Christ Church Cathedral Warriors' Chapel, Newcastle Middle Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image 0 / 0 - Prev Next Description / Background This memorial chapel is located on the northern side of Newcastle's Christ Church Cathedral, to the left of the altar. It is built of pale yellow sandstone. Nine stained glass windows overlook the chapel and on the floor in the centre of the chapel is a stone, which was placed by the children of Edward and Caroline Parnell. At the western end of the space are several individual memorials: an effigy of Alfred Henry Forster of the Sots Greys, who died of wounds on 10 March 1919. The effigy was dedicated on 29 April 1928. The original of this effigy is in the Church of All Hallows, by-the-Tower, London. In the wall behind the effigy is the foundation stone for the Chapel. a wooden cross of a unknown British Soldier. a Changi Rushlist. a stone medallion from Canterbury Cathedral. a memorial by Cecil Thomas to the fallen of the First World War. Inscription Northern and eastern walls under the windows They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them. 1914-1918. Western wall - wooden cross A wooden cross of “A unknown British Soldier” presented to the Dean of Newcastle by H.R.H. Prince of Wales, December 1927. Western wall - stone medallion The medallion above is of stone that once formed part of Canterbury Cathedral, and was given by the Dean and Chapter of that Ancient Minster, to be incorporated into the fabric of this chapel. Western wall - foundation stone A.M.D.G. [Ad maiorem Dei gloriam ("For the greater glory of God")] And in grateful memory of our beloved who died in the Great War 1914-1918. The foundation stone of this memorial was laid by His Excellency, The Right Honourable Lord Forster P.C. G.C.M.C. Governor-General of Australia, the Second Day of August 1923. “Other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid which is Jesus Christ.” The fabric of this chapel is the gift of Hudson Berkeley and his wife Annie Fowler Berkeley. Western end of chapel - on the sandstone block holding the effigy Their name liveth for evermore. Southern wall Hallowed in Christ be the memory of the brave men and women who died in the Great War for the freedom of the world. They shall stand before the throne an exceeding great army and in that last muster there shall be found these our own well-beloved. In the floor, centre of the chapel A.M.D.G. And that those who shall come here may remember the sacrifice in the Great War, of our heroic Australian dead. The marble floor was placed in this chapel, by the children of Edward and Caroline Parnell. A.D. 1924. Related memorials Christ Church Cathedral War Memorial Mural, Newcastle Captain Clarence Smith Jeffries Memorial Chair 4th Infantry Regiment Memorial Plaque 13th Battalion Memorial Tablet 35th Australian Infantry Battalion Memorial Plaque 13th Battalion A.I.F. Flag Related links Fine war memorial (12 Jun 1923) Do you know more about this war Memorial? Click here to learn how you can contribute Sidebar Address Christ Church Cathedral 52 Church Street The Hill NSW 2300 Local Government Area Newcastle, City of Setting Building – inside Location status Original location Memorial type Building Recorded by Mr Robert McLardy Year of construction 02 August 1923 Conflict/s First World War, 1914–18 Materials Sandstone