Galahad

Sir Galahad is a character from Arthurian legend- a knight of the Round Table and the son of Sir Lancelot. Legend says that Galahad searched for and later found the Holy Grail earning him the name 'The Grail Knight', as he was the only one on earth considered by God worthy of finding the Holy Grail. It is said that when he drank from the grail, he was surrounded by light and ascended to heaven. His uncle was king Pelle and Galahad's father was actually Sir Lancelot.

Galahad was also very noble and loyal, and was renowned as a talented swordsman. Galahad was known as the perfect knight.

Galahad Media

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  The life of Galahad portrayed in a stained glass window at St. Mary & St. George Anglican Church in Jasper, Alberta

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  Joseph Noel Paton Sir Galahad JKAM

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  Galahad at the Castle of Maidens in an 1890 painting by Edwin Austin Abbey

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  Edwin Austin Abbey (1852-1911)-y

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  World War I memorial at Victoria College, Jersey, featuring statue of Galahad by Alfred Turner with quotation from Tennyson and list of fallen Old Victorians. The figure of Galahad was frequently used in British military propaganda during both world wars

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  Sir Galahad by Herbert Gustave Schmalz (1881)

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  Statue of Sir Galahad on Parliament Hill in Ottawa: "Erected by the people to commemorate the act of heroism of Henry Albert Harper. In attempting to save the life of Miss Bessie Blair he was carried with her into the waters of the Ottawa River. It was December 6, 1901. He was 28 years old."