03 December 2015, The Tablet

Brockley’s dear son


 
His name is already on a memorial stone in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey, and now the war poet, soldier and artist David Jones (1895-1974) has been commemorated at the house where he was born in south-east London. A maroon plaque was unveiled this week at 67 Arabin Road, SE4. Jones’ wood engraving of the Holy Spirit as a dove appears every week above our Living Spirit column (see page 18). A convert, he was a friend of former Tablet editor, Tom Burns, and of the sculptor, Eric Gi
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