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Bible and Lectern 1939-45 Grammar School

Reference

B15.13

Place

BEDLINGTON

Map ref

NZ 278828

Original Location

Bedlington Grammar School.

Present Location

Bedlington High School

Which war

1939-1945

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Presented to the School in November 1951

Memorial Description

Family Bible with an embossed front and brass ornamentation and clasp. The flyleaf has been inscribed with the names of those from Bedlington Grammar School who died. The lettering is handwritten in copperplate, with a delicate patterned border. The names are in two columns, handwritten in black ink with the initials, title and quotation in red.
The lectern was also part of the memorial.

Materials used

Paper

Inscription

Bedlington Grammar School / 1939-1945 / Roll of Honour
"At the going down of the Sun / and in the morning / we will remember them"

Names

35 full names, of whom one was a teacher.
See transcript.

Who commissioned

Bedlington Grammar School

How money was raised

Grammar School Old Students' Association

Present condition

The Bible was restored by the Headmaster.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

Gilbert Richards, Senior Master.

Ownership and maintenance

Bedlington High School.

Notes

1. There is an annual Remembrance Service, attended by Sixth-formers, at which the names on this Roll are read out.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: J. Brown

Morpeth Herald 23/11/1951 reports dedication.

Source of quotation
�At the going down of the sun . . .� For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon.

Research acknowledgements

Mrs. Wheallans (Bedlington High School); Janet Brown

Research In Progress

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Bible and Lectern 1939-45 Grammar School (B15.13)

BEDLINGTON,  High School.

   BEDLINGTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL

   1939-1945

   ROLL OF HONOUR

   Atchison, Thomas T.       Hunter, John.

   Armstrong, Chester.       Johnstone, John E.

   Bell, Robert.             Morrall, George.

   Bentley, Sidney.          Newman, Vincent.

   Brown, George W.          Nichol, James.

   Bryson, James.            Orange, William.

   Carr, W. Leslie.          Patterson, John.

   Cleminson, Owen F.        Potts, James R.

   Cogbill, Arthur J.        Reid, Andrew.

   Freeman, Leslie.          Robinson, Richard.

   Fuller, John.             Shield, Norman.

   Halbert, Billy.           Simpson, Leslie G.

   Herdman, Roy M.           Smith, Newton.

   Henderson, George.        Tate, Ernest W.

   Hollingsworth, Anthony H. Tebble, George G.

   Horn, Robert B.           Todd, Brian.

   Masland, John.            Christie, Raymond.

   Stevens, R. Robert.

   "At the going down of the sun

    And in the morning

    We will remember them"

NamesB15.13

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