Although the number of parishioners who served in both wars was much greater, these figures give us a glimpse of the terrible losses sustained by small, tightly-knit parish communities, in which few families were not tourched by global conflict. Memorials say nothing about the greater numbers who returned to their homes maimed in mind and body. Remembrance Sunday is observed every year. Thanks to the pioneering work of Jean Monnet and Robert Schuman it is now inconceivable that the nations of western Europe will ever go to war again. We remember peace as well as war.
Wars happen because peace is betrayed.
It was built in 1754 by John Snetzler, born in Passau c. 1710. It is said that Handel was included in his circle of friends. The casework was designed for the Rotunda chapel, but was never erected there. It is thought to have been the property of Lord Mornington, father of the duke of Wellington, who lived in the parish.