Memorial

2nd Lieutenant W L Kennedy and 2nd Lieutenant C A Forward

Stained glass window with inscription.

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Current Location

South wall, St Adhelms Church, Spa Road, Weymouth, Weymouth And Portland, Dorset, BH13 6BT, England

SY 67300 81200

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Type of Memorial: Window
WMR Reference Number: 978
Description: 4 light glass window with two in centre made of stained glass with inscriptions at the base of them. They depict a figure in each light. Regimental and college badges
Inscription: LEFT LIGHT: THOU THEREFORE ENDURE HARDNESS AS A/ GOOD SOLDIER OF JESUS CHRIST (...)/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ WALTER LOUIS KENNEDY 2ND LIEUT./ ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT, BORN AT/ CALCUTTA 25TH NOVEMBER 1897,/ KILLED IN ACTION AT ST. PIERRE DIVIAN,/ FRANCE ON 3RD SEPTEMBER 1916/ "COME OVER.....AND HELP US" RIGHT LIGHT: BUT HE BEING FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST LOOOKED UP/ STEDFASTLY INTO HEAVEN AND THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF 2ND LIEUT.,/ CHARLES ARTHUR FORWARD, BEDFORDSHIRE REGT. WHO FELL IN ACTION IN FRANCE/ 25TH SEPTEMBER 1915 AGED 19 YEARS 9 MONTHS./ 'NOT SOME POOR REMNANT OF THE MORTAL SPAN. / A FEW PALE YEARS WITH TOIL OR GRIEF OUTWARN, / BUT CLOUDLESS YOUTH, GIFT AS OF THE SPRING AND MORN, / HE BROUGHT IN SACRIFICE TO GOD AND MAN.'

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of birth,age of death

Window

Made from: Glass

Condition: Good