Stained Glass Window at Melbourne Chapel of St. Peter, Missions to Seafarers Anglican Chapel

717 Flinders Street, Melbourne, MELBOURNE CITY

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Melbourne Missions to Seamen St Nicholas W Aikman c1945

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  • Memorial Window References & Acknowledgements

    Stained Glass Window at Melbourne Chapel of St. Peter, Missions to Seafarers Anglican Chapel - Memorial Window References & Acknowledgements

    Army News, 23 August 1945, p.2; https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/ViewRecord/2365807; http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/community/warmemorial/memorial_details.aspx?mid=11; CWGC.

    Memorial Window Subject

    Stained Glass Window at Melbourne Chapel of St. Peter, Missions to Seafarers Anglican Chapel - Memorial Window Subject

    St. Nicholas

    Memorial Window Text

    Stained Glass Window at Melbourne Chapel of St. Peter, Missions to Seafarers Anglican Chapel - Memorial Window Text

    Quit Ye Like Men Be Strong

    Memorial Window Inscription

    Stained Glass Window at Melbourne Chapel of St. Peter, Missions to Seafarers Anglican Chapel - Memorial Window Inscription

    To the Glory of God and in memory of William Digges La Touche Balden Midshipman of Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England. Killed at Geelong 20 August 1945. Erected by his Father and Mother.

    Memorial Window Description & History

    Stained Glass Window at Melbourne Chapel of St. Peter, Missions to Seafarers Anglican Chapel - Memorial Window Description & History

    Few windows by the Scots artist William Aikman (1868-1959) have been found in Australia but his Arts and Crafts style of stained glass is well known throughout England. From 1892, he worked for many years for James Powell & Sons, London after an apprenticeship at Ballantyne of Edinburgh. In 1913, Aikman set up his own studio in Campden Square before moving to Sutton, where this window was designed and made. The figure of St. Nicholas, patron saint to seafarers, iscomplemented by the beautiful portrait of the young sailor, set in a laurel wreath below the figure of the saint.

    William Digges La Touche Balden, son of William Reginald and Mary Balden of Dewsbury, Yorkshire, was a 17-year old midshipman apprentice with the United Kingdom's Merchant Navy. He was one of four men killed when they were asphyxiated in the hold of the Samakand at Corio Wharf, North Geelong on 20 August 1945. He was buried at Fawker Memorial Park Cemetery, north of Melbourne.

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Vic War Heritage Inventory - Stained Glass Memorial Windows Study

    Author: Bronwyn Hughes
    Year: 2013
    Grading: Local

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