Memorial Details
Memorial
Roll of Honour 1914-18 1939-45 Henry Smith Grammar School
Reference
H115.08
Place
HARTLEPOOL
Map ref
NZ 492354
Original Location
Henry Smith’s Grammar School, Friar Terrace, on the Headland. Transferred to Henry Smith Comprehensive School in 1978. In the School Hall.
Present Location
St Hild's Church of England School
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
a. Unveiled 2nd October 1920 by Col. Pearson, C.B.E., former scholar.
Memorial Description
Panels 6 feet 8 inches high x 4 feet 6 inches wide (2.3 m x 1.37 m) in total. The central panel is surmounted by a school crest with visor on top, with large oak leaves on either side of a shield.
The shield carries a cross with rampant lions in the quarters. Below this is carved the Latin phrase “Mens Sana in Corpore Sano” (A healthy mind in a healthy body). At each side of the main panel is a tall torch. All carving is in half relief.
The main central panel is divided into three. The centre is carved with a crest at top and the dedication below.
On either side is a brass plaque 3 feet high x 10 inches wide (914 mm x 254 mm) , bearing the names in a single column on each. Below all three the words “In memoriam” are carved in capitals.
On each side of the main panel, added later, there are two more panels, each bearing two brass plaques 2 feet 2 inches high x 10 inches wide (660 mm x 254 mm), with the dates “1939” and “1945” carved into the cross pieces. The names are in a single column on each.
Lettering on all brass plaques is Roman capitals.
The shield carries a cross with rampant lions in the quarters. Below this is carved the Latin phrase “Mens Sana in Corpore Sano” (A healthy mind in a healthy body). At each side of the main panel is a tall torch. All carving is in half relief.
The main central panel is divided into three. The centre is carved with a crest at top and the dedication below.
On either side is a brass plaque 3 feet high x 10 inches wide (914 mm x 254 mm) , bearing the names in a single column on each. Below all three the words “In memoriam” are carved in capitals.
On each side of the main panel, added later, there are two more panels, each bearing two brass plaques 2 feet 2 inches high x 10 inches wide (660 mm x 254 mm), with the dates “1939” and “1945” carved into the cross pieces. The names are in a single column on each.
Lettering on all brass plaques is Roman capitals.
Materials used
Oak and brass
Inscription
a. Erected by Old / Scholars to the / memory of their / school fellows / who fell in the / Great War / 1914 - 1918
In memoriam.
b. 1939-1945
In memoriam.
b. 1939-1945
Names
How money was raised
Public subscription.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Mr. P.B. Bennison, A.R.C.A. of Hartlepool
Notes
1. Mr. Bennison, who designed the memorial, had been the school art master.
2. This had been two different schools on the same site, run by the Roman Catholics and the Church of England. The name was changed to unite them under one roof.
3. Henry Smith School in King Oswy Drive closed in 2001 before reopening as St Hild's Church of England School. St Hild's moved to a new site still on King Oswy Road and moved the Memorial with them.
2. This had been two different schools on the same site, run by the Roman Catholics and the Church of England. The name was changed to unite them under one roof.
3. Henry Smith School in King Oswy Drive closed in 2001 before reopening as St Hild's Church of England School. St Hild's moved to a new site still on King Oswy Road and moved the Memorial with them.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders; Simon Raine
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail 29/03/1920 reports proposals; 04/10/1920 reports unveiling.
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail 29/03/1920 reports proposals; 04/10/1920 reports unveiling.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders
Research In Progress
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Roll of Honour 1914-18 1939-45 Henry Smith Grammar School (H115.08)
HARTLEPOOL Henry Smith’s Comprehensive School
Centre top panel
T. Allison J.E. Hunter
N. Atchison J. Lomasney
R. Bainbridge T. Luke
W. Bates J. Luxmore
H. Boulton Erected by Old G. Lynch
W.A. Bradley Scholars to the H. Needham
E. Brewer memory of their F. Potts
C. Burch school fellows M. Procter
F.C. Bull who fell in the G. Rivers
T. Buttery Great War J.R. Robson
E. Champness 1914 - 1919 A. Shute
J.E. Cook W. Sparke
P. Cook W. Spence
C. Farrow R. Vasey
M. Gibson J.H. Walker
C. Greathead G. Webber
J. Holroyd J. Wilson
F. Hunter W. Young
In memoriam
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Left panel Right panel
1939-1945 1939-1945
J.W. Bocca D. Hastings G. Martin G.E. Sheader
T.W. Boynton J. Hastings J.T. Marwood J.T. Simpson
F.G.G. Brown C. Hamilton E. Mitchell J. Spence
G. Cassie W. Henderson W.A. Peacock J. Staunch
D. Clements V. Holden G. Peart A.C. Stewart
R. Close A. Hoole T.W. Ramsay W.E. Stewart
J. Coward T. Hunter K. Raper E. Stoves
F.M. Craggs E. Jackson C. Richardson L. Valentine
W.R. Everett M. Kirkup H. Richardson A. Walters
J.W. Fenny F.O. Kitching E.A. Ringwood W. Ward
S. Fleet A. Laverick J.C. Ritchie E. Wiffen
W. Foster F. Lewis D. Robson F. Windebank
H. Gilfoyle A.E. Lightfoot W.E. Rose R.E. Wright
T. Greener G. Lister
NamesH115.08
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