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Location
On the west wall of the Foyer

Memorial
Memorial to John Charles Selby
 
West Window
The West Window		 Inscription
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
JOHN CHARLES SELBY
LATE OF HIGH STREET PORTSMOUTH
AND OF NORTH GROVE HOUSE ?????
SOUTHSEA
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JUNE 14TH 1854
AGED 60 YEARS
HIS MORTAL REMAINS
ARE DEPOSITED BENEATH A TOMB
IN PORTSMOUTH NEW CEMETERY
AS A PERPETUAL MEMORIAL
TO HIS UNCEASING LOVE AND DEVOTED AFFECTION
AS A SON AND A BROTHER
AS A TRIBUTE TO HIS WORTH
AS A NEVER-FAILING FRIEND
AND TO HIS NOBLENESS OF HEART
TO THE POOR AND AFFLICTED
ALSO AS A TESTIMONY
OF WELL MERITED ESTEEM AND RESPECT
FOR HIS UNDEVIATING INTEGRITY
AS AN HONOURABLE MAN AND A GOOD CITIZEN
THIS WINDOW AND TABLET
ARE ERECTED TO HIS MEMORY
BY HIS DISCONSOLATE SISTER

 

Further Information
The west window is a vast work, dominating that end of the church. Unfortunately, some 20 years after the church was consecrated it became necessary to install additional seating and this was achieved by the erection of a balcony which now almost completely obscures the lower half of the window. Some of it however can still be seen in the foyer adjacent to the Selby memorial.