St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church War Memorial Window
Municipality/Province: London, ON
Memorial number: 35042-065
Type: Stained glass window
Address: 280 St James Street
Location: St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church
GPS coordinates: Lat: 42.9983477 Long: -81.2515444
Submitted by: Cody Barteet. St. John the Evangelist Church.
Photo credit: Anahi Gonzalez
The St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church War Memorial Window commemorates those who served and gave their lives in the First and Second World Wars and includes one of the earliest Canadian memorials to honour women’s service. It was unveiled on January 9, 1949, by Major E. S. Fisher. A War Memorial Committee had been set up in 1945 and it was the Women's Guild that suggested a large window.
In the two central panels are four Patron Saints of the British Isles: St. Patrick and St. George on the left and St. Andrew and St. David on the right. The two outer panels include representations of war and peace. The archangel Gabriel, with lilies and a lamb, points upwards to a scroll inscribed “On earth peace, good will towards men”. St. Michael, holding a spear, has his foot on the defeated dragon. Here is the symbol of justice, and right over might. Surrounding the group are angels bearing symbols of Christ’s passion and above are two angels carrying the cross and the crown.
In the tracery at the top of the window, the figure of Christ with his right hand raised appears in a medallion surrounded by emblems, the chalice (faith), the anchor (hope), and the cross (sacrifice), and the monogram IHS (Jesus). A scroll reads "King of Kings and Lord of Lords."
The bottom panels include the crests of the Navy, Army and Air Force, and the Eagle, emblem of St. John the Evangelist.
Inscription found on memorial
To the Glory of God and
IN • LASTING • REMEMBRANCE OF • ALL • WHO • GAVE • THEIR • LIVES, AND • IN • HONOUR OF • THOSE WHO • SERVED. 1914-18 – 1939-1945.
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