St George
detail from Receiving the Crown of Life with St George and St Martin
1919
Three-light window. A kneeling figure in armour offers up his sword and receives the crown of life from an angel. Standing figures of the two soldier saints in the outer lights. Two further angels below with the text 'Faithful unto death'.
firm/studio: A. L. Moore & SonChurch of St Cynllo, Llangynllo, Ceredigionwest wall of the nave
Given in memory of Marteine Kemes Arundell Lloyd (hence the appearance of his patron, St Martin, and not just because he is a soldier saint), son of Sir Marteine Lloyd, Bart. He was killed at the Battle of the Somme on 15 September 1916. (ObjectID=1649 ImageID=6001) Original File Name=Llangynllo_MG_1589A.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 13-12-2011
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Show more subjectsThomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion (London: Yale University Press, 2006), p. 527.
Click to show suggested citation for this recordMartin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2011.
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