Subject

St. George

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St. George

Inscription

Plaque: An enduring memorial of Eric Craven Jowett B.M.E. Lieutenant in the Northumbrian Fusiliers and Royal Flying Corps. A member of the College who was shot down from the air inside the German lines at Miraumont on July 9th 1916, aged 24 years. "I am going to my Father, my marks and scars I carry with me to be a witness for me that I have fought His battles who will now be my rewarder." This window was erected in his honour.

Description & History

In early 1917, it was reported that three windows were promised for the Horsfall Chapel at Trinity College. One was offered by Mr. Edmund Jowett in memory of his son Eric, who had joined the Royal Flying Corps in Britain, as recorded in the base panel of the window. The Jowett family obtained a design for the armorial section of their window from the College of Heralds. The window was not unveiled until Armistice Day, 1923 during a service conducted by the College Chaplain, the Reverend E Wade, principal of Ridley College. At the unveiling of the memorial, the former Warden of the College, Dr. Alexander Leeper paid tribute to Flight-commander Jowett's courage and personality.

Eric Craven Jowett entered Trinity College in 1909 and went on to Trinity College, Cambridge; he was at Cambridge when war broke out. He enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers, but later joined the Royal Air Force. Flight-commander Jowett was shot down behind German lines and died of wounds on 9 July 1916. He was commemorated at Queen's Cemetery, Bucquoy, France.

References & Acknowledgements

Argus, 12 November 1923, p.10; Church of England Messenger, 12 January 1917, p.8; Caroline Miley, Trinity College Chapel: an appreciation, Council of Trinity College, Melbourne, 1997, pp.55-56; http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/558654/JOWETT,%20ERIC%20CRAVEN.