Hallward took the theme of the Pilgrim's Progress for the windows of  Chigwell School in Chigwell, Essex in 1924.
He did this by depicting schoolboys as Christian's companions on his pilgrimage and contextualises Bunyan's allegory perfectly.
In the left-hand window Christian starts off on his journey carrying his "burden" on his back as he walks forward, leaving the "City of Destruction" for the "Celestial City", and face the temptations ahead.
Schoolboys are depicted as his fellow pilgrims.

In the right-hand window, Mr Valiant hands on the sword to one of the schoolboy pilgrims.
In the background Hallward depicts the Holy City ("Celestial City") with myriad angels grouped about it, one blowing a trumpet.
The "Holy City" window includes a fragment of glass from the ruined Cathedral at Ypres.
The fragment was a donation from Sir Francis Lloyd of Rolls Park, who was a school governor and had fought in the Great War.
The then headmaster, E.H.S. Walde told the artist to "strengthen the boys’ knees" (Isaiah 35:3 – "Strengthen the weak hands and make firm the feeble knees").

The War Memorial Chapel had been dedicated by the Bishop of Chelmsford on 10 October 1924 and was dedicated to the 78 Old Boys and one Master who had lain down their lives in the Great War and on each side of the altar, plaques record the names of the dead.
There were only a total of 80 boys attending the school in 1914.
Hallward took the theme of the Pilgrim's Progress for the windows of  Chigwell School in Chigwell, Essex in 1924. He did this by depicting schoolboys as Christian's companions on his pilgrimage and contextualises Bunyan's allegory perfectly. In the left-hand window Christian starts off on his journey carrying his "burden" on his back as he walks forward, leaving the "City of Destruction" for the "Celestial City", and face the temptations ahead. Schoolboys are depicted as his fellow pilgrims.
In the right-hand window, Mr Valiant hands on the sword to one of the schoolboy pilgrims. In the background Hallward depicts the Holy City ("Celestial City") with myriad angels grouped about it, one blowing a trumpet. The "Holy City" window includes a fragment of glass from the ruined Cathedral at Ypres. The fragment was a donation from Sir Francis Lloyd of Rolls Park, who was a school governor and had fought in the Great War. The then headmaster, E.H.S. Walde told the artist to "strengthen the boys’ knees" (Isaiah 35:3 – "Strengthen the weak hands and make firm the feeble knees").
The War Memorial Chapel had been dedicated by the Bishop of Chelmsford on 10 October 1924 and was dedicated to the 78 Old Boys and one Master who had lain down their lives in the Great War and on each side of the altar, plaques record the names of the dead. There were only a total of 80 boys attending the school in 1914.
List of works by Reginald Hallward