For Wesley Church see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/916
]]>These interior photographs of Wesley Church show some of the stained glass windows. The window featuring a warrior in full armour and wearing a crown is particularly inspired by the medieval era. The warrior, St George, carries a sword and shield with a cross motif, and the head of a dead dragon lies at his feet. Below them is a castle featuring crenellation. The window is a memorial for someone killed in action in France during World War I, which makes the depiction of a warrior saint an appropriate image. Wesley Church in the central Perth CBD was designed in the Gothic style by Richard Roach Jewell for the local Methodist congregation and it opened in 1870.
For Wesley Church see http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/916
From AWM Website:http://www.awm.gov.au/about/collections/photographs.asp
]]>Australian infantrymen taking part in the Lord Mayor's Procession march past Buckingham Palace, where King George V was taking the salute. The Lord Mayor's Procession began in 1215, when the citizens of London were allowed to elect a mayor for the first time. The newly elected Mayor was required by the King's charter to make a journey from the City to Westminster to swear allegiance to the Crown. The procession still takes place today; known as the Lord May's Show. It brings together the defence forces, police, Londoners, businesses, charities and livery companies in celebration of London's past and present.
From AWM Website:http://www.awm.gov.au/about/collections/photographs.asp
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The Oxford Encaenia:- Group portrait of eight great war leaders at Oxford University, where they received the honorary degree of doctor of civil law. Left to right: back row; Professor H Pirenne, Rear Admiral Sir W Reginald Hall, the Reverend H E Blakiston, DD (Vice Chancellor of the University), Doctor F W Pember (Warden of All Souls' College). Front row; Vice Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss (afterwards Admiral of the Fleet) , Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, General J J Pershing, Marshall Joffre, Marquis Curzon (Chancellor of the University of Oxford), Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig (afterwards Earl), Admiral Sir David Beatty (afterwards Admiral of the Fleet and Earl), Mr H C Hoover President, Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson.
See Oxford University archive for medieval history of honorary degrees.
http://www.oua.ox.ac.uk/enquiries/hondegrees.html
See Oxford University website for History of Encaenia
http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/university_year/encaenia/history.html
John Monash GCMG, KCB (1865-1931) was born in West Melbourne and died in 1931 in Melbourne. Of Prussian Jewish heritage, he participated in the landing at Anzac Cover Gallipoli and assumed command of the Australian Corps in May 1918. The first honorary degree was awarded at Oxford University at the end of the medieval period, in either 1478 or 1479, to Lionel Woodville, the bother-in-law of Edward IV.
Entry on Australian War Memorial website:
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The Oxford Encaenia:- Group portrait of eight great war leaders at Oxford University, where they received the honorary degree of doctor of civil law. Left to right: back row; Professor H Pirenne, Rear Admiral Sir W Reginald Hall, the Reverend H E Blakiston, DD (Vice Chancellor of the University), Doctor F W Pember (Warden of All Souls' College). Front row; Vice Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss (afterwards Admiral of the Fleet) , Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, General J J Pershing, Marshall Joffre, Marquis Curzon (Chancellor of the University of Oxford), Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig (afterwards Earl), Admiral Sir David Beatty (afterwards Admiral of the Fleet and Earl), Mr H C Hoover President, Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson.
See Oxford University archive for medieval history of honorary degrees.
http://www.oua.ox.ac.uk/enquiries/hondegrees.html
See Oxford University website for History of Encaenia
http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/university_year/encaenia/history.html
Small aluminium shield. Engraved on the obverse is, '528 PRIVATE C E URRY 25TH APRIL GALLIPOLI HMS SCOURGE 5TH JUNE GERMAN OFFICERS TRENCH 6TH AUGUST LONE PINE EVACUATED 20TH DEC 19TH APRIL LAVENTIE 28TH MARCH FRANCE'. Engraved on the reverse is, '526 C E URRY 6TH AUGUST LONE PINE DARDENELLES'.
Summary:
Associated with the service of Private Charles Edward Urry, 1 Battalion, AIF. Born in 1897 in Sydney, Charles Urry was nineteen years old and working as a carpenter when he enlisted in the AIF on 17 August 1914. At the time he was also a member of the Militia (33 Infantry Regiment). 526 Private C E Urry embarked aboard HMAT Afric from Sydney on 18 October 1914 with 1 Battalion B Company . After seeing action on Gallipoli and at the Somme, Private Urry was killed in action near Ypres, Belgium on 11 September 1916.
This shield was carried by Private Urry during his service. It is believed that just prior to embarkation in Australia, several B Company men had these shields made up by the Battalion armourer. Each soldier engraved his service number and name into the shield and added 'battle honours' as the war progressed. The shield was sent to his mother after his death, as part of his personal effects. Private Urry's brother, 6169 Private Alfred Thomas Urry served with 19 Battalion, AIF during the war. He returned to Australia in 1919.
Permalink: http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/REL/00793
This poignant unofficial insignia of war indicates both a sense of identity amongst B company and a 'coat-of-arms' for lower-ranked soldiers: a working man's heraldic shield, if you will. The company conscripted their armourer to make these aluminium badges to be taken on campaign. Urry engraved his with combat locations and dates, as well as 'german officers', 'HMS Scourge', 'evacuated'. They sit in striking contrast to the glorious, gold, sophisticated badges of the company commanders. See General Sir John Monash, for example.
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REL/00793 Front and reverse
Entry on Australian War Memorial website:
Small aluminium shield. Engraved on the obverse is, '528 PRIVATE C E URRY 25TH APRIL GALLIPOLI HMS SCOURGE 5TH JUNE GERMAN OFFICERS TRENCH 6TH AUGUST LONE PINE EVACUATED 20TH DEC 19TH APRIL LAVENTIE 28TH MARCH FRANCE'. Engraved on the reverse is, '526 C E URRY 6TH AUGUST LONE PINE DARDENELLES'.
Summary:
Associated with the service of Private Charles Edward Urry, 1 Battalion, AIF. Born in 1897 in Sydney, Charles Urry was nineteen years old and working as a carpenter when he enlisted in the AIF on 17 August 1914. At the time he was also a member of the Militia (33 Infantry Regiment). 526 Private C E Urry embarked aboard HMAT Afric from Sydney on 18 October 1914 with 1 Battalion B Company . After seeing action on Gallipoli and at the Somme, Private Urry was killed in action near Ypres, Belgium on 11 September 1916.
This shield was carried by Private Urry during his service. It is believed that just prior to embarkation in Australia, several B Company men had these shields made up by the Battalion armourer. Each soldier engraved his service number and name into the shield and added 'battle honours' as the war progressed. The shield was sent to his mother after his death, as part of his personal effects. Private Urry's brother, 6169 Private Alfred Thomas Urry served with 19 Battalion, AIF during the war. He returned to Australia in 1919.
Permalink: http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/REL/00793
This poignant unofficial insignia of war indicates both a sense of identity amongst B company and a 'coat-of-arms' for lower-ranked soldiers: a working man's heraldic shield, if you will. The company conscripted their armourer to make these aluminium badges to be taken on campaign. Urry engraved his with combat locations and dates, as well as 'german officers', 'HMS Scourge', 'evacuated'. They sit in striking contrast to the glorious, gold, sophisticated badges of the company commanders. See General Sir John Monash, for example.
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