Memorial Details
Memorial
Organ 1914-18 1939-45 Royal Grammar School
Reference
J1.04
Place
JESMOND
Original Location
Royal Grammar School
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled June 1st 1923 by Major General Sir Robert A. Kerr Montgomery, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O.; dedicated by Lord Bishop of Newcastle.
Memorial Description
Organ.
Below the pipes is a panel bearing the quotation raised in large capital letters, with two carved badges below. There are thirteen panels which bear names in a single column on each. Below this again is the dedication. Lettering is in gilded Roman capitals.
Below the pipes is a panel bearing the quotation raised in large capital letters, with two carved badges below. There are thirteen panels which bear names in a single column on each. Below this again is the dedication. Lettering is in gilded Roman capitals.
Materials used
Oak panelling
Inscription
Upper plaque:
Hujus Scholae Alumni / qui pro patria decertantes / haud indecorae morti occubuerunt / A.D. MCMXIV - MCMXVIII
(These old boys who fought for their country lie buried in honour AD 1914-1918)
Lower plaque: Memorial organ / presented by / Sir Arthur Munro and Lady Sutherland / 1923
(These old boys who fought for their country lie buried in honour AD 1914-1918)
Lower plaque: Memorial organ / presented by / Sir Arthur Munro and Lady Sutherland / 1923
Names
How money was raised
Given by Sir Arthur M. Sutherland, Bart., and Lady Sutherland.
Notes
1. “The School Roll of Honour . . . contained the names of 1,114 past scholars and teachers, of whom 570 were officers. Of the total, 138 had paid the supreme sacrifice, 39 were mentioned in despatches, 57 gained the Military Cross; 8 the D.S.O.; 2 the D.F.C.; 2 the C.M.G.; 10 the M.M.; 2 the D.C.M., and 1 the M.S.M. In addition, three were awarded the O.B.E. and 8 gained foreign decorations”
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Tony Harding
Shields Daily News 02/05/1923 gives notice of the proposed unveiling ceremony.
Illustrated Chronicle 19/10/1922 carries photo of the organ: 24/05/1923 reports proposed unveiling; 26/05/1923 has photo and proposals.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 26/05/1923 reports proposed unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 17/12/1919 reports prize giving at which the figures in Note 1 above were given.
Shields Daily News 02/05/1923 gives notice of the proposed unveiling ceremony.
Illustrated Chronicle 19/10/1922 carries photo of the organ: 24/05/1923 reports proposed unveiling; 26/05/1923 has photo and proposals.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 26/05/1923 reports proposed unveiling.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle 17/12/1919 reports prize giving at which the figures in Note 1 above were given.
Additional Research documents (click to download)
Research acknowledgements
The late R.W. Gould; the late F. Jeavons; Jeremy Godwin; Tony Harding; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Organ 1914-18 1939-45 Royal Grammar School (J1.04)
JESMOND Royal Grammar School
Hujus Scholae Alumni
qui pro patria decertantes
haud indecorae morti occubuerunt
A.D. MCMXIV - MCMXVIII
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Memorial organ
presented by
Sir Arthur Munro and Lady Sutherland
1923
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Panel 1 Panel 2
Aitchison O. Bullen H.S.T.
Allan A.H. Burke W.H.
Allen P. Burn J.C.
Anderson F.W. Burton R.C.
Atkinson F.P. Buy K.E.G.
Bailes F.G. Campbell I.S.
Barnes H.S. Chapman J.C.
Bartram F. Chapman W.A.
Bastow N. Chappy A.I.
Bell W.M. Christopher R.
Blenkinsop W.M. Coull J.C.
Bookless A. Curry P.J.
Brown G.R. Curtice F.R.
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Panel 3 Panel 4
Davidson R.C. Drydon N.
Davison C.M. Dunford, R.C.
Dawson W.A. Dunn A.G.
Ditchburn W. Dunn F.C.
Dixon C.J. Dyson N.R.
Dixon G. Farthing A.J.
Dixon J.G. Fletcher J.N.
Dobson S. Foggin G.W.
Dodds J.H. Fotherby R.S.
Douglas L.H. Fox C.E.
Douglas R. Futers N.R.
Douthwaite E.E. Gandy C.J.
Downie R. Gibb J.H.
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Panel 5 Panel 6
Gibson G.H. Harker G.A.
Gibson J. Harker G.E.
Gilchrist F. Harrison E.
Gray J.M. Harvey W.
Green C.A. Haslam A.D.
Guthrie H. Havell E.T.
Hall C.E.R. Havell R.B.
Hall G.H. Hedley J.R.
Hall P.G. Henderson F.
Hall W.B. Herbert C.S.
Hall W.G.D. Hogg R.
Hamer A.D. Holdsworth E.
?????? Holdsworth W.G.
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Panel 7 Panel 8
Hughes J. Lunn H.C.
Hunter A.C. McArthur W.H.
Hunter A.L. Maclagan J.G.
Hunter G.E. Marks J.A.
Hunter H.T. Marks J.
Hutchinson G.D. Marks L.G.
Hutton A.D. Merson D.
Irvin T.W. Merson J.L.
Jackson H.W. Metcalf F.
Knott, R.C. Miller H.
Littlefair J.J. Milvain C.E.F.
Long A.W.E. Moffat W.D.
Longhurst R.C.
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Panel 9 Panel 10
Morrison E.F. Procter G.C.
Morton W.A. Raynes R.
Murray A.E. Richardson A.
Nesbitt F.W.R. Ridley P.R.
Olliff W. Robinson A.
Ord B.F. Robson E.W.
Park A.E. Ross J.
Paxton S.T. Routledge J.F.
Pirrie R.B. Saunders K.
Preston W. Sellers J.H.
Pringle G.B. Shackleton W.L.C.
Pritchard R.B. Shuttleworth W.M.
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Panel 11 Panel 12
Smith W.D. Thompson W.T.
Spencer H.J. Thwaites H.
Stephens L.H. Trimmer G.H.
Stephenson R.B. Vincent T.A.C.
Stewart M.F. Waller H.W.
Stopher F.C. Waller T.W.
Stroud H.C. Warrener G.V.
Tanner A.E. Watson N.O.
Taylor R.W. Watson R.V.
Telford H.R. West H.M.P.
Telford R.B. Wilkinson M.H.
Telford W. Wilkinson T.H.
????? Wilson J.R.
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Panel 13
Wood T.C.
Woodman W.E.
Woolf B.G.
Yeaman D.J.
French N.
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Panel 14 Panel 15
(Badge) Angus P.R.
Anthony J.W.
Arkless J.
Roll Armstrong A.
Atkinson M.R.
Of Atkinson R.C.
Atkinson R.
Honour Bainbridge J.H.
Beazley J.N.
1939-1947 Bell D.M.M.
Bell J.B.T.
Bonell J.M.
Blair L.
Burman T.H.
Casebourne R.W.S.
Chalder H.H.
Clapperton J.D.
Clarke E.W.
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Panel 16 Panel 17
Cowley G. Grundy T.A.
Cowley R.A. Guthrie J.R.
Craggs R.G. Hackett E.T.
Craig H. Hanafy J.T.
Crossing I.P. Hardie A.D.
Cusworth F.H. Harper J.A.
Dees E.L. Henderson P.
Dick P. Hepher G.
Dowse B.J. Herbert D.W.
Dunn J. Hill W.
Ellis J.T. Hopper P.N.
Evans R.E. Howie W.A.R.
Fenwick T.E. Hudson N.J.
Gale C. Hughes R.
Galloway J. Irving H.
Gibbs A.E. Keenleyside W.S.
Gibson D. Keys K.
Grey J.F. King J.B.
Kinghorn D.G.
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Panel 18 Panel 19
Kinnear G.K. Parrack, J.F.
Kirsopp F.O. Pattison, D.V.
Leete P.H. Plate1, F.V.
Leete W.H. Pashley, J.N.
Lindsay, D.D. Phillips R.B.
Lupton, C.P. Pigg, O. St.J.
Mann, A.B. Prest, G.A.
Mares, J. Pybus K.G.
Marr, L. Reay, P.H.
McGarrow, H.B. Reynolds G.E.
Mole, K. Richardson, A.L.
Moyes, G. Richardson, D.C.
Murray A. Robertson H.J.T.D.
Neill L. Robinson A.
Nisbet M. Robson E.
Odhams B.E.L. Rochester R.W.
Onsorge S.J. Rogers D.A.
Parker O. Rogers J.A.
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Panel 20 Panel 21
Rood S.C. Bolam K.C.
Seymour C.M. Payne H.
Smith H.S. Proctor T.
Spence I.P. Smith H.L.
Stephenson G.N. Chicken G.C.
Swan I.C. Young A.J.F.
Thompson C.A.W. Hodkinson, H.D.
Vine H.B.
Walker S.
Walton R.C.
Ward K.N.
Watkins A.S.
Watson E.H.
Watson N.
Whitton K.W.
Wilkin R.G.
Wrightson J.S.
NamesJ1.04
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