History of the Church 1st World War to 1945

1922

• First elections to a Parochial Church Council.
  • 7 ladies and 8 men being elected.

1923

• Jubilee year.

1931

• East Window restored

1933

• Third Vicar arrived, Ernest Evitt.

1937

• New pulpit presented by St. John the Baptist Church, Margate.
• Fourth Vicar inducted, H.J. Bowman.

1938

• New stained glass windows installed in the Lady Chapel.

1939

• Church closed for the duration of the Second World War.
• Old School Hall requisitioned by the Army.

1941

• Damage to windows and fabric by land mines on 17 April.

1945

• Fifth Vicar arrived, Peter Harrison.

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