G T Sweeting

Peterborough Express - Wednesday 11 October 1916 (page 2) reported:
'MEMORIAL WINDOW TO KING'S SCHOOL OLD BOY.
On Saturday last, at Maxey Church, a memorial window was unveiled to the memory of Gerald [sic] Talbot Sweeting, who was killed in action in France in the spring of 1915. The service was conducted by the Vicar (the Rev. S. G. Short. The lesson was read by the Rev. H. Baxter, Headmaster of the King's School, Peterborough, of which school the deceased was an Old Boy. In the absence of Bishop Clayton, the Dean of Peterborough unveiled the window. The deceased was a son of the late Rev. W. D. Sweeting, formerly Headmaster of the King's School, Peterborough, Vicar of Maxey, and an authority on the Cathedral and local antiquities. The window is the gift of the brothers and sisters. In it are depicted St. Gabriel and St Michael'.
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004075/19161011/039/0002

Peterborough Standard - Saturday 14 October 1916 (page 6) reported:
'Memorial Window at Maxey. On Saturday last, by the Dean of Peterborough, a window in the chancel of Maxey Church was dedicated to the memory of Gerard Talbot Sweeting, killed in action, and buried at Plugstraat [sic]. The Dean kindly came at short notice in place of Bishop Clayton, who was prevented by illness, and gave an excellent address on the honourable life and heroic death thus commemorated, recalling the close connection of his father, Rev. W. D. Sweeting, with the Cathedral and King's School. There were present: Messrs Alfred and Walter Sweeting, Mrs Monk and Mrs Barnes, who with Messrs Henry and Herbert Sweeting were the donors of the window. The Rev. H. Baxter, B.D., Headmaster of the King's School, read the lesson, and amongst the large congregation present were the Revs. R. C. Faithful, F. W. Robinson, I. H. Bland, S. W. Skene, T. H. Dent, and S. G. Short (Vicar), and Messrs J. G. Perkins and Mr T. M. Lake (Churchwardens). Several peals were rung by teams chosen from the following ringers: Messrs F. T. Cooke, F. Dainty, S. Wright, V. Butler, W. G. Cross, T. Vaughan (St John the Baptist, Peterborough), J. H. Roden (West Deeping), E. Wright (Maxey). The window, made by Messrs A. L. Moore and Son) represents S.S. Michael and Gabriel, and is simply perfect in design, tone, drawing and colour, greatly enriching this interesting and beautiful Church'.
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003301/19161014/078/0006

Historic England's listing details of the Church. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1331592?section=official-list-entry

St Peter's Church website (History Trivia): 'STAINED GLASS: There is very little stained glass in the church. The oldest glass is in the East Window of the South Aisle. Behind the south side vicar's stall is a memorial window to Rifleman Gerard Talbot Sweeting, of the 9th County of London Regiment (Queen Victoria Rifles), who was killed on 14th March, 1915, at St. Ives, Belgium.
About Gerald Talbot Sweeting.
Born 15th May 1884 Died 14th March 1915.
Gerald Talbot Sweeting was born on the 15th May 1884 to the Rev. Walter Debenham Sweeting and his wife Maria Georgina. He was the youngest of seven children, five sons and two daughters. His father had been Second Master (the equivalent of today's Deputy Head) and later Headmaster of The Kings School, a position he held for 20 years. On leaving King's Mr Sweeting had become vicar of Maxey. Gerard joined The King's School at the age of 13.
He was at King's for 3 years. The School Archive has a photo of this athletic young man with a shock of blond hair - he became a King's Scholar, and left in January 1900. What he did and where he went next, we don't know for certain, but we believe that he was articled to a firm of London stockbrokers.
His mother died on 1st November 1900 and Reverend Sweeting moved to London, possibly to be near his family or his son. By 1906 Gerard was working in a Stockbroker's Office in the City of London, with a home address of ‘Maxey’, Queens Road, Wallington, Surrey.
In about 1912 Gerard joined the Queen Victoria’s Rifles as a territorial soldier. Not only did this teach him soldering but it would also have been treated as something of a social Gentlemen’s Club. On the 4th November 1914 Gerard was called to the Colours to join ‘A’ Coy 9th Battalion London Regiment and sailed for France the same day.
Gerard was killed on March 14 1915 - he was on look-out when a German grenade exploded behind his back. In a letter to his sister Mary, his Commanding Officer, wrote that he was held in high esteem by his comrades; he was an immaculate soldier, who never missed a parade, never went sick or fell out on the march. Always doing his share, never grumbling and ever ready to help others." The stained glass window shows St. Michael and St. Gabriel.
The three windows in the North Aisle contain six of our Lord's Beatitudes'.
https://www.maxeychurch.co.uk/trivia.htm

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/445588/gerard-talbot-sweeting/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11506408/gerard-talbot-sweeting