Weston-super-Mare Gazette - Saturday 08 May 1920 (page 9) reported:
'IN HONOUR'S CAUSE. MEMORIAL WINDOW TO MAJOR GRAVES KNYFTON UNVEILED AT UPHILL CHURCH.
A large congregation was present at Uphill Parish Church to pay homage to the late Major Graves-Knyfton, J.P, on Sunday afternoon, when a memorial window to this gallant officer was unveiled by Preb. B. Norton Thompson, R.D. (rector of Weston-super-Mare). The window, which is situated on the north side of the church facing the pulpit, is divided into two sections, one representing St. Michael and the other St. George. Exquisite colourings have been introduced into the design, at the foot of which appears the following inscription : -" To the glory of God, and in loving memory of Reginald Benett Graves-Knyfton, Major 4th Somerset Light Infantry, of Uphill Manor, who died in India, Oct. 29th, 1918."
The Rev. Callis, who is at present in charge of the church, intoned the service, which was attended by the late rector, Rev. E. A. Amyatt-Burney. The hymn, "We love the place, O Lord,” was sung, and subsequently Psalm 46 "God is our refuge and strength,” was chanted. The unveiling ceremony followed, the Rector releasing the Union Jack which hung over the window.
The Rector afterwards spoke from the pulpit. He said that on March 11th many of them ascended the village hill to take part in the dedication of the memorial cross erected in God’s acre to those of their kith and kin who fell in the Great War. On that memorial was inscribed their names - names that would be long honoured in the community amongst whom they lived because they laid down their lives that life might be better in the world. That was the meaning of sacrifice. For years to come men and women would look up to that emblem of sacrifice which was visible from some distance - he could see it from his own garden.
That day they had come together to dedicate a memorial of a less public character, to one of those honoured names on the memorial, one of a family that had long been associated with Uphill, whose members had desired to perpetuate his memory by a thank-offering which would add to the beauty of the church in which they came together to worship God. Major Graves-Knyfton was a keen Territorial soldier in time of peace, and when war came he welcomed the opportunity of active service with the battalion to which he belonged, the Territorial battalion of his old county regiment, a branch of the service which earned its full share in the laurels of the war. If the lives which he and others known to them willingly gave were taken, then there was at least some comfort in the thought that they gave their all in honour's cause.
Symbolism of the Window.
They would notice that the beautiful window just dedicated to the major’s memory was full of suggestive thought. It represented St. Michael who, with his angels, fought against and conquered the dragon in the symbolic spiritual warfare described to them in the Book of Revelation, which was always going on in the spirit world. It also represented St. George, the patron saint of England and of soldiers, the type of all those who are found ready to fight for right, King, and country, and the protection of their hearths and homes. Underneath were two crowns, a crown of sorrow and a crown of joy. There was an old saying, “No cross, no crown,” and the experience of life as the years rolled on brought home to them the truth of it. Jesus Christ, on the eve of His crucifixion, told his followers that in the world they should have tribulation. There had been plenty of tribulation in the world since August, 1914, and it was well for those who had gone through it if the sequel had followed, "Be of good cheer. I have overcome the world.” The struggle between the material and the spiritual aspirations of men and women was always going on and was in evidence all around them now as the world was trying to settle down after the great shaking of the nations. It needed all that was symbolised in the window by the presentation of St. Michael and St. George to build it up again. As they looked at the window, let it remind them that the spirit of service and of sacrifice, involving, as it did, fighting and conflict, was a nobler thing to live for than the spirit of selfishness, whatever form that selfishness might take, for the spirit of service and of sacrifice was the spirit of Christ. During the service the hymns, “We are soldiers of Christ” and “ O God our help in ages past,” were also sung'. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001444/19200508/078/0009