GUITING POWER, GLOUCESTERSHIRE: MEMORIAL PLAQUE AND WINDOW - by: Moranthorse1

ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS CHURCH,
GUITING POWER,
GLOUCESTERSHIRE,
GL54 5TX.
ENGLAND.

ORDNANCE SURVEY GRID REFERENCE: SP0956124533.


ST. Michael and All Angels Church


Entrance gate to the church

Located within the beautiful cotswold village of Guiting Power, this church is the location of a memorial to two of it's residents who made the ultimate sacrifice in the South African campaign.


As the visitor walks through the entrance doors, the brass memorial plaque (which has gained a marvellous dark patina over the years) is located on the right hand wall to the left of the window.


The inscription thereon as follows:
"THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED
IN HONOUR OF THE LOWER
GUITING MEN WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR
COUNTRY IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR
SERGEANT THOMAS REGINALD
WALKER PRETORIA DECEMBER 18 1900 &
PRIVATE WILLIAM THOMAS
CARPENTER 2ND BATT DORSET
REGIMENT AT ALMOND'S NEK
JUNE 11 1900."

Further into the church turn right into the Chancel and on the left hand wall there are a pair of stained glass windows.


The window to the left commemorates John Walker, father of Thomas Reginald, and Lord of the Manor.


The window to the right commemorates Thomas.


The lowest panel bears the inscription:
"also of his son Sergeant Thomas
Reginald who in the Boer War died
at Pretoria. December 18 1900 aged 33 years"