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<strong>July</strong> <strong>2018</strong> <strong>Web</strong>.qxp_Layout 1 16/10/<strong>2018</strong> 16:40 Page 19<br />
It was designed specifically for St. Paul’s but is no longer used<br />
as the modern altars are the wrong size and shape.<br />
It was made by recovering Service men in the time of W.W.1 by<br />
138 men in total. They came from hospitals around the U.K., also<br />
Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa under the<br />
egress of the Royal School of Needlework. Embroidery was an<br />
important part of the rehabilitation process as it calmed some of<br />
the worst effects of shell shock.<br />
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