Memorial Details
Memorial
Organ modernisation and Plaque Fallen 1939-45 Grammar School
Reference
D40.023
Place
DARLINGTON
Map ref
NZ 28?14?
Original Location
Darlington Grammar School. On east wall of the school hall.
Present Location
This is now Queen Elizabeth VIth Form College
Which war
1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
1951
Memorial Description
Organ modernized and enlarged.
There is a plaque 3 feet 8 inches high x 2 feet 2 inches wide (1.11m x 660mm) set in a moulded wood frame 4 feet 3 inches high x 3 feet wide (1.29m x 914mm) . At top is the school badge. The names are listed in three columns, divided into panels by white lines. All lettering is painted in white using Roman capitals.
There is a plaque 3 feet 8 inches high x 2 feet 2 inches wide (1.11m x 660mm) set in a moulded wood frame 4 feet 3 inches high x 3 feet wide (1.29m x 914mm) . At top is the school badge. The names are listed in three columns, divided into panels by white lines. All lettering is painted in white using Roman capitals.
Materials used
Gun metal in oak frame.
Inscription
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, / Darlington. / This tablet is erected in memory / of old boys of this school who / gave their lives for the cause of / Freedom in the Second World War / 1939-1945. / Roll of Honour.
We will remember them.
We will remember them.
Names
Who commissioned
Committee of the Association
How money was raised
Public subscription.
Notes
1. The memorial included the following adjustments to the organ: (a) conversion to electric-pneumatic; (b) new modern console; (c) tonal enlargements required because of the size of the present hall, which included increasing the Great Organ from four to eight stops, the Swell organ from four to seven stops and the Pedal organ from two to five stops; (d) addition of appropriate couplers and accessories; (e) provision of an electric blower; (f) revoicing of all pipes.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo: Simon Raine; C.Sanders
Source of quotation
“We will remember them” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon
Source of quotation
“We will remember them” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders
Research In Progress
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Organ modernisation and Plaque Fallen 1939-45 Grammar School (D40.023)
DARLINGTON Darlington Grammar School.
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Darlington.
This tablet is erected in memory
of old boys of this school who
gave their lives for the cause of
Freedom in the Second World War
1939-1945
Roll of Honour.
G.T. Anderson W.J. Forster D.L. Norwell
G.N. Avery T.R. Furness F.H.B. Porter
J. Bainbridge A.M. Garrington S.W. Price
A.D. Bale A.S. Greaves W. Raine
R.H. Banks L. Green C. Ranson
E. Bannerman N.D. Green J.L. Rayner
R.H. Barker E. Groves R.D. Richardson
P.A. Batty J.N. Hall W.B. Richardson
J.W. Bennett E.R. Hamer J.R.H. Rowe
R. Bennett J.R. Hamilton F.A. Scotland
W.N. Birkett H. Hartley D.A. Seller
W.J.T. Bogg J.W. Hinde T.N. Shinkfield
N. Braithwaite A.D. Hilton F.R. Simmons
M. Buchanan R.C. Hodgson H. Slater
R.O. Bulmer L. Hodgson S. Smart
N. Burdekin J.L. Hodgson W. Sowerby
G.A. Cain A. Holmes D.B. Stark
H. Cambage J.O. Jackson G. Stewart
R. Carr K.W. Leonard R.N.G. Stock
R.J.D. Carrick N. Liddle J. Storey
L. Charlton E. Lister G.E. Sweeney
C. Colebrook G.E. Lumley K. Taylor
A. Colling S.J. Lupton R.W. Taylor
J.H. Cox J. Lyall I.J. Urwin
J.N. Craddock E.P. Maw M.J. Veitch
F.E. Davis J.V. McDonald J.A. Walker
M. Deighton A.D. Meynell H.A. Walton
A.R. Dickinson B. Minor F. Ward
M. Donaldson T. Monkhouse M.L. Watson
A.W. Dormand K.W. Moore J. Waugh
H.B. Dougill L.T. Morris I. Wilks
H. Drury K. Murray J.L. Wood
G. Duns G. Newhouse D. Young
C.W. Fordyce R.W. Nicholson L. Young
We will remember them.
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Two further names were added:
R. Hall
J.F. Longstaff
NamesD40.23
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Parish Notes
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