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30. ST. JOHN'S PARISH CHURCH Built in 1847. The design is based on Tenby and Castlemartin's 13th Century churches. The memorials located on the walls of the church remind us of the one time military importance of the Town and the status that the church was held in by the community. The beautifully carved reredos in the Lady Chapel to the right of the High Altar is well worthy of note. The carved screen in the Lady Chapel is a memorial to the men of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry who had been stationed in Pembroke Dock and who were later killed on active service in the 1914-18 war. St. John's has a set of fifteen very attractive and interesting stained glass windows designed by and bearing the Wheatsheaf trademark of the firm C.E.Kamp. Intriguingly a window in the west wall bears the inscription "Arthur Evan Thomas. A former chorister of St. John's, Corporal in 18th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, Killed in Gallipoli,27th August 1915." The peal of bells was completed in 1902 in commemoration of the coronation of King Edward V11, with the money being raised by public subscription. At the rear of the church is a memorial board listing the names of the Town's servicemen, merchant seamen and the civilians who were killed by enemy action during the 1939-45 war. At the eastern end of the church's north outside wall is a plaque commemorating the many R.A.F. servicemen who were based in Pembroke Dock from its inception in 1930 until the based closed in 1959 and the Airmen who lost their lives on 'Flying Boat' operations. |
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