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Remembering the fallen from Maidstone Unitarian Church during World War I
Pat Preece has been coming to this church since 1993 and often looked at the windows every time she visited and in 2021 decided to research the lives of the nine men recorded on the church’s stained glass windows.
One was a career soldier with the Royal Scots. One was a young man who joined the Royal Flying Corps. Another, also twenty years old, won a Military Medal whilst on active service with the local Kent regiment in Belgium. Two others were carpenters and joiners, another worked in a bank, one was a writer and trainer, and another was a gas fitter’s apprentice. Finally, there was a locomotive driver. They left behind families and friends. These nine men gave their lives, and we remember them.
Click on the cover left to read more about Pat’s short History of the Church with regards to the Creation of the War Memorial Windows and Roll of Honour.