From Gulf Times UKAn altar cloth embroidered by 138 wounded World War I soldiers was to take its place again yesterday at Saint Paul’s Cathedral in London to mark the centenary of the conflict’s outbreak.
The frontal which has not been on display here for seven decades was embroidered by severely wounded or shell-shocked men from Britain, Australia, Canada and South Africa in memory of their fallen comrades in arms.
“Of the many forms of rehabilitation, embroidery was seen as a good way of greatly helping to reduce the effects of shell shock, owing to its intricacy and need for concentration and a steady hand,” the cathedral said on its website.
The intricate needlework was commissioned for the national service of thanksgiving in July 1919 marking the end of the war the year before.
On Sunday, the Bishop of London Richard Chartres was to preside over a Eucharist service at which the altar frontal will be used for the first time since World War II.
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