Memorial Details
Memorial
Bible 1939-45 Blaydon Secondary School
Reference
B111.08
Place
BLAYDON
Map ref
1863
Original Location
Blaydon Secondary School
Present Location
Rededicated in Trinity Methodist Church 25th April 1999
Which war
1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
1949
Memorial Description
Bible, bound in grey leather, in which the page between the flyleaf and title page have been inscribed and illuminated by hand, with the dedication on one page and the names on the opposite page. The dedication page is decorated to look like a plaque with two laurel wreaths at the bottom. The names are handwritten in two columns.
Materials used
Parchment?
Inscription
This / Holy Bible / and the / accompanying / Lectern and / Chairs / were subscribed / by members of the / old Blaydonian / Association / and friends / in memory of / former pupils / of the school / who lost their lives in the / World War of 1939 - 1945 / MCMXLIX
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Bible made by Cambridge University Press.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders
External web link
Additional Research documents (click to download)
Research acknowledgements
C. Sanders
Research In Progress
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Bible 1939-45 Blaydon Secondary School (B111.08)
BLAYDON Trinity Methodist Church
Left hand page
This
Holy Bible
and the
accompanying
Lectern and
Chairs
were
subscribed
by members of the
old Blaydonian
Association
and Friends
in Memory of
Former Pupils
of the School
who lost their lives in the
World War of 1939 1945
MCMXLIX
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Right hand page
William Roy Allison, R.A.F. Clifford March, O.B.E., R.E.
Ronald Douglas Backhouse,R.A.P.C. William Marrs, R.N.
James Banyer, R.A.F. Douglas McEwen, R.A.F.
John G. Bell, R.A.F. Arthur Reay, R.N.
Eric Brown, M.N. Leslie Renton, M.N.
Jack B. Cairns, R.A. John Robson, R.A.F.
Roxby Copeland, R.A. John Rutter, R.A.F.
George Eltringham, R.A.F. Walter Secker, D.L.I.
Thomas J. Foster, R.A. John Shield, R.N.
John Gilhespy, R.A.F. Alex Smith, R.A.F.
George A. Harrison, D.L.I. Joseph Tate, D.L.I.
Stanley Howlett, R.A.F. Robert Thew, R.A.F.
William C. Hughes, R.A.F. Maurice Young, R.A.F.
William Kidd, R.A.F. Emily Dodgson
Anthony MacFarlane, R.A.F. Thelma Dodgson
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The programme of rededication gives:
William Royden Allison instead of William Roy Allison
John C. Bell instead of John G. Bell
Anthony Macfarlane instead of MacFarlane.
NamesB111.08
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