Henry George Manley, killed at Tel Khuweilfeh in 1917, by the incumbent Revd Henry Jones Manley and Mrs Manley. Revd Manley also supervised the design and execution of the work.
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 07-09-2020
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- adult Christ receiving the dead into heaven
- David beheads Goliath with a sword - David fighting Goliath [1 Samuel 18:51]
- receiving prize or crown of honours
- St David
- St George
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Further reading
Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), pp. 190, 192.
ReferencesGladys M. Rees, Praise: A Book of Verse (London: The Sheldon Press, 1936), p. 12.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2020.
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