Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Secondary School
Reference
B111.05
Place
BLAYDON
Original Location
Blaydon Secondary School (Closed)
Present Location
This school is now closed. The plaque has been removed to St. Paul’s Church in Winlaton by the Old Blaydonian Association.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 19th April 1922 by Mr. J.G. Finlayson, former master at the school.
Memorial Description
Plaque set in plain wood frame. The school badge is featured at centre top below the letters “European War 1914-1918”, with the dedication on either side. The lettering is in raised Roman capitals, burnished against a dull background.
Materials used
Bronze in oak frame.
Inscription
To the / glory / of God / and in / memory / of the / boys of this school / who laid down their / lives for God and Country
Their Name Liveth For Evermore.
Their Name Liveth For Evermore.
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Designed by Herbert Wauthier; made by F. Osborne & Co.Ltd., London.
Notes
1. This was originally set into a massive elaborate oak frame. At the top was a shield containing the school monogram. The words “Roll of Honour” were carved to stand in half relief on either side. Up each side were fluted columns.
2. In St.Paul’s, the plaque is accompanied by another bronze plaque which has the following incised in lower case sans serif lettering:
This memorial commemorates the former
pupils of Blaydon Secondary School
who died in the 1914-1918 War.
It was placed in
St.Paul’s Church, Winlaton,
by the Old Blaydonian Association
on the closure of the school in 1998
2. In St.Paul’s, the plaque is accompanied by another bronze plaque which has the following incised in lower case sans serif lettering:
pupils of Blaydon Secondary School
who died in the 1914-1918 War.
It was placed in
St.Paul’s Church, Winlaton,
by the Old Blaydonian Association
on the closure of the school in 1998
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Ann Graham; Photos taken in new location in St. Paul’s: Steve Lamb
Illustrated Chronicle 20/04/1922 carries photo shown here of the plaque in its original frame.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 22/04/1922 reports unveiling;
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 12/04/1922 reports proposed unveiling next Wednesday; 20/04/1922 reports unveiling.
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101 which shows the plaque in St.Paul’s, Winlaton.
Source of quotation
“Their name liveth for evermore" Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44
Illustrated Chronicle 20/04/1922 carries photo shown here of the plaque in its original frame.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 22/04/1922 reports unveiling;
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 12/04/1922 reports proposed unveiling next Wednesday; 20/04/1922 reports unveiling.
The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101 which shows the plaque in St.Paul’s, Winlaton.
Source of quotation
“Their name liveth for evermore" Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Ann Graham; Steve Lamb; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
Winlaton Local History Society are researching the names on this memorial Contact:- Contact: winlatonhistorysociety@yahoo.com
Plaque 1914-18 Secondary School (B111.05)
BLAYDON Grammar School
European War 1914-1918
To the and in
Glory memory
of God of the
Boys of this School
who laid down their
Lives for God and Country
Bird, Stanley
Curry-Wood, Joseph R.
Hetherington, Walter
McLean, Robert S.
Pattison, Thomas
Swindle, Jackson
Turner, Cuthbert
Walker, Ernest
Their Name Liveth For Evermore.
NamesB111.05
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