Stained Glass Window Taylor 1914 Chipchase Castle Chapel

Chipchase Castle

In south wall of Chapel.

1914-18

Made in 1919

Arnold Robinson, who worked mostly in Bristol area.

In memoriam
Captain Hugh Taylor

Scots (badge) Guards

Born Christmas Eve 1880
Killed in action Dec.18th 1914.

Stained glass window 107 inches high x 44 inches wide (272cms x 111cms) single light.

It depicts the Angel of the Lord appearing to Mary Magdalene outside the sepulchre after the Resurrection.

Below them is the text “He is not here for he is risen” painted in gilded Roman capitals.

Below this is the dedication, set on a pennant. In the centre is a diamond shape which contains the badge of the Scots Guards.

The lettering is in black Roman capitals.

1. The maker of the window was a pupil of Christopher Whall.

2. Capt. Taylor had been present in the Abbey at the Laying Up of the Colours of his Regiment in 1912.

3. See his Every Name A Story entry.

Photos: J. Brown; Colin N. Dallison

Hexham Parish Magazine
January 1915 records the death of Capt. Hugh Taylor, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards.

In Silent Fortitude: In Memory of the Men of the North Tyne Valley who Fell in the Great War; Alan Isaac Grint; 2011; Ergo Press; ISBN 9780955751097

Source of quotation
“He is not here for he is risen” Matthew 28 v 6

Colin N. Dallison;
Ralph W. Gould;
Janet Brown;
Tony Harding

If you are researching this memorial please contact 2014@newmp.org.uk