The Furnishings
The East Surrey Memorial Windows
Facing the entrance to the Chapel are The East Surrey Regiment
windows. The left-hand panel depicts the badge of the Huntingdonshire
Regiment (1782). The right-hand panel shows the badge of the
Surrey Regiment (1782).
In
1881 the Huntingdonshire Regiment and the Surrey Regiment
amalgamated to form the 1st and 2nd Battalions The East Surrey
Regiment. These windows, the gift of The East Surrey Regiment,
were for many years in the Officers’ Mess of the Regimental
Depot at Kingston-upon-Thames. The badge of The East Surrey
Regiment is in the centre panel.
The left-hand badge purports to be that of the 31st (Huntingdonshire)
Regiment of Foot. It is a circular ‘belt’ containing
a stag (the badge of Huntingdon) two hounds, a tree and an
archer, the Roman figures XXXI in a scroll beneath - the number
of the Regiment in order of precedence. The official cap badge
of the regiment was, however, the crowned belt with XXXI inside
without the picture. The centre badge is that of The East
Surrey Regiment and is the seven pointed star with a crown
in place of the eighth point. The shield bears the arms of
Guildford with the addition of three salmon on the castle’s
centre turret - taken from the Kingston-upon-Thames arms.
The right-hand badge is that of the 70th Foot - the Surrey
Regiment amalgamated with the 31st Foot in 1881 to form The
East Surrey Regiment. It consists of a crowned belt with the
central Roman LXX faced with Surrey Regiment, Glasgow Greys
- the 70th’s nickname appears on a scroll beneath the
badge. This is not part of the official 70th badge.
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| The
clergy Stall and Kneeler |
A
full description of the Chapel, its decoration, furnishings
and a list of Donors are contained in a bound Record Book
which is permanently kept in the Chapel.
The beautiful altar rail was carved by craftsmen of HMS
EXCELLENT. It bears the ship’s crest and was presented
by the Ship’s Company.
On the left is the clergy stall in memory of those officers
and men of The Queen’s Royal Regiment who died during
the campaign in Malaya between 1954 - 1957.
The Lectern, an eagle of carved English Oak, was the gift
of Lt Col A C Bromhead CBE JP. It was designed by Sir Edward
Maufe RA.
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| The Lectern and Bible |
The
Bible was the gift of Major General J Y Whitfield CB DSO OBE,
the last Colonel of the Queen’s Royal Regiment.
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| The
Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment Gate |
The
Gate at the west end of the Chapel was added in December 1961.
It was designed by the Cathedral Architect, Sir Edward Maufe
RA. It is in blue and gilt and bears the badge of The Queen’s
Royal Surrey Regiment.
Inside
the chapel there is more evidence of the Regiment’s
association with the Royal Navy and with the Royal Marines.
The Queen’s Royal Regiment fought as marines on the
Glorious
First of June and The East Surrey Regiment began life as Colonel
Villiers’ Marines in 1702.
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