Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1939-45 Grammar School
Reference
H132.13
Place
HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING
Original Location
Grammar School
Present Location
Kepier Academy
Which war
1939-45
Memorial Description
Plaque with dome at centre top. There is a raised border. At centre top is the school badge. The names are listed in three columns. All lettering is in raised and burnished sans serif capitals.
Materials used
Brass
Inscription
Houghton-le-Spring / Grammar School.
In honoured memory / of the old boys of / this school who fell / in the World War / 1939-1945.
At the going down of the sun and in / the morning, we will remember them.
In honoured memory / of the old boys of / this school who fell / in the World War / 1939-1945.
At the going down of the sun and in / the morning, we will remember them.
Names
Notes
1. This was missing for a while, but has now been rediscovered has been erected in a quadrant garden, which is to be transformed into a Garden of Remembrance for departed students of the school. As it is in a quadrant and attached to the exterior wall, to which there is no public access. It also means that it is quite safe from harm.
2. Houghton Grammar School was merged with Sancroft School and Bernard Gilpin School to become Kepier School, which is now Kepier Academy.
2. Houghton Grammar School was merged with Sancroft School and Bernard Gilpin School to become Kepier School, which is now Kepier Academy.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Paul Lanagan
External web link
Research acknowledgements
D. Sloan; Paul Lanagan of Houghton Heritage Society; Alan Vickers.
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Plaque 1939-45 Grammar School (H132.13)
HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING Grammar School
Houghton-le-Spring
Grammar School
In honoured memory
of the old boys of
this school who fell
in the World War
1939-1945
Alderson E. Howcroft F. Short J.
Beer N. Hutchinson G. Sleeman T.
Box J.T. Johnson W. Smith R.S.
Charlton J. King W. Staff A.
Darycott F. Luke T. Thwaite D.P.
Dawson C. Mason W.H. Vardy E.B.
Ellison S. Moreton J.H. Waite E.
Fawcett R.A. Newton J. Wattam R.H.
Galley D. Palmer J. White W.O.
Goodfellow T.A. Scott E. Wilson G.S.
Henderson W.G. Wilson R.
McNally A. (In Spain 1938)
“At the going down of the sun and in
the morning we will remember them”.
NamesH132.13
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