St John's School, Leatherhead - Boer War

St John's School's magazine, The Johnian, reported on pages 8 and 9 in its Volume XXIII. No1. February 1908 that: 'A memorial window, subscribed for by Old Johnians, has been placed in the Chapel, on the north side. The window bears the following inscription: "In honorem Dei et in eorum memoriam qui in Africa pro patria ceciderunt." The colouring of the window is exceptionally fine, the scenes depicted being taken from the lives of Joshua and Abraham'. (https://stjohnsleatherheadatwar.co.uk/Filename.ashx?systemFileName=/Media/SJJJ19080001.pdf#page=8 ).

Page 33 of Volume XXIV. No2. April 1909 of The Johnian listed the subscribers for the window, and recorded that a payment of £86 had been made to " J. Powell & Sons, for making and erecting stained glass window in the School Chapel". (https://stjohnsleatherheadatwar.co.uk/Filename.ashx?systemFileName=/Media/SJJJ19090002.pdf#page=15 ).

Historic England's Grade II Listing of the building on 4/12/1980 can be found at https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1028621. The relevant section of the Listing describes the building as:
'School chapel, now library. Dated 1876 at west end; altered internally. Flint with sandstone dressings, red tile roof. Nave with apsidal chancel, south porch and south vestry. Gothic style. The 5-bay nave has a plinth, buttresses and 2-centred arched openings with hoodmoulds; on the south side the 1st bay has a gabled porch with outer doorway moulded in 2 orders, the 5th bay has a gabled vestry with stone pinnacles flanking the gable, which contains a geometrical rose window, and the other bays have 2-light windows with plate tracery; the north side has a doorway to the 1st bay and similar windows in the other bays....'
(The building was refurbished in 2014, and is now a venue which is used by St John’s School and the local community).