Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Secondary School

Stockton on Tees

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Secondary School (S138.33)

NEWMP Ref No.: S138.33

Parish: Stockton on Tees

Original Location:

Stockton Secondary School

Past Location:

Became the Grammar School in 1945.

Present Location:

Transferred to new academy building in the same grounds Easter 2016

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled on January 28 1921 by Major General Sir Percival Wilkinson K.C.M.G., C.B., commanding 50th (Northumbrian) Division.

Materials Used:

Oak with brass and glass.

Who Commissioned:

Old Boys’ Association also referred to as Old Stocktonians.

Inscription:

Ye shall remember with humble thankfulness the Great
Sacrifice of the following old boys of this school
who went forth on the side of honour and right in
the Great War 1914 – 1918, and who came not home again.

(Names)

“Nothing is here for tears Nothing to wail
or knock the breast; No weakness, No contempt,
Dispraise or blame; Nothing but well and fair
and what may quiet us in a death so noble.”

This memorial was erected
by the old Stocktonians
and was unveiled on
Jan. 28 1921
by
Major General
Sir Percival Wilkinson
KCMG CB

Memorial Description:

Plaque of classical design, 91 inches high x 81 inches wide (231cms x 208cms), with pilasters at each side, the total measurements are 110 inches high x 89 inches wide (279cms x 226cms).

A plain horizontal panel at the top bears the dedication.

A similar panel at the bottom carries a quotation.

At the very bottom is the school badge raised in half relief inside a laurel wreath.

The central part is divided into three glass-fronted panels, each 45 inches high x 18 inches wide (114cms x 46cms), each of which is decorated by a border of flowers in gold, symbolic of manhood.

The lettering on the dedication and panels is hand written in gold, on a blue background, using sans serif capitals, the colours signifying “Eternity”, “Faith” and “Fidelity”.

The brass plaque is inscribed in Roman capitals.

Names:

69 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. When first unveiled the plaque had an elaborate rounded top which has since been removed. It bore the Binyon verse “They shall not grow old . . .”

Sources:

Photos: C. Sanders; Keith Rowling; James Pasby

Darlington & Stockton Times
29/01/1921 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo
29/01/1921 reports unveiling.

Stockton and Teesside Herald
27/01/1921

Source of quotation “Nothing is here for tears . . .” Samson Agonistes – line 1721 John Milton.

Sources Link: Northern Echo 01 29 Sat -1921

Additional Research Documents

S138.33 Unveiling Programme 1921

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Research Acknowledgements:

C. Sanders;
Dorothy Hall;
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
Keith Rowling

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Names Documents:

STOCKTON ON TEES  Grangefield School

This Binyon poem was on original plaque but removed.

  They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old

  Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.

  At the going down of the sun and in the morning

  We will remember them.

 —————————————————–

  Ye shall remember with humble thankfulness the Great

  Sacrifice of the following old boys of this school

  who went forth on the side of honour and right in

  the Great War 1914 – 1918, and who came not home again.

 

  C.E. Appleby     W.W. Green      T. O’Grady

  B. Bainbridge    E. Hadaway      A. Ostle

  G. Baker         W.B. Hansell    H. Pearson

  H. Batty         G. Harper       C. Peckston

  C.H. Bishop      R.J. Harris     L. Raines

  G. Blakey        A.E. Hauxwell   R.N. Raper

  W. Brown         L. Hind         G.H. Redhead

  T. Brownrigg     J. Ingledew     R. Reeves

  R. Clews         W. Inglis       A.S. Robson

  R Crookston      E. Jackson      R. Shipley

  G.H. Cummings    A. Jewitt       W. Short

  F. Cummings      V. Jobling      J. Smith

  A. Cussons       G Jones         G.B. Snowdon

  W. Denham        A. Kidd         E. Stephenson

  H. Dickinson     J. Kilpatrick   A.E. Trenholm

  D. Donkin        G.S. Lax        W. Tyreman

  D.C. Doughty     J. Leader       V. Verrill

  R.T. Doughty     E. Lee          W.A. Walker

  N. Dowse         L. Lewis        J.W. Wallace

  F.I. Dring       W. Lonsdale     B. Watson

  V. Gibson        W. Matthews     T Weatherell

  C. Gooding       T. Maxwell      W. Winn

  I.E. Grant       W. Murray       A.H. Wood

 

  “Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail

  or knock the breast; no weakness, no contempt,

  dispraise or blame; nothing but well and fair

  and what may quiet us in a death so noble.”

 —————————————————–

Separate plaque

  This memorial was erected

  by the old Stocktonians

  and was unveiled on

  Jan 28 1921

  by Major General

  Sir Percival Wilkinson

  KCMG CB

NamesS138.33    

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