Battle of Britain Memorial Window - geograph

Hugh Ray Easton (26 November 1906 – 15 August 1965) was an English stained-glass artist. His workshop was in Cambridge.

Biography

Hugh Easton was born in London, son of Frank (a doctor) and Alice ( Howland). He studied in France and worked for the firm of Blacking in Surrey before setting up a studio in Cambridge. During the Second World War he served at the Ministry of Information with the rank of commander in the

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(RNVR). Most of his windows were made in Harpenden at the studio of Robert Hendra and Geoffrey Harper. He and his associates worked on many windows for churches and other institutions after the war. He was the designer of a memorial window in the

Battle of Britain The Battle of Britain, also known as the Air Battle for England (german: die Luftschlacht um England), was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the Royal Navy defende ...

Chapel in

Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an historic, mainly Gothic church in the City of Westminster, London, England, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the United ...

. Many of his windows contain his 'weathervane' signature, e.g. East window, South Aisle, St Mary the Virgin church,

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. Easton died on 15 August 1965 at the

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, London. A memorial service was held in the

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at Westminster Abbey on 24 September 1965.

Notable works

St Peter upon Cornhill, Cornhill, London EC3 - Window - geograph

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* All Saints' Church, Hockerill,

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, London *

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Holy Trinity Church, Coventry Holy Trinity Church, Coventry, is a parish church of the Church of England in Coventry City Centre, West Midlands, England. Above the chancel arch is an impressive Doom wall-painting. History The church dates from the 12th century and is t ...

* Church of St Paul's in

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, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames *

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, City of London * St Edward the Confessor Church in Sutton Place, Guildford * St Mary The Virgin,

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, Essex *

Rolls-Royce Battle of Britain Memorial Window The ''Rolls-Royce Battle of Britain Memorial Window'', is a stained glass window designed by Hugh Ray Easton, to commemorate the pilots of the Royal Air Force who fought in the Battle of Britain and the contribution of Rolls-Royce engineering to ...

, Derby *

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, London * St John the Divine's Church,

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, a large west window featuring the

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1906 births 1965 deaths Artists from London English stained glass artists and manufacturers Military personnel from London People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II Royal Navy officers of World War II University of Tours alumni {{England-artist-stub

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