Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1939-45 Princess Louise Road Senior Boy's School
Reference
B42.05
Place
BLYTH
Map ref
NZ 316810
Original Location
Princess Louise Road Senior Boy's School (demolished)
Present Location
Blyth Library.
Which war
1939-45
Memorial Description
Plaque 12 inches high x 16 inches wide, very plain. The names are listed in three columns. The letters are painted on in white, using Roman capitals throughout.
Materials used
Bronze
Inscription
To the Glory of God and in memory / of the old boys of this school / who fell in the World War / 1939-45
Names
Notes
1. The school became Princess Louise County Secondary School. After the school was demolished in 1990, the plaque was kept by the Blyth Local History Society until rehoused in the Library.
2. “It was during the second world war we all used to sing with gusto the following song (whilst Miss Tunney accompanied us on the piano): “All men must be free / March for liberty with me! / Brutes and braggarts may have their little day. / We shall never bow the knee. / God is drawing his sword - / We are marching with the Lord - / Sing then brothers sing, giving everything, / All you are and hope to be , / To set the people free.”
2. “It was during the second world war we all used to sing with gusto the following song (whilst Miss Tunney accompanied us on the piano): “All men must be free / March for liberty with me! / Brutes and braggarts may have their little day. / We shall never bow the knee. / God is drawing his sword - / We are marching with the Lord - / Sing then brothers sing, giving everything, / All you are and hope to be , / To set the people free.”
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Jack Tait; J. Brown
“P.L.R.” The Princess Louise Road School 1914-1985 J.A. Wells
“P.L.R.” The Princess Louise Road School 1914-1985 J.A. Wells
Research acknowledgements
The late Jack Tait, Blyth Local History Society; Janet Brown; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1939-45 Princess Louise Road Senior Boy's School (B42.05)
BLYTH, Princess Louise County Secondary School.
To the Glory of God and in memory
of the Old Boys of this School
who fell in the World War
1939-1945
K. Allen J.E. Hertwick E. Sutherland
R.W. Brownbridge D. Hunter W. Wake
J.S. Clinton W. Hunter T. Watson
W.E. Gibson W. Hurrell A. Wedderburn
J.A. Gowan J. Landells C.H. Williams
W. Haines T. Rolt P.D. Wiseman
NamesB42.05
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Parish Notes
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