East Window
Municipality/Province: Ottawa, ON
Memorial number: 35061-017
Type: Stained glass window and brass plaque
Address: 125 MacKay Street
Location: Church of St. Bartholomew
GPS coordinates: Lat: 45.4422761 Long: -75.6878263
Submitted by: Paul Lansey. Victoria Edwards. Church of St. Bartholomew.
The great East Window, known as "Ottawa Window", was commissioned in 1916 by Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, the third son of Queen Victoria and then Governor-General of Canada, in memory of members of his personal staff who fell in the First World War. The window was commissioned during the war, and there was no guarantee that more officers would not die. So the decision was taken not to include their names in the lower register of the window, but rather to have a separate tablet placed nearby. Those commemorated are recorded on a brass plaque on the north wall of the sanctuary.
It was unveiled by the Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VIII, on 9 November 1919. The window’s creator, Wilhelmina Geddes, was a young artist associated with the avant garde artistic workshop An Tur Gloine (Tower of Glass).
Details on the window include:
Raphael, the Angel of Healing
Gabriel, the Angel of Annunciation
The Angel of Death
The Angel of Peace
Roman Soldier-Saints: Longinus, Sebastian and Martin
Michael, the Militant Archangel
English and French National Saints: Edmund, Joan of Arc, Louis, Saint George
Knights of King Arthur
Inscription found on memorial
THIS WINDOW WAS ERECTED BY
ARTHUR, DUKE OF CONNAUGHT,
GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF CANADA
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN
AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF THE
MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF WHO FELL IN
THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
[plaque]
Sacred to the memory and in affectionate regard
THE EAST WINDOW IS PLACED BY
Field Marshal
H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught
Governor General of Canada
TO THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF WHO
LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
LT COLONEL F.D. FARQUHAR D.S.O.
COLDSTREAM GUARDS
COMMANDING PRINCESS PATRICIA'S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY
CAPTAIN T. RIVERS BULKELEY C.M.G. M.V.O.
SCOTS GUARD
CAPTAIN HERBERT BULLER D.S.O.
RIFLE BRIGADE
LT COL COMMANDIND PRINCESS PATRICIA'S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY
CAPTAIN LORD JOHN HAMILTON
IRISH GUARDS
CAPTAIN LORD SPENCER COMPTON
ROYAL HORSE GUARDS
CAPTAIN NEWTON
MIDDLESEX REGIMENT
PRINCESS PATRICIA'S CANADIAN LIGHT INFANTRY
MAJOR THE HONOURABLE J. CAMPBELL
COLDSTREAM GUARDS
MAJOR & BT COLONEL W. LONG C.M.C. D.S.O.
SCOTS GREYS
TEMP. BRIG. GENERAL COMMANDING 56TH BRIGRADE
MAJOR THE HONOURABLE G BOSCAWEN D.S.O.
ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY
CAPTAIN ANGUS MACKINTOSH
ROYAL HORSE GUARDS
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