Memorial Details
Memorial
Triptych 1914-18 School
Reference
F45.02
Place
FOREST IN TEESDALE
Map ref
NY 867298
Original Location
Forest in Teesdale School
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
26th November 1920 by Mr. R.W. Raine, J.P.
Memorial Description
Triptych with pointed top 3 feet 6 inches high. Glass covered picture in centre, entitled "Remembrance", showing a young lady near a gravestone, with foliage round her feet and the quotation to the left.
The doors are 2 feet 9 inches high and carry the names in a single column on the inside of each which remains open.
The doors are 2 feet 9 inches high and carry the names in a single column on the inside of each which remains open.
Materials used
Oak
Inscription
To the Memory / of / the old scholars of Forest School / Who Sacrificed their lives in the / Great War / and also those that fought in the same
"They have fought the good fight / righteously in the cavse of / hvmanity that / honovr might live
Names
Who commissioned
Mrs. Gill and the late Mr. Gill.
Cost
£16
How money was raised
Concerts given by schoolchildren, plus Mr. and Mrs. Gill.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Fine Arts Publishing Company
Notes
1. The building had been a district meeting hall before it became a school so the memorial had to be moved from the main room to being placed above the door in a small hallway.
2. Other examples of this picture can be seen at Felton F14.04 and Boulmer B49.03 in Northumberland.
3. The prime movers in obtaining a memorial for the school were Mr. and Mrs. Gill, who were teachers. Mr. Gill died 15 days before the unveiling of the memorial. (Fuller report by Harry Beadle in book mentioned below)
4. The book "The Life and Death of a Community" gives a list of names with full Christian names.
2. Other examples of this picture can be seen at Felton F14.04 and Boulmer B49.03 in Northumberland.
3. The prime movers in obtaining a memorial for the school were Mr. and Mrs. Gill, who were teachers. Mr. Gill died 15 days before the unveiling of the memorial. (Fuller report by Harry Beadle in book mentioned below)
4. The book "The Life and Death of a Community" gives a list of names with full Christian names.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo: C. Sanders
Teesdale Mercury 01/12/1920 reports unveiling.
Auckland and County Chronicle 02/12/1920 reports unveiling.
Darlington and Stockton Times27/11/1920 reports placing memorial in school room; 04/12/1920 reports unveiling.
Dales Diary – unidentified newspaper – carries an article about the memorial.
The Life and Death of a Community: Harwood in Teesdale John Robinson, 1999.
Source of quotation:
"They have fought the good fight" 2 Timothy 4 v 7 incorporated with the rest of the wording.
Teesdale Mercury 01/12/1920 reports unveiling.
Auckland and County Chronicle 02/12/1920 reports unveiling.
Darlington and Stockton Times27/11/1920 reports placing memorial in school room; 04/12/1920 reports unveiling.
Dales Diary – unidentified newspaper – carries an article about the memorial.
The Life and Death of a Community: Harwood in Teesdale John Robinson, 1999.
Source of quotation:
"They have fought the good fight" 2 Timothy 4 v 7 incorporated with the rest of the wording.
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Additional Research documents (click to download)
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders; Jim Sewell; David Charlesworth; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Triptych 1914-18 School (F45.02)
FOREST IN TEESDALE Primary School
Central panel
To the Memory
of
the old scholars of Forest School
who sacrificed their lives in the
Great War
and also those that fought in the same
"They have fought the good fight
righteously in the cavse of
hvmanity that
honovr might live”
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Left inner door Right inner door
THE FALLEN Collinson.Gibson
Barker.J.C. Dowson.Thos.
Collinson.Stephen Hebdon.Wm.
Hutchinson.Ralph Ireland.Fred.
Lee.Edwin Ireland.Thos.
Nixon.John Jackson.Walter
Scott.Fred Nixon Jos.
Wearmouth.Wilf. Nixon.Norman
THE Nixon.Thos.
RETURNED BOYS Redfearn.Robt.
Allinson.Jont. Scott.John
Allinson.Wilf. Scott.Walter
Anderson.Reg. Staley.Harold
Bainbridge.Adam Staley.John
Bainbridge.John Staley.Thos.
Barker.W.H. Tallentire.Dobson
Walton.Adam
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These names are given in full in the Book
Jonathan Allinson Wilfred Allinson
Reginald Anderson Adam Bainbridge
John Bainbridge William Henry Barker
Gibson Collinson Thomas Dowson
William Hebdon Fred Ireland
Thomas Ireland Walter Jackson
Joseph Nixon Norman Nixon
Thomas Nixon Robert Redfearn
John Scott Walter Scott
Harold Staley John Staley
Thomas Staley Dobson Tallentire
Adam Walton
NamesF45.02
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