Memorial Details
Memorial
Chapel 1914-18 1939-45 Durham School
Reference
D47.020
Place
DURHAM
Map ref
NZ
Original Location
Durham School, Quarryheads Lane, DH1 4SZ.
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
a. Foundation stone was laid in 1924.
Unveiled 30th September 1926 by Bishop of Durham Hensley Henson
The building project was completed in and dedicated 29th July 1956.
Unveiled 30th September 1926 by Bishop of Durham Hensley Henson
The building project was completed in and dedicated 29th July 1956.
Memorial Description
Chapel building of Gothic style.
There is a plaque with raised plain border, with a small cross on each side of the first sentence. The lettering is raised in carving in a sunken panel using elaborate capitals throughout.
Inside the building, the stone pillars have the inward facing sides inscribed with the names of those who died from both 1914-18 and 1939-45. The panels are sunken with the lettering raised in half relief, using elaborate upper case lettering. At the top of each panel are. the words “Pro Patria” below which is the date in Roman numerals, followed by the names in a single column on each, sometimes overlapping onto the next line.
The 97 steps leading to it equal the numbers of those who died.
Plaque by steps 36 inches wide x 24 inches high overall 40 inches by 28 inches.
Plaque in chapel 44 inches wide by 24 inches high
There is a plaque with raised plain border, with a small cross on each side of the first sentence. The lettering is raised in carving in a sunken panel using elaborate capitals throughout.
Inside the building, the stone pillars have the inward facing sides inscribed with the names of those who died from both 1914-18 and 1939-45. The panels are sunken with the lettering raised in half relief, using elaborate upper case lettering. At the top of each panel are. the words “Pro Patria” below which is the date in Roman numerals, followed by the names in a single column on each, sometimes overlapping onto the next line.
The 97 steps leading to it equal the numbers of those who died.
Plaque by steps 36 inches wide x 24 inches high overall 40 inches by 28 inches.
Plaque in chapel 44 inches wide by 24 inches high
Materials used
Stone
Inscription
On plaque:
+ Ad maiorem dei gloriam +
forum qui de schola dunelmensi
in bello omnium maximo
mortem pro patria occubuerant
non immemoreis
aedem hanc excitarunt amic
A S MCMXXVI
The translation reads:
A meeting place for the greater glory of God and for those who met their death in the greatest war of all. Their friends, remembering them, built this shrine in 1926.
On columns:
Pro Patria.
On a plaque by the steps leading to the chapel:Each step to the chapel
commemorates
and Old Dunelmian who died
in the service of his country
1914-1919
The present stone steps were laid
in memory of the Old Dunelmians
who died 1939-1945
Lest we forget
forum qui de schola dunelmensi
in bello omnium maximo
mortem pro patria occubuerant
non immemoreis
aedem hanc excitarunt amic
A S MCMXXVI
A meeting place for the greater glory of God and for those who met their death in the greatest war of all. Their friends, remembering them, built this shrine in 1926.
On columns:
On a plaque by the steps leading to the chapel:
commemorates
and Old Dunelmian who died
in the service of his country
1914-1919
The present stone steps were laid
in memory of the Old Dunelmians
who died 1939-1945
Lest we forget
Names
Who commissioned
Durham School
Cost
£15,000
How money was raised
Contributions from Old Boys and Friends of the School.
Present condition
Good. See Note 1 below.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Builders Rudd and Son of Grantham. Designer - Walter Brierley of Brierley and Rutherford of York.
Ownership and maintenance
Durham School
Notes
1. The 98 steps leading up to the chapel represent the number of the fallen in 1914-18. They were originally made of wooden railway sleepers, but these have been replaced with concrete in memory of those who died in 1939-45. These were refurbished in 2006.
2. The building was to have been twice as long, but funds did not permit.
3. Those names for the First World War are engraved on a series of eight pillars, and those for the Second World War were added above them. They are engraved in alphabetical order, starting from the North-west pillar and proceeding in a clockwise direction to the South-west pillar. Each section of names is head with “Pro Patria”, followed either by MCMXIV-XVIII, (1914-19) or MCMXXXIX-XLV (1939-45). The hyphen between the years is sometimes replaced with a cross – there appears to be no common pattern to that aspect of the engraving. The photographs illustrate this.
4. The stone laying ceremony was carried out on the same day as the school prizes were presented.
5. The design of the chapel was won in an architectural competition. The papers are in the Borthwick Institute.
6. A former pupil, killed on the Somme, was poet William Noel Hodgson. He attended the school from 1905-1911.
2. The building was to have been twice as long, but funds did not permit.
3. Those names for the First World War are engraved on a series of eight pillars, and those for the Second World War were added above them. They are engraved in alphabetical order, starting from the North-west pillar and proceeding in a clockwise direction to the South-west pillar. Each section of names is head with “Pro Patria”, followed either by MCMXIV-XVIII, (1914-19) or MCMXXXIX-XLV (1939-45). The hyphen between the years is sometimes replaced with a cross – there appears to be no common pattern to that aspect of the engraving. The photographs illustrate this.
4. The stone laying ceremony was carried out on the same day as the school prizes were presented.
5. The design of the chapel was won in an architectural competition. The papers are in the Borthwick Institute.
6. A former pupil, killed on the Somme, was poet William Noel Hodgson. He attended the school from 1905-1911.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: John and Mavis Dixon; James Pasby
Durham County Advertiser 11/07/1924; 30/09/1926.
Sunderland Echo 29/09/1926 reports unveiling tomorrow. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Hartlepool Northern Daily News 01/10/1926 reports unveiling. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Illustrated Chronicle 04/07/1924 reports unveiling with photos inc. school prize giving.
Borthwick Institute, University of York holds papers and plans by Brierley and Rutherford 1923-35. Ref: 6/23.
Durham – the photographic Collection, Michael F Richardson – ISBN 0 75093282 1, carries a photo of the Chapel under construction.
Let Durham Flourish (A History of the school) pub. 1997, pages 40-44
Floreat Dunelmia 600 Years of Durham School John Malden 2013 Durham School ISBN 978-0-9528670-1-2
Source of quotation:
“Lest we Forget” Recessional 1897. Rudyard Kipling
Durham County Advertiser 11/07/1924; 30/09/1926.
Sunderland Echo 29/09/1926 reports unveiling tomorrow. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Hartlepool Northern Daily News 01/10/1926 reports unveiling. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Illustrated Chronicle 04/07/1924 reports unveiling with photos inc. school prize giving.
Borthwick Institute, University of York holds papers and plans by Brierley and Rutherford 1923-35. Ref: 6/23.
Durham – the photographic Collection, Michael F Richardson – ISBN 0 75093282 1, carries a photo of the Chapel under construction.
Let Durham Flourish (A History of the school) pub. 1997, pages 40-44
Floreat Dunelmia 600 Years of Durham School John Malden 2013 Durham School ISBN 978-0-9528670-1-2
Source of quotation:
“Lest we Forget” Recessional 1897. Rudyard Kipling
External web link
Additional Notes
Fassett Arborin Burnett - CWGC Database shows “Arbouin”.
Ernest John Robinson Briggs Gooderham - CWGC Database has Briggs-Gooderham.
John Edgar Hirst Hurst - CWGC Database has Hurst and Hirst reversed.
Ernest John Robinson Briggs Gooderham - CWGC Database has Briggs-Gooderham.
John Edgar Hirst Hurst - CWGC Database has Hurst and Hirst reversed.
Additional Research documents (click to download)
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; Headmaster, staff and pupils of Durham School; John and Mavis Dixon; Dorothy Hall; Alan Farrar for the Latin translations; Edward Waterson; Tyne and Wear Museum and Archive Services
Research In Progress
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Chapel 1914-18 1939-45 Durham School (D47.020)
DURHAM Durham School.
Note: MCMXIV-XVIII is Latin for 1914-18; MCMXXXIX-XLV is Latin for 1939-1945
On each pillar, the names for 1939-45 are above those for 1914-18.
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Pillar 1 (lower panel) 1914-18 Pillar 1 (upper panel) 1939-45
PRO PATRIA PRO PATRIA
MCMXIV-XVIII MCMXXXIX-XLV
Charles Young Adamson Peter Mestaer Aldridge
Francis Douglas Adamson Charles Thomas Roderick
Robert William Adamson Anderson
Newton Wynne Apperley George Christian Ashworth
William Boyd Roger Henry Johnson Baily
Alan George Brown Alan Thornton Bain
Alexander Buchannan Maurice James Banister
Robert Hugh Burkitt Ian Aitken Bansall
Ernest Lister Burnett Edward Denis Tootal Barff
Fassett Arborin Burnett John Richard Barnley
Charles Patrick Caesar Sidney Bates
Frank Clagget Caird Arthur Colin Bell
Thomas William Callinan
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Pillar 2 (lower panel) 1914-18 Pillar 2 (upper panel) 1939-45
PRO PATRIA PRO PATRIA
MCMXIV-XVIII MCMXXXIX-XLV
Victor Francis Carr James Elliott Bell
William Charlton Charles Robert Ingram
Arthur Stewart Churchyard Besley
Herbert Golightly Henry Guy Boyd
Constantine Patrick Francis Crossman
George Edward Craven Brown
Arthur James Dingle Geoffrey Laurence Burgess
Hugh John Dingle Donald Fernie Campbell
Cave Bradburne Dodds James Ogilvie Carter
Walter Melborne Dodds John Geoffrey Clapham
Ronald Dundas Michael Crawley
Falconar-Stewart Donald Wilfrid Cockburn
Cuthbert Fosbrooke
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Pillar 3 (lower panel) 1914-18 Pillar 3 (upper panel) 1939-45
PRO PATRIA PRO PATRIA
MCMXIV-XVIII MCMXXXIX-XLV
Henry Harley Fownes
Norman Gawan-Taylor Kenneth Day
Peter Gedge William Robert Barkas
Reginald Claud Moline Gee Dickinson
John Gibson James Edgar Dobbie
Herbert Reginald Gladstone George Gilhespy Dunn
Ernest John Robinson Briggs Harold Alexander Dunn
Gooderham Derek Balfour Elliott
Humphrey Blaikie Goudie John Taylor Ellis
Max Greville Jones George Ennis
Wynne Austin Guest-Williams William Garbutt Farrow
Ronald William Craig Gunn John Charles Frater
Ronald Lidderdale Guy
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Pillar 4 (lower panel) 1914-18 Pillar 4 (upper panel) 1939-45
PRO PATRIA PRO PATRIA
MCMXIV-XVIII MCMXXXIX-XLV
William Hall Edward Trevor Gedge
Bernard St. George Hamilton John Foster Gedge
George Kenneth Hampton James Gilbertson
Gerald Montague Hedley John Stewart Gillan
Joseph William Smith Hird Peter Beckford Gough
William Noel Hodgson Ronald Graham
Cyril Gordon Hosking Paul Brian Green
Herbert Edward Hosking John Geoffrey Errington
George Alan William Hulley Greenwood
John Theodore Gordon Harold Patterson Hall
Humphreys Richard Arthur Leycester
Noel Forbes Humphreys Haymes
John Edgar Hirst Hurst
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Pillar 5 (lower panel) 1914-18 Pillar 5 (upper panel) 1939-45
PRO PATRIA PRO PATRIA
MCMXIV-XVIII MCMXXXIX-XLV
Gwynne Jacob Dudley Ormston Hobbis
George Kirkhouse Brian Hunter
Frederick Henry Lawson Denis Lascelles Iremonger
Ian Alister Leeson Matthew Graham Johnson
Ralph Hawksworth Legard Charles William Laing
Ernest William Longden Charles Scott Latimer
Frederick Cecil Longden John Macpherson Macdonald
Bertram Lionel Maddison Ian Ainsley Maggill
William Marley Henry Douglas Mackenzie
Horace Frost Marris Graeme Mclean
Hubert Graham Hamilton Arthur Mozley Kemp Martin
Marshall
Alfred William Maughan
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Pillar 6 (lower panel) 1914-18 Pillar 6 (upper panel) 1939-45
PRO PATRIA Pro PATRIA
MCMXIV-XVIII MCMXXXIX-XLV
Alfred Frederick Maynard Robert Howard Tidswell
William Miles Morant Maughan
Arthur Morgan George Savory Metcalf
William Noel Jobson Moscrop Peter Alexander David
Thomas Muir George Nelson
Nathaniel Clark Nielson Guy Humble Nicholson
George Newby John Humphrey Nicholson
Frederick Lisle Newstead Michael George Pascalis
Nowell Oxland David Layton Petrie
Frank Paterson Frederick Stuart Piddocke
Idris Knox Patton Gerald Douglas Rayner
Mowbray Proctor*
Ryde Guild Rayner
*The Durham School Register gives “Procter”.
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Pillar 7 (lower panel) 1914-18 Pillar 7 (upper panel) 1939-45
PRO PATRIA PRO PATRIA
MCMXIV-XVIII MCMXXXIX-XLV
Henry William Ternent Reed William Grainger Richards
Basil Hulton Richardson Douglas Yeoman Richardson
Martin James Richardson Bryan Glendenen Robinson
Bertram Langhorne Robinson Henry Granville Scott
Charles Lawson Robinson Walter Edward Battle
George Sydney Robinson Silva-White
Thomas Oxendale Robson John Mackenzie Smith
Gerald Gloag Sadler Ivan Gerald Sopwith
Arthur Duncombe Shafto Maxwell Wilson Stephenson
Herbert Stewart Thomas Richard Howard Stubbs
Hilton Roberts Telford Edward Graham
Harold Kenyon Temperley de Twenebroke Symons
Arthur Weatherhead Thompson
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Pillar 8 (lower panel) 1914-18 Pillar 8 (upper panel) 1939-45
PRO PATRIA PRO PATRIA
MCMXIV-XVIII MCMXXXIX-XLV
Spencer Thomson Norman Saurin Temple
Kirton Tindle Henry Lionel Francess
Alick Todd Thompson
John George Todd John Andrew Furnivall
James Douglas Tombs Thompson
Francis Edward Steavenson Patrick Godfrey Thompson
Townsend Ian Stuart Turnbull
Ernest Wilberforce Trevor Harry Waggott
Thomas Tweddell George Basil Willis
John Pattinson Walker William Henry Willis
Clement Arthur Wilkinson Martin Dunsmore Winning
Harold Forbes Clarke Winch
Bertram Howard Wodeman
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The Durham County Advertiser 30/9/1926 carries a Roll of Honour,
some of it obscured by blots on our copy, as follows:
Captain C.T. Adamson, 29th N.F.
Lieut. F.D. Adamson, 2nd Border Regiment
Sec.Lt. R.W. Adamson, 7th D.L.I.
M’shipman N.W. Apperley, Royal Navy
Lieut. W. Boyd, 8th D.L.I.
Lieut. A.G. Brown, ? N.F.
Capt. ? Buchanan, 6th West Yorkshire Regt.
R.H. Burnett.
Pte. F.A. Burnett, H.A.C.
E.L. Burnett, South African Scottish
Lieut. C.P. Caesar, 7th Shropshire L.I.
Lieut. F.C. Caird, 2nd R. Inniskilling Fusiliers
Lieut. T.W. Callinan, 8th D.L.I.
Capt. V.F. Carr, Royal Garrison Artillery
Sec.Lt. W. Charlton, 4th East Lancashire Regt.
Capt. A.S. Churchyard, 3rd Rifle Brigade
L.c. H.G. Constantine, 7th Border Regiment
Rev. G.F. Craven, Chaplain to the Forces
Capt. A.J. Dingle, 6th East Yorkshire Regt.
Surg.Prob. H.J. Dingle, R.N.Y.R.
Sec.Lt. C.B. Dodds, 12th N.F.
Lt.Col. R.D. Falconar-Stewart, 12th A. and S. Highlanders
Sec.Lt. C. Fosbrook, 6th D.L.I.
Major H.H. Fownes, Royal Garrison Artillery
Sec.Lt. N. Gawan-Taylor, 3rd Yorks and Lancs Regt.
Lieut. P. Gedge, 7th Suffolk Regt.
Capt. R.C.M. Gee, 15th D.L.I.
Sec.Lt. J. Gibson, 7th Devon Regt. Attached Royal Flying Corps
Capt. H.R. Gledstone, N.F.
Sec.Lt. F.J.R.B. Gooderham, Royal Irish Rifles att.Machine Gun Corps
Sec.Lt. H.B. Goudie, 7th Cameron Highlanders
Lt. M. Greville-Jones, 1st N.F. attached R.A.F.
Capt. W.A. Guest-Williams, 2nd Royal Berkshire Regt.
Sec. Lt. R.W.C. Gunn, 3rd Notts and Derby Regt.
Lieut. R.L. Guy, 6th N.F.
Rev. W. Hall, Royal Navy
Lt. B.St.G. Hamilton, 15th Batt., M.G.C.
Lieut. G.K. Hampton, 4th Norfolk Regt.
Capt. G.M. Hedley, Royal Engineers
Sec.Lt. J.W.S. Hird, 9th North Staffordshire Regt.
Pte. J.F.A. Hirst, 29th R.F.
Lieut. W.N. Hodgson, 9th Devonshire Regt.
Lieut. C.G. Hosking, R.A. and R.F.C.
Capt. H.F. Hosking, 66th Punjabis, I.A.
Pte. G.A.W. Hulley, 4th K.O.Y.L.I.
Sec.Lt. J.T.G. Humphries, 40th Pathans, I.A.
Capt. N.F. Humphries, Tank Corps.
Lieut. G. Jacob, 1st East Yorkshire Regt.
Capt. G. Kirkhouse, 8th D.L.I.
Capt. F.H. Lawson, 5th N.F.
Capt. Y.A. Leeson, 11th D.L.I. attached M.G.C.
Capt. R.H. Legard, 2nd D.L.I.
Major E.W. Longden, 4th Yorks. and Lancs. Regt.
Capt. F.G. Longden, 4th D.L.I.
Lt.Col. B.L. Maddison, 8th Yorks. and Lancs. Regt.
Capt. W. Marley, 5th D.L.I.
Lieut. H.F. Marris, Royal Engineers
Sec.Lt. H.G.H. Marshall, Tank Corps.
Sec.Lt. A.W. Maughan, R.G.A.
Lieut. A.F. Maynard, R.N.V.R.
Capt. W.M. Morant, 7th D.L.I.
Sec.Lt. A. Morgan, Royal Air Force.
Capt. W.N.J. Moscrop, 5th D.L.I.
Lce.Cpl. T. ?Moor, 3rd Canadian Infantry
Corpl. M.C. Neilson, 21st R.?
Capt. G. Newby, R and L.I., S.A., Def. Forces
Capt. F.L. Newstead, 3rd D.L.I.
Lieut. N. Oxland, 8th Border Regt.
Sergt. F. Paterson, R.G.A.
Sec.Lt. I.K. Patton, R.A.F.
Sec.Lt. M. Procter, 5th Yorks. and Lancs. Regt.
Sec.Lt. R.G. Rayner, 8th N.F.
Sec.Lt. H.W.T. Reed, 2nd Monmouthshire Regt.
Sec.Lt. B.H. Richardson, 8th D.L.I.
Lieut. M.J. Richardson, R.A.M.C.
Capt. B.L. Robinson, R.A.S.C.
Lt.Col. C.L. Robinson, 1st Monmouthshire Regt.
Pte. G.S. Robinson, 1st East Kent Regt.
Sec.Lt. T.O. Robson, R.F.
Capt. G.G. Sadler, 3rd Dragoon Guards
Capt. A.D. Shafto, 2nd Royal Scots Regt.
Lieut. H. Stewart, 3rd D.L.I.
Capt. H.R. Telford, 21st N.F.
Lieut. H.K. Temperley, 8th N.F.
Capt. S. Thomson, R.F.
Arthur Weatherhead Thompson.
Sec.Lt. K. Tindle, 7th D.L.I.
Lieut. A. Todd, 4th D.L.I. attached R.F.C.
Capt. J.G. Todd, 23rd N.F.
Lieut. J.D. Tombs, 7th Border Regt.
Lieut. F.E.S. Townsend, 5th D.L.I.
Rev. E.W. Trevor, Chaplain to the Forces.
Lieut. T. Tweddell, 3rd Yorkshire Regt.
Pte. J.P. Walker, R.F.
Major C.A. Wilkinson, 3rd Shropshire L.I.
Pte. H.F.C. Winch, 3rd Infantry Batt., Australian Imperial Forces.
Flt.Paymaster B.H. Wodeman, Royal Navy
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