Stained glass memorial window to Juliana Horatia Ewing, an English writer of children's stories. Her writings display a sympathetic insight into children's lives, an admiration for things military, and a strong religious faith. She was the daughter of the Reverend Alfred Gatty, Vicar of Ecclesfield in Yorkshire, and Margaret Gatty (who was herself a children's author). She married on 1 Jun 1867 Major Alexander Ewing (1830–1895, Army Pay Corps, a musician, composer and translator. He was also a keen churchgoer and shared his wife's interest in literature. Within a week of their marriage, the Ewings left England for Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, where he had received a new posting. They remained there for two years, before returning to England in 1869 and spending eight years living in Aldershot. Although her husband was sent overseas again, to Malta in 1879 and Sri Lanka in 1881, Ewing's poor health precluded her from accompanying him. On her husband's return in 1883, the Ewings moved to Trull, Somerset, and then in 1885 to Bath, in the hopes that the change of air would do her good. However, her health continued to decline. After two operations, she died in Bath on 13 May 1885. She was given a military funeral at Trull three days later and was buried in All Saints Churchyard, Trull, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England.
Actual burial here
Actual burial here
Stained glass memorial window to Juliana Horatia Ewing, an English writer of children's stories. Her writings display a sympathetic insight into children's lives, an admiration for things military, and a strong religious faith. She was the daughter of the Reverend Alfred Gatty, Vicar of Ecclesfield in Yorkshire, and Margaret Gatty (who was herself a children's author). She married on 1 Jun 1867 Major Alexander Ewing (1830–1895, Army Pay Corps, a musician, composer and translator. He was also a keen churchgoer and shared his wife's interest in literature. Within a week of their marriage, the Ewings left England for Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, where he had received a new posting. They remained there for two years, before returning to England in 1869 and spending eight years living in Aldershot. Although her husband was sent overseas again, to Malta in 1879 and Sri Lanka in 1881, Ewing's poor health precluded her from accompanying him. On her husband's return in 1883, the Ewings moved to Trull, Somerset, and then in 1885 to Bath, in the hopes that the change of air would do her good. However, her health continued to decline. After two operations, she died in Bath on 13 May 1885. She was given a military funeral at Trull three days later and was buried in All Saints Churchyard, Trull, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England.
Actual burial here
Actual burial here
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