The Fovant Badges
Photo: D. Gulliver
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Fovant is a small village to the west of Salisbury. We went there after hearing about the Fovant
Badges - regimental badges carved into the chalk on a hill outside the village, dating from the first world
war. There are also some memorials at St. George's parish church. As there was a training camp
and military hospital near Fovant, there are many soldiers buried in the churchyard - some of whom survived the
war but died of the 'flu epidemic as they were waiting to return home.
The church and graves are well cared for; this is a welcoming village who have not forgotten the tradegy of war.
Inside the church a history leaflet is available, written by Revd. John Eade. Any dates/information we
give in these pages concerning the church comes from this leaflet. The leaflet (quite rightly!) starts by
reminding us that this is a church - a place of worship: "Welcome to Fovant Church. It's most
important feature is not it's architecture, fascinating though that is, but simply that it stands here as a
witness to over a thousand years of Christian worship and prayer in this place. Before you leave we ask
you to join in all those prayers and pray for those you love and for yourself and for us."
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