Memorial Details
Memorial
Furnishings 1914-18 1939-45 Johnston Technical School
Reference
D47.025
Place
DURHAM CITY
Map ref
NZ
Original Location
Johnston Technical School, South Street, Durham in assembly hall.
Present Location
Rebuilt at Crossgate Moor 1952 as Johnston Grammar-Technical School, now called Durham Johnston School and rebuilt again in 2010. On North Wall of assembly hall
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
a. Unveiled 22nd October 1921 by Dr. Hensley Henson, Bishop of Durham
b. Unveiled 29th June 1948, dedicated by Rev. R.F. Morgan, a former Old Johnstonian.
b. Unveiled 29th June 1948, dedicated by Rev. R.F. Morgan, a former Old Johnstonian.
Memorial Description
Panelling with three brass plaques set in wood frame.
Each has a raised plain border with a square pattern at each corner and at the centre point on all four sides.
The central one bears the dedication and names in three columns for 1914-18. The two outer panels bear the names in two columns for 1939-45.
The memorial also includes a memorial desk, and chairs of similar character.
Each has a raised plain border with a square pattern at each corner and at the centre point on all four sides.
The central one bears the dedication and names in three columns for 1914-18. The two outer panels bear the names in two columns for 1939-45.
The memorial also includes a memorial desk, and chairs of similar character.
Materials used
Brass in light oak.
Inscription
a. On desk:
A tribute from the boys of 1918-1920 to the Johnstonians who served and fell in the war 1914-1918
On panelling:
In memory of / Old Johnstonians / who gave their lives in / the Great War 1914-1918.
Nothing is here for tears, nothing but well and fair / and what may quiet us in a death so noble.
b. On two panels:
1939-1945
Memorial 2016
Central plaque:
In memory of
Old Johnstonians
Who gave their lives in
1914 The Great War 1918
Nothing is here for tears, nothing but well and fair
and what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Below
The memory of the righteous is a blessing
Left hand plaque:
1939-1945
Below
A tribute from the Boys of 1918-1920
to the Johnstonians who served
and fell in the War 1914-1918
Right hand plaque:
1939-1945
Below
A tribute from our young people
in 2010-2011 to Johnstonians
known and unknown who have fallen in war.
A tribute from the boys of 1918-1920 to the Johnstonians who served and fell in the war 1914-1918
On panelling:
In memory of / Old Johnstonians / who gave their lives in / the Great War 1914-1918.
Nothing is here for tears, nothing but well and fair / and what may quiet us in a death so noble.
b. On two panels:
1939-1945
Memorial 2016
Central plaque:
In memory of
Old Johnstonians
Who gave their lives in
1914 The Great War 1918
Nothing is here for tears, nothing but well and fair
and what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Below
The memory of the righteous is a blessing
Left hand plaque:
1939-1945
Below
A tribute from the Boys of 1918-1920
to the Johnstonians who served
and fell in the War 1914-1918
Right hand plaque:
1939-1945
Below
A tribute from our young people
in 2010-2011 to Johnstonians
known and unknown who have fallen in war.
Names
Who commissioned
School
How money was raised
Subscriptions from parents, staff past and present, and pupils of the school.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Designed and made by the North of England School Furnishing Company.
Notes
1. One of the Masters, Mr. F.E. Dann, received the Croix de Guerre thus: “In the course of the advance in April 1918, this warrant officer, with two men, rendered valuable service in the evacuation of the civilian population in the advance zone. After the fall of Estaire, the refugees came down the road in crowds along the Neuf-Berguin road. Dann managed to form convoys for their evacuation, and this sent down more than 1,100 of them, and all this under a bombardment of gas shells, which was driving the people mad with fright. For three weeks, helped by his two men, he revisited the abandoned villages to see that no inhabitant was left behind”. The document was signed by Marshall Petain, who was decorated by the King at a chateau near Arras, on the same occasion as Mr. Dann received the decoration of the M.V.O.”
2. Two other masters received medals. Mr. Cousins was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. Captain Crawshaw, who taught Chemistry, was awarded the Military Medal. He served with the Public Schools Battalion and was killed in action on Salonica. See his Every Name A Story entry.
3. The proposal for 1939-45 was for a brass plate on either side of the 1914-18 panelling. Balance of funds was to be used to provide:
(i) two brass flower vases;
(ii) electric clock framed in dark oak for the school hall;
(iii) interest on the remainder to provide a memorial prize of books to be presented to the School Vice Captain.
4. A proposal for a vellum book to be provided in an oak case was withdrawn as “such a list could never be satisfactorily completed”.
5. One of the 1939-45 names is that of Isidore Newman, a Jewish spy who went on two missions in occupied France before being captured by the Gestapo, sent to a labour camp where he was executed. See his Every Name A Story entry.
6. The present school was formed by the amalgamation of three schools in 1979 ( Durham Johnston, Brandon, Whinney Hill and later in 1984 Landsdowne) as Johnston Comprehensive School and operated on the Crossgate Moor and Whinney Hill sites until 2010.
7. Following the rebuilding of the school, the plaque lay in an office until efforts in 2011 to re-erect it were put in place. The school raised £5,000 in three months, including a donation of £2,000 from the City of Durham Freemen.
2. Two other masters received medals. Mr. Cousins was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. Captain Crawshaw, who taught Chemistry, was awarded the Military Medal. He served with the Public Schools Battalion and was killed in action on Salonica. See his Every Name A Story entry.
3. The proposal for 1939-45 was for a brass plate on either side of the 1914-18 panelling. Balance of funds was to be used to provide:
(i) two brass flower vases;
(ii) electric clock framed in dark oak for the school hall;
(iii) interest on the remainder to provide a memorial prize of books to be presented to the School Vice Captain.
4. A proposal for a vellum book to be provided in an oak case was withdrawn as “such a list could never be satisfactorily completed”.
5. One of the 1939-45 names is that of Isidore Newman, a Jewish spy who went on two missions in occupied France before being captured by the Gestapo, sent to a labour camp where he was executed. See his Every Name A Story entry.
6. The present school was formed by the amalgamation of three schools in 1979 ( Durham Johnston, Brandon, Whinney Hill and later in 1984 Landsdowne) as Johnston Comprehensive School and operated on the Crossgate Moor and Whinney Hill sites until 2010.
7. Following the rebuilding of the school, the plaque lay in an office until efforts in 2011 to re-erect it were put in place. The school raised £5,000 in three months, including a donation of £2,000 from the City of Durham Freemen.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Simon Raine; James Pasby
Durham County Advertiser 21/10/1921; 28/10/1921
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 24/10/1921 reports unveiling.
Illustrated Chronicle 24/10/1921 reports unveiling.
Northern Echo 17/10/1919 reports the award of the Croix de Guerre to F.R. Dann in Note 3 above; 24/10/1921 reports unveiling; 8/2/2011 reports rededication efforts in Note 7 above with photo of handing over of cheque by the Freeman.
Durham County Record Office E/C/G 252 and 253 has document appealing for funds for 1939-45 memorial, containing names collected so far; also Minutes (in a standard school exercise book) regarding 1939-45 memorial.
A History of Durham Johnston School Michael Robson, 1998.
Durham Times 11/2/2011 reports proposals and fundraising to re-erect the plaques.
Source of quotation:
“Nothing is here for tears . . .”: Milton’s “Samson Agonistes”
Durham County Advertiser 21/10/1921; 28/10/1921
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 24/10/1921 reports unveiling.
Illustrated Chronicle 24/10/1921 reports unveiling.
Northern Echo 17/10/1919 reports the award of the Croix de Guerre to F.R. Dann in Note 3 above; 24/10/1921 reports unveiling; 8/2/2011 reports rededication efforts in Note 7 above with photo of handing over of cheque by the Freeman.
Durham County Record Office E/C/G 252 and 253 has document appealing for funds for 1939-45 memorial, containing names collected so far; also Minutes (in a standard school exercise book) regarding 1939-45 memorial.
A History of Durham Johnston School Michael Robson, 1998.
Durham Times 11/2/2011 reports proposals and fundraising to re-erect the plaques.
Source of quotation:
“Nothing is here for tears . . .”: Milton’s “Samson Agonistes”
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Additional Research documents (click to download)
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; John and Mavis Dixon; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
Eddy Castling is researching the names on the Johnston School memorials. Contact: castling@aol.com
Furnishings 1914-18 1939-45 Johnston Technical School (D47.025)
DURHAM CITY Johnston School.
Central plaque:
In memory of
Old Johnstonians
Who gave their lives in
1914 The Great War 1918
C.N Crawshaw B.Sc. M.C.
Balmer, P. Gibson, W. McCoombs, J.P.G.
Baston, P. Grayson, G. Peacock, G.W.P.
Brass, J.R. Grocock, H. Perrin, H.
Brown, A.N. Hardy, S. Pollock, J.
Brown, C. Hartley, H.W. Pratt, T.S.
Crawley, A. Hays, J.H. Robson, J.A.
Crabb, J. Heron, C. Smurthwaite, W.
Craig, J. Hogan, J.W. Spraggon, J.C.
Crinnion, P.J. Johnston, W.H. Walker, S.
Curry, W.A. Laing, J.A. Watson, S.
Dawson, E.W.S. Moody, B. White, C.H.
Duke, J. Moody, W.R. Wood, G.F.
Nothing is here for tears, nothing but well and fair
and what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Below
The memory of the righteous is a blessing
Left hand plaque:
1939-1945
Abbott, F. Dodd, N.R.W.
Anderson, A. Falconer, A.K.
Atkinson, J.B. Farnsworth, R.
Austin, L. Firth, C.
Bell, C.A. Fowler, A.
Beniston, N.G. Gleason, A.
Bentley, A. Groves, G.E.
Blackett, J. Guyll, R.
Bowe, J. Halkier, H.
Brass, J. Harker, H.A.
Brennan, J. Hall, C.
Brown, R. Henderson, A.
Burdon, J. Herring, D.
Campbell, A. Hoggett, S.
Clark, J. Hopkins, G.
Clark, W. Ivison, T.
Crow, R. Jones, W.H.
Cuthbertson, F.W. Kidd, F.
Davidson, F. Kiddie, E.
Below
A tribute from the Boys of 1918-1920
to the Johnstonians who served
and fell in the War 1914-1918
Right hand plaque:
1939-1945
Lamb, C.D. Shield, C.
Mawson, E. Short, R.
McBean, A. Short, R.P.
Mossop, H. Sloan, J.M.
Nelson, W. Stanger, W.M.
Newman, I. Stevenson, J.
Nixon, R.K. Stoker, P.
Nolan, J. Talbot, W.
Pape, E.W. Temple, J.
Ragg, R.W. Thirlwell, G.
Raine, A. Tonge, W.
Riley, C.A Walker, C.
Robinson, B. Watchman, A.C.
Robinson, W. West, M.A.
Robson, J.L. Wilkes, G.
Rolling, J. Willey, T.E.
Ross, J. Wilson, R.
Sherwood, R. Winn, T.
Below
A tribute from our young people
in 2010-2011 to Johnstonians
known and unknown who have fallen in war.
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1939-45 Roll of Honour (taken from list on letter of appeal for funds)
F. Abbot C.D. Lamb
J.B. Atkinson
L. Austin E. Mawson
A. McBean
C. Bell H. Mossop
N.G. Beniston
A. Bentley W. Nelson
J. Blackett I. Newman
J. Bowe R.K. Nixon
J. Brennan J. Nolan
R. Brown
J. Burdon E.W. Paper
A. Campbell R.W. Ragg
J.F. Clark A. Raine
W. Clark C.A. Riley
F.W. Cuthbertson B. Robinson
W. Robinson
F. Davidson J.L. Robson
N.R.W. Dodd J. Ross
A. Falconer R. Sherwood
R. Farnsworth C. Shield
C. Firth R. Short
A. Fowler R.P. Short
J.M. Sloan
J. Graney J. Stevenson
G.E. Groves P. Stoker
R. Guyll
W. Talbot
H.A. Harker J. Temple
C. Hall G. Thirlwell
A. Henderson W. Tonge
D. Herring
S. Hoggett C. Walker
G. Hopkins J. Walters
A.C. Watchman
W. Iveson M.A. West
G. Wilkes
W.H. Jones T.E. Willey
R. Wilson
F. Kidd T. Winn
E. Kiddie
NamesD47.25
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