Location
In The Church of the Ascension, Stubbington Avenue, PO2 0JW. The rerodos is behind the main altar and in front of the East window.
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PARKING: On street parking only.
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GREAT WAR ESPECIALLY THOSE HERE INSCRIBED
MONTAGUE ASCOUGH
DAVID C. BARGERY
ERIC H.R.BATE
WILLIAM BERTRAM
HAROLD BROWN
FLORENCE H. CHADWICK
JAMES M. DENT
HERBERT GEORGE EDNEY
EDWARD W.F. FARMER
ARTHUR DOUGLAS GIBSON
ALBERT HELLYER
Inscription (Middle)
FOR EVERMORE AND WITH HIM LIVE THOSE WHO DIED FOR US.
Inscription (Right)
HARRY HYDE
JOHN EDWARD KELSEY
JACK LAWTON
BENJAMIN EDWARD PARSONS
ALLAN PAYNE
VICTOR S. PAYNE
FREDERICK REDDELL
ARTHUR CHARLES VAUGHAN SMITH
THOMAS JARDINE TYSON
EDWARD WILSON
GRANT THEM O LORD ETERNAL REST AND
LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM.
Further Information
Below the inscriptions there is a line of shields on which the following words are inscribed.
From left to right they are:
LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONG SUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS, SUFFERING, FAITH,
MEEKNESS, PATIENCE, MODESTY, TEMPERANCE, CHASTITY.
John Offord says in his book Churches, Chapels & Places of Worship on Portsea Island:
'After the 1914-18 War it was decided to erect a vast rerodos to fill the whole of the east wall, as a
War Memorial. The first, and alas only, great panel was unveiled in 1921. Designed by L.Coates
Carter, it shows 'Christ in Glory'. Immediately below are carved the towers and spires of Portsea
Island, and below this are figures, which include a soldier and sailor from the Great War and a
Crusader. The complete work would have been dramatic and magnificent, and have given distinction
to a somewhat unsophisticated building.'
