Thomas Freeth (1912–1994) was an English stained glass artist and art teacher active in the mid-twentieth-century in Kent. He was a local of Beckenham, Kent, and taught art there. During World War Two, Freeth served as a Sapper in the

Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the ''Sappers'', is the engineering arm of the British Army. It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces ...

. Throughout the conflict, Freeth continued to paint and four of his war-time paintings were purchased by the

War Artists' Advisory Committee The War Artists' Advisory Committee (WAAC), was a British government agency established within the Ministry of Information at the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 and headed by Sir Kenneth Clark. Its aim was to compile a comprehensive artis ...

. Among Freeth's glass designs were the complete set of nave and tower windows for St. George's Church, Beckenham, which replaced windows destroyed in the war.John Newman. ''West Kent and the Weald''. The “Buildings of England” Series, First Edition, Sir

Nikolaus Pevsner Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner (30 January 1902 – 18 August 1983) was a German-British art historian and architectural historian best known for his monumental 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, ''The Buildings of England'' (195 ...

and Judy Nairn, eds. (London: Penguin, 1969), p.142

References

External links

* 1912 births 1994 deaths 20th-century English artists British Army personnel of World War II British war artists English stained glass artists and manufacturers 20th-century English educators People from Beckenham Royal Engineers soldiers World War II artists {{England-artist-stub