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SWANAGE - HILL CREST SCHOOL

Window in St Mary's Church, Inscription at bottom of each side of the window.

(Bottom left window)

 

Fight the good fight of faith. 1 Tim XII.6

To the glory of God

 of J.Blaikie  T.Fairfax-Cookson

P.Forbes  J.Hethey  (?).Lushington

P.Matthews  D.Minchin  F.Thresher

M.Thresher  T.Tibbetts  E.Wedderburn

(Bottom Right window)

 

O all ye works of the Lord bless ye the Lord

& in grateful memory

and Alistair C.Lloyd former

pupils of Hill Crest School

Who gave their lives in the

     War of 1939-45

Framed explanation on wall in St Mary's Church.

HILL CREST SCHOOL
WAR MEMORIAL WINDOW

This window was given by Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd, the pupils and
staff and parents of Hill Crest School, and friends of Alister Lloyd,
as a memorial to those members ofg the School who gave their lives
in the Second World War.                                           

The School was started by Mr. Lloyd in 1911.
The South Lights, in special memory of Alister C. Lloyd
depict two scenes from the Life of David.                       

Above: his death (probably A.D. 601) : it represents the Saint
commending his soul to God with the words "Raise me after Thee,"
and "on the first of March I go the way of my fathers," which can
be seen in Welsh in the window. In the earliest latin life of St.
David the latter words seem to have been spoken during his farewell
sermon in St David's Cathedral, and the former as he died at cock-
crow on the following Tuesday.                                   

Below : St David blessing the bees that Mordemnoc took to
Ireland.                                               

The Northern Lights, in memory of the other Hill Crest Bays,
depict two scenes from the Life of St. George : above, his martyrdom:
below, his slaying of the dragon.                                    
Above  the  South  Lights  is  the  Lloyd Shield  with  the 
Cranstoun Arms impaled.                                  
Above the North Lights is the Shield of Wales with the R.A.
Badge in the right-hand corner.                           
Above  all  is the  Snowwhite Dove  which  alighted  on the
shoulder of St. David as he preached.                     
            The Window was designed by Mr. Martin Travers, A.R.C.A.,
who took the  greatest interest  in  finding  and  working  out  the
details of the subjects depicted. His untimely death just before the
window was set up was a great  blow  to  all who  knew  him  and his
work for Church Windows.                                            

The Window was dedicated on 21st November, 1948.