St George and St David with the Crown of Life

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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. technique: stained glass 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.  (ObjectID=1263 ImageID=8439) Original File Name=Llanbedrog_DSC0551B.jpg

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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 
• the warrior martyr George (Georgius) 

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), pp. 190, 192.

Gladys M. Rees, Praise: A Book of Verse (London: The Sheldon Press, 1936), p. 12.

Photo © Martin Crampin