Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury

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The following photographs take you on a guided tour of our church and explain the main points of interest.

The Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury

Plaque at the entrance to the church

Inside the Narthex built in 2001 showing the font and glass partition with inscribed names of saints

Altar carvings from the original church

Alcove Carving

Cabinet showing relics from the Burma-Siam Railway

Sapper Coates Prayerbook

This carried by Sapper Coates throughout his captivity. The Japanese censor's mark is visible on the left page

CPO Moore's diary

This was carried throughout CPO Moore's captivity and contains the names of 62 dead comrades

The Main Church

This shows the interior of the part of the church built in 1952

 

The Altar

This includes the portraits of 28 saints which help make up the wall behind the altar

The FEPOW Chapel

Tryptich in the FEPOW Chapel

The Chapel also includes the eternal flame, the original Memorial Books and the cabinet containing the new Memorial Books

Cloth cover for the original Memorial Books Cabinet

The cover was embroidered in 1997 by a Carmelite nun at the Carmelite Priory at Quidenham, Norfolk.

The New Memorial Books Cabinet

One of the new Memorial Books

FEPOW Memorial window in the side chapel