Christ Church Cathedral Warriors' Chapel, Newcastle

About

This memorial chapel is located on the northern side of Newcastle's Christ Church Cathedral, to the left of the altar. It is built of pale yellow sandstone. Nine stained glass windows overlook the chapel and on the floor in the centre of the chapel is a stone, which was placed by the children of Edward and Caroline Parnell. At the western end of the space are several individual memorials: an effigy of Alfred Henry Forster of the Sots Greys, who died of wounds on 10 March 1919. The effigy was dedicated on 29 April 1928. The original of this effigy is in the Church of All Hallows, by-the-Tower, London. In the wall behind the effigy is the foundation stone for the Chapel. a wooden cross of a unknown British Soldier. a Changi Rushlist. a stone medallion from Canterbury Cathedral. a memorial by Cecil Thomas to the fallen of the First World War.

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