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London, England: Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Simon Stock, South Kensington: Chaplain Major the Rev. S. S. Knapp stands before an altar blessing troops from the Irish Guards

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Pencil drawing for two-light stained glass memorial window with tracery for the Carmelite Church in South Kensington, London. The window features Chaplain Major the Rev S S Knapp, who stands before an altar blessing troops from the 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards. Regimental crest of the Irish Guards at the top tracery, and roundels at the top of each light featuring Irish and French saints St. Martin of Tours, St. Brigid, St. Patrick and St. Louis. Reverend Knapp died of wounds received at Boesinghe, Flanders on 1 August 1917. The window was commissioned by the Reverend F. Browne S. J. and Captain Count Moore, of the 2nd Battalion of Irish Guards, B.6.7. France. The church, a Gothic revival building designed by Pugin, was destroyed by incendiary bombs on 20 February, 1944
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Title: London, England: Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Simon Stock, South Kensington: Chaplain Major the Rev. S. S. Knapp stands before an altar blessing troops from the Irish Guards
Description:
Pencil drawing for two-light stained glass memorial window with tracery for the Carmelite Church in South Kensington, London.
The window features Chaplain Major the Rev S S Knapp, who stands before an altar blessing troops from the 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards.
Regimental crest of the Irish Guards at the top tracery, and roundels at the top of each light featuring Irish and French saints St.
Martin of Tours, St.
Brigid, St.
Patrick and St.
Louis.
Reverend Knapp died of wounds received at Boesinghe, Flanders on 1 August 1917.
The window was commissioned by the Reverend F.
Browne S.
J.
and Captain Count Moore, of the 2nd Battalion of Irish Guards, B.
6.
7.
France.
The church, a Gothic revival building designed by Pugin, was destroyed by incendiary bombs on 20 February, 1944.

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