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St Paul’s Cathedral has been here for over 1,400 years. It has been built and rebuilt five times, and always its main purpose has been as a place of worship and prayer.

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For more than 1,400 years, a Cathedral dedicated to St Paul has stood at the highest point in the City. The present Cathedral is the masterpiece of Britain's most famous architect Sir Christopher Wren.

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History
12:00pm | Open for private prayer |
12:30pm | Eucharist |
3:00pm | Evening Prayer |
3:30pm | Private prayer ends and Cathedral closes |
The Men of the Altar Frontal
Through this page you can discover more about the men who worked on the altar frontal. By clicking on each name, you can learn about that
man. Many include stories told by family members.
Private Eric George ALEXANDER - 56th Battalion, The Australian
Imperial Force
Private Francis James ALLEN - 27th Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Private Alfred APPLIN - 5th Battalion, The 3rd Dorset Regiment
Sergeant George ARMSTRONG - The Coldstream Guards
Cadet Kenneth Alexander BAIRD - The Inns of Court, Officer Training Corps
Fusilier J G BARKER - First, Fourth Battalion, The London Fusiliers
Private Herbert Richard BARNES - 13th Battalion, The Essex Regiment
Lance Corporal Arthur John BELL - The Military Foot Police
Lance Corporal Cecil BICKLEY - 59th Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Private Frederick G BIRD - 2nd Battalion, The Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Private Sidney BLAKE - 13th Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Private George Henry BRAMMER - 1st Battalion, The King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
Private Hedley George BRASNETT - 31st Battalion, The Canadian Infantry Regiment
Private John CAMERON - 31st Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Sapper Henry Alfred CASEY - The Royal Engineers
Trooper A CLARK - The Queen's Royal Lancers
Private Herbert James CLARKE - 19th Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Private Edward Lawrence CLAY - The Royal Army Service Corps
Gunner Samuel CLEWES - The Royal Field Artillery
Private Leonard J COLLINGS - 7th Battalion, The East Kent Regiment, The Buffs
Rifleman Walter CONWAY - 10th Battalion, The Royal Irish Rifles
Private Samuel Charles COOK - 5th Battalion, The Royal Wiltshire Regiment
Driver Percy Patrick COONEY - The Royal Field Artillery
Private Frank COX - The Royal Marine Light Infantry
Private Harold Erskine CROSBY - 24th Battalion, The Canadian Infantry Regiment
Captain Frederick Brooke DARLING - 8th Regiment, Australian Field Artillery
Private Frederick E DAVIS - The Somerset Light Infantry
Private Arthur Henry DELL - The 3rd South African Infantry Regiment
Gunner William Charles DENCH - The Royal Field Artillery
Private Horace Wilfred DEXTER - 12th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment
Private George Ernest DODDRIDGE -10th Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Private Lionel Stanley DUDLEY - 2nd Battalion, The South African Infantry
Sergeant E H DUNNE - 2nd Battalion, The South African Infantry
Quartermaster Sergeant George EADES - 242 Battery, The Canadian Forestry Regiment
Signaller Frans Jacobus GERMISHUYS - 1st Battalion, The South African Infantry
Private Harold Lawrence GIBSON - The Royal Canadian Regiment
Private William James Todd GILLIES - 17th Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Private William GLASSBY - The York and Lancaster Regiment
Captain Percy Hirsch GOLDSTEIN - 55th Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Private William GOSPER 54th Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Sapper Alexander Grewan GRANT - Canadian Forces
Gunner Charles Kenneth GUNN - 54th Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Petty Officer - Albert James GUTTERIDGE - The Royal Navy
Lieutenant Corporal C R HAMPSON - The 2nd South African Infantry Regiment
Private Bertrand Pearce HARRIS - 8th Battalion, The Royal West Kents
Private James HENRY - Regiment unknown
Corporal W HIGGINS - 4th Battalion, The City of London Regiment
Private Albert HIGMAN - 7th Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Private Edward HODDER - 87th Battalion, the Canadian Infantry Regiment
Private William Oswald HOODLESS - 50th Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Private Charles Edward HOUSDEN - 2nd Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment
Sergeant Cecil HUGHES - 56th Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Private John James Victor HUGO - 1st Battalion, The Devon Regiment
Lance Corporal Alfred E JACKSON - The Royal Engineers
Private Frederick John JANSEN - 1st Battalion, The South African Infantry
Rifleman Herbert Arthur JENKINS - 11th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade
Sergeant Arthur A JOINES - First, Nineteenth Battalion, The London Regiment
Private Arthur McLuer KENNEDY - 24th Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Private George Arthur KENT - 5th Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment
Private F J KEY - The 66th Labour Corps Battalion
Sergeant Frederick John KINGSBURY - 34th Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Driver John LEITHAM - The Army Service Corps
Staff Sergeant Joseph Allan LYNAS - Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Sergeant Clarence LYNCH - 52nd Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Private William MACARTHY - Second Pioneers
Private Albert Gilbert MACDERMOTT - The Hampshire Regiment
Lieutenant William MAKEHAM - 8th Battalion, The Machine Gun Corps
Private Andrew John MANZIE - 2nd Battalion, The South African Infantry
Sapper Charles Henry MARCHANT - 3rd Engineer Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Guardsman John Walter MARSHALL - The Grenadier Guards
Sapper William Alfred MATTHEWS - The Royal Engineers
Private Henry Alfred MAXWELL - 1st Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment
Private Cormick W MCCHORD - The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Drummer John Cameron MCDONALD - 7th Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders
Private William Charles MESLEY - The Royal Marine Light Infantry
Private Alfred MORTON - The Army Service Corps, Mechanical Transport
Rifleman R A MOSS - 1st Battalion, The London Rifle Brigade
Guardsman Horace B MOWBRAY - The Grenadier Guards
Sergeant Reginald Frank MUNDY - 10th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Canada
Lance Corporal James Ernest MUTH - 133rd Engineer Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Canada
Private William Augustus NEWARK- First, Twentieth Battalion, The London Regiment
Private Malcolm O'BRIEN - 1st Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Private J OLDEN - 78th Battalion, The Canadian Infantry Regiment
Private William Charles OLSEN - 22nd Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Private Charles H PENNIALL - 1st Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Private George Arthur PERRY - 5th Battalion, The Canadian Infantry Regiment
Sergeant R J POPE - The Royal Garrison Artillery
Private Francis A PURKISS - 1st Battalion, The 8th Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Private Cyril Frank RAILTON - 11th Battalion, The Queen's
Sergeant Charles Howard REYNOLDS - 2nd Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment
Private Joseph W RICHARDS - 20th Battalion, The London Regiment
Private Sydney Talbot RICKETTS - 26th Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Company Sergeant Major Frederick Horace RIPPER - 12th Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Private John ROBINSON - The East Yorkshire Regiment
Private Cyril Abbott ROLFE - 3rd Battalion, The London Regiment
Corporal John Levi ROSE - 2nd, Fourth Battalion, The Dorset Regiment
Private Charles William RUSSELL - 18th Battalion, The Canadian Infantry Regiment
Private J RUSSELL - 17th Battalion, The King’s Lancashire Regiment
Private Harold George SADLER - 20th Battalion, The Canadians
Fusilier Oliver SAMUEL - The Royal Fusiliers
Private Herbert SAYERS - 11th Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment
Private Henry Alfred SCHROEDER - 2nd Battalion, The South African Infantry
Private Arthur Edward SCOWEN - 2nd Battalion, The London Regiment
Private William SHIPP - 7th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment
Private Richard Thomas SIBLEY - The Essex Regiment
Private ..... SLACK - The Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment
Private John SMALLEY - The Tanks Corps
Sergeant C E SMITH - 2nd Battalion, The Essex Regiment
Private Walter Herbert SMITH - 42nd Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Lance Corporal William SPENCER - 42nd Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Private Eric A SPURGEON - The South African Medical Corps
Gunner Frederick STEELE - 154th Regiment, The Royal Garrison Artillery
Gunner C J STONE - 298 Brigade, The Royal Field Artillery
Lieutenant James Westralia STUBBS - 8th Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Private Samuel STURGESS - 7th Battalion, The North Staffordshire Regiment
Private Tom Clyde SWAINSTON - 44th Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Private J F SWART - 1st Battalion, The South African Infantry
Lance Corporal William Alexander THOMPSON - The South African Medical Corps
Private John TILL - 54th Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Private Herbert James TILSED - 58 Battalion, The Machine Gun Corps
Private Conrad Lindsay TINDALL - 4th Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Gunner Frederick TRICE - 4th Pioneer Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Lance Corporal Thomas Henry TUCKEY - Inland Water Transport, The Royal Engineers
Gunner Harold A TURNER - The South African Heavy Artillery
Private S TURTON - 4th Battalion, The South African Scottish
Private Hendrikus VAN DIEST - 35th Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Gunner Harold WALLACE - Royal Garrison Artillery
Corporal Oscar Frederick WEEDON - 2nd Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment
Mr J WEST - Rank and Regiment unknown
Lance Corporal Alfred Henry WESTLEY - 23rd Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Private W WILLIAMS - 2nd Battalion, The South African Infantry
Lance Corporal W WILLIAMS - 8th Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Private Fred WILSON - First, Fifth Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment
Private Arthur Jesse WINN - 49th Battalion, The Australian Imperial Force
Private Augustus Cecil WREN - 6th Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment
Private Frederic John YOUNG - 11th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers
Gunner John YOUNG - 54th Battery, The Australian Field Artillery
St Paul’s Cathedral is very grateful to the many people – staff, volunteers, experts, and relatives of the men who made the frontal – who have worked tirelessly to bring us to this significant moment in our commemoration of World War One, especially Jane Robinson, the Cathedral’s Broderers, and the Western Front Association.
We are also exceeding grateful to The National Archives, National Archives of Australia and Library and Archives Canada for supplying information and allowing St Paul's to reproduce images and documents on these website
pages.
Medal index cards sourced through Ancestry (in the care of the Western Front Association).
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Allen, Private Francis James
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Baird, Cadet Kenneth
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Barnes, Private Herbert James
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Cooney, Driver Percy Patrick
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Darling, Captain Frederick Brooke
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Housden, Private Charles Edward
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Muth, Lance Corporal James Ernest
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Newark, Private William Augustus
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Perry, Private George Arthur
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Schroeder, Private Henry Alfred
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Smith, Private Walter Herbert
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Winn, Private Arthur Jesse
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Brammer, Private George Henry
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Clarke, Private Herbert James
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Cox, Private Frank
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MacDermott, Private Albert Gilbert
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Tindall, Private Conrad Lindsay
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Westley, Lance Corporal Alfred Henry
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