Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Chester-le-Street Secondary School
Reference
C105.14
Place
CHESTER-LE-STREET
Map ref
NZ 278512
Original Location
Chester-le-Street Secondary School, later Grammar School, The Deanery School and from 1970s Park View Community School, Church Chare.
Present Location
Originally in the main hall, designed to blend in with the panelling. Now in the Link between the main school and the Community 6th form part of the school.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 22nd October 1921 by Mr. T.F. Brass, OBE., JP., Chairman of the Governors, dedicated by Rector, Rev. F.H. Jackson.
Memorial Description
Plaque 36 inches high x 18 inches wide (914mm x 457mm) with shallow domed top set into a wood pattress which echoes the shape. The inner border of the frame in painted black. The names are in three columns, the lettering in raised Roman capitals.
Materials used
Bronze plaque in oak frame.
Inscription
In proud and loving memory / of / the old boys of this school who fell in the war / 1914-1919
Names
Who commissioned
Old Students’ Association.
Cost
Estimated at £150
How money was raised
Public subscription
Present condition
Overpainted with Hammerite bronze paint.
Notes
1. The newspaper report includes the name of John Ross.
2. The plaque was painted when mounted on the wall.
3. For the unveiling, the schoolroom was decorated with white chrysanthemums and the memorial draped in mauve and white with the union flag in front.
2. The plaque was painted when mounted on the wall.
3. For the unveiling, the schoolroom was decorated with white chrysanthemums and the memorial draped in mauve and white with the union flag in front.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Dorothy Hall, Simon Raine; photo of plaque in original location in school: Dorothy Hall
Chester-le-Street Chronicle 12/03/1920 reports appeal for funds, £55 having been raised so far; 28/10/1921 reports unveiling
Illustrated Chronicle 24/10/1921 reports unveiling
Northern Echo 24/10/1921 reports unveiling.
Consett and Stanley Chronicle 28/10/1921 reports unveiling.
Stanley News 27/10/1921 reports unveiling.
Durham County Advertiser 28/10/1921 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 24/10/1921 reports unveiling.
Chester-le-Street Chronicle 12/03/1920 reports appeal for funds, £55 having been raised so far; 28/10/1921 reports unveiling
Illustrated Chronicle 24/10/1921 reports unveiling
Northern Echo 24/10/1921 reports unveiling.
Consett and Stanley Chronicle 28/10/1921 reports unveiling.
Stanley News 27/10/1921 reports unveiling.
Durham County Advertiser 28/10/1921 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 24/10/1921 reports unveiling.
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Dorothy Hall; James Pasby; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale
Research In Progress
James Pasby is researching the names on this memorial Contact:
james@newmp.org.uk
Plaque 1914-18 Chester-le-Street Secondary School (C105.14)
CHESTER-LE-STREET Park View Community School
In proud and loving memory
of
the old boys of this school who fell in the war
1914-1919
Norman Bennett Matthew Fullerton William Pretsell
Fred Blunt John Graham Thomas Robson
John G. Booth Henry Greener Thomas Stobbs
Ralph Curry Mark H. Johnstone Alfred Tate
Robert N. Dixon William McCulloch Robert T.Thompson
John Nicholson James Moffitt John Richardson
Benjamin Clayton, M.C.
NamesC105.14
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