Memorial Tablet

  Memorial Tablet

Photo © Martin Crampin

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about 1919
Opus sectile memorial with central figure in green, probably representing Faith, holding a lamp (marked 'Fides'), with a halo and stars. At each side full-length angels stand, one holding s shield with a red cross, the other holding a sword.

technique: opus sectile, mosaic

artist: Karl Parsons

Church of St Mary, Tenby, Pembrokeshire
north wall of the north aisle

Inscriptions: 'Nobly and faithfully she did her duty'; 'In loving memory of Bessie of Red House died June 1919: wife of Commander J.H. Henderson RN erected by her husband.




 

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References

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tenby (Aberystwyth: Sulien, 2014), p. 12.




  Memorial Tablet

Photo © Martin Crampin


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