The pulpit was gifted by the Scots Fusilier Guards (now the Scots Guards) in 1883 and replaced a wooden one. It is made of stone with carved faces depicting the Crucifixion, Ascension and Resurrection.The brass plaque placed at the base on the south facing side reads:To the Glory of God and in memory of Lt Colonel Sussex Vane Stephenson who died on 28th June 1872 when serving on the Staff in India and Captain Cecil Haffenden Hall who died in the 30th August 1874. Erected by their brother Officers of the Scots Fusilier Guards The Imperial War Museum also has a record of a “seat” at the Guard’s Chapel in London in memory of Lt Col Sussex Vane Stephenson and notes that he was Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay Army when he died of cholera at Poona (Pune), aged 38. This memorial was lost when the chapel was bombed in 1944.Not much more is known of Captain Haffenden Hall except that he is buried, with his wife, in the churchyard of St John of Beverley, Whatton in the Vale, Nottinghamshire.
Although Holy Trinity is a garrison church it has a White Ensign (the flag of the Royal Navy) above the pulpit. It was laid up in memory of naval personnel connected with the parish on Sea Sunday, 8 July, 1979. For many at Holy Trinity it is associated with Earl Mountbatten of Burma, a Royal Navy officer and Admiral of the Fleet. It has also been suggested that it came from his ship, HMS Kelly (from the records at the writer’s disposal this seems unlikely as its installation was a separate event from Lord Mountbatten's visit).Earl Mountbatten attended a service for the Life Guards on the morning of Sunday 22 July 1979 - he was Colonel of the regiment. Sadly this was his last official public appearance before his assassination the following month.In the summer of 1979 building work was underway to create an additional room on the south side of the church - the Choir Vestry had already been added in the 1930s. It was decided to call the new space the Mountbatten Room. It was dedicated by the Bishop of Buckingham and opened by Lady Joanna Knatchbull (granddaughter of Lord Mountbatten) at a special service on Trafalgar Day (21 October) in 1980.
Following from Trinity Tour 4, Prince Albert, above is the trowel used to lay the foundation stone on 4 April 1842. It is silver with an ivory handle and, but for the raised edges on one side, could almost be taken for a cake slice. It was made by Charles Thomas Fox & George Fox in London in 1841/42 - the firm eventually folded in 1921 but its work is still held in high regard.The trowel bears Prince Albert's Royal Coat of Arms with his personal motto below Treu Und Fest (loyal and sure). The inscription reads:This Trowel was presented to His Royal Highness Prince Albert. KG, GCB, KP & c.For the purpose of laying the First Stone of the Holy Trinity Church in the Borough of New Windsor,on the 4th Day of April 1842.By Messrs Bedborough & Jenner, Builders. Edwd Blore Esq, ArchitectThe location of the foundation stone is unknown.The Windsor & Eton Express of 9 April 1842 records:According to custom some coins of the Queen's reign were placed under the stone. The coins were first placed in a glass provided for the purpose, which again was placed in an earthen pot, and the whole deposited in a receptacle made in the understone by Mr Jenner, one of the builders.It should probably be mentioned that the trowel is kept in a secure location off-site.
