Stained glass windows / window at St James Church, Twickenham. UK. To commemorate / commemorates losses of Portuguese soldiers in WW1 / First World War.
April 9, 2018, Twickenham UK. To Commemorate the Centenary of the first very heavy losses of Portuguese soldiers in the First World War, during the Battle of the Lys in Flanders, on April 9, 1918, St. James’s Catholic church in Twickenham has commissioned windows by Stained Glass Designers Caroline & Tony Benyon. The windows were blessed by Bishop John Wilson, titular Bishop of Lindisfarne, during during a special Mass. A plaque was unveiled jointly by His Excellency the Ambassador Manuel Lobo Antunes, Portuguese Ambassador to the UK, by Field Marshal The Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank GCB LVO OBE DL. (101)
Size: 3607px × 5440px
Photo credit: © David Gee / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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