Memorial

Stained Glass Window Bullen 1917 St. Nicholas

Gosforth

Memorial Name: Stained Glass Window Bullen 1917 St. Nicholas (G9.12)

NEWMP Ref No.: G9.12

Parish: Gosforth

Original Location:

St. Nicholas’ Church, Church Road.

North wall.

Which War:

1914-18

Materials Used:

Brass plaque on wood

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Cawthorne and Sons, London.

Inscription:

On window :
Be thou faithful unto death and
I will give thee a crown of life.

On plaque:
To the glory of God and in loving memory of Lieut. Henry Stanley Tempest Bullen
Lieut. R.F.A. Northumbrian Howitzer Brigade + second son of Edith and the late T.C. Bullen,
who fell in action at Arras April 14th 1917, aged 20, and is buried at Beaurains, South of Arras.

Memorial Description:

Stained glass window of a single light.

It depicts Christ with arm raised in blessing St. George, who is kneeling.

On a scroll beneath this are the words “Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life” painted in yellow Gothic lettering.

At the bottom of the window is the badge of the Royal Artillery and motto “Ubique Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt” (“Wherever Fate and Glory lead”).

Beneath this is a plaque 8 inches high x 35 inches wide (20cms x 89cms) mounted on a wood pattress.

The lettering is in black Gothic with red capital letters

Names:

See above

Notes:

See his Every Name A Story entry

This man was killed in the same action as Lawrence Nicholson