Christ with Servicemen

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about 1920 Three-light window with Christ in the centre and members of various armed services in contemporary uniform, some wounded. technique: stained glass firm/studio: Williams, Gamon & Co. designer: probably Bernard Rice Tabernacle Congregational Church, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire vestibule The window is signed by the firm. There are similarities with another war memorial window designed by Bernard Rice and made by the firm for the parish church at Neston, Wirral. The text 'Greater Love hath no man' is below the figure of Christ; above the soldiers: 'His Life for his Country; his Soul to God'. With thanks to Alun Adams for noticing the signature on the window.  (ObjectID=1214 ImageID=2389) Original File Name=_MG_8831.jpg

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• Christ as adult - not in biblical context 
• the soldier; the soldier's life 

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 198.

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Pembrokeshire (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 215.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales