Memorial Details
What type of memorial is it?
Window
How would you describe the memorial and its ornamentation?
Two etched glass windows. the left window depicts a green road across hills bordered by yew and flowering may. A depiction of Edward Thomas's jacket hangs on a branch with is pipe and stick beside it. Landscape and sky are in the background.
The right hand window is engraved with one of his poems above in the mist is his house on the hill above Steep. Below is a sequence of doors the last one opening onto a Flanders Battlefield from which the sun rises and then turns into a door latch he has just closed behind him in the poem.
Location
Has this memorial been lost?
No
Location
Location
Is this the memorial's current location?
Yes
Building Name
All Saints Church
Street
Church Road
Town
Steep
District
East Hampshire
County
Hampshire
Country
England
Postcode
GU32 2DE
OS map ref
SU 74587 25305
If the memorial is located in a site of worship, please list the religious denominations
Church of England

Edward Thomas - Window Location

Commemoration
What words are inscribed on the memorial?
(Left window) EDWARD THOMAS

(Right window) THE / NEW / HOUSE / NOW FIRST, AS I SHUT THE DOOR / I WAS ALONE / IN THE NEW HOUSE, AND THE WIND / BEGAN TO MOAN / OLD AT ONCE WAS THE HOUSE, / AND I WAS OLD / MY EARS WERE TEASED WITH THE DREAD / OF WHAT WAS FORETOLD, / NIGHTS OF STORM DAYS OF MIST WITHOUT END / SAD DAYS WHEN THE SUN / SHONE IN VAIN: OLD GRIEFS AND GRIEFS / NOT YET BEGUN / ALL WAS FORETOLD ME, NAUGHT / COULD I FORSEE; / BUT I LEARNED HOW THE WIND WOULD SOUND / AFTER THESE THINGS SHOULD BE./ EDWARD THOMAS/ 1878/ 1917
War
How many names are listed in total?
1
Which war or group does the memorial commemorate?
First World War (1914-1918)
Is the total an exact count?
Yes
Of the names listed, how many served and returned?
0
Of the names listed, how many died?
1
Condition
Is the writing on the memorial difficult to read?
No
Components
Component Details
Which memorial component are you recording?
Window
What condition is this component in?
Good
What materials has this component been constructed from?
Glass
Dimensions
How high is the component?
914 MM
Listing Information
Does it have listed status?
No
History
Scholarship
Is there a trust or scholarship associated with it?
No
Maker
Maker
Person or organisation involved in the making of the memorial
Sir Larence Whitstler CBE (1973) OBE (1955)
What role did they have in the making?
Artist
Ceremony
Ceremony
Ceremony
What was the purpose of the ceremony?
Unveiled
When did it take place?
1978
Who was present?
R S THOMAS
References
References
Scenes and signs on Glass: L Whistler 1985
Image(s)
Memorial Image
Media ID
160546
Stained glass window.
What is the image's caption?
Stained glass window.
What is its licence type?
Orphan work
Is this image evidence of inscribed names?
✖
Media Image Height
775
Media Image Width
1183