The Good Centurion
about 1918
Single-light window with a standing military figure holding a lance.
firm/studio: probably
Burlison & GryllsChurch of St Ceitho, Llangeitho, Ceredigionnorth wall of the nave (window number: nII)
The window is given in memory of B.E.S. Davies, a captain in the eleventh South Wales Borderers, who was killed in action at Pilkem Ridge, 31 July 1917, aged 24.
The face looks like a portrait of the man.
The window is titled 'The Good Centurion' and above is the text from Paul's second letter to Timothy: 'I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course' (2 Timothy 4:7). ObjectID=6145 No imageRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 03-10-2025
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Click here for other works at this siteClick here for other works connected to Burlison & GryllsReferencesThomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion, (London: Yale University Press, 2006), p. 519.
Click to show suggested citation for this recordMartin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2025.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/6145 (accessed 23 October 2025)
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