Memorial

Roll of Honour 1914-18 St. Margaret’s Boys’ School

Durham City

Memorial Name: Roll of Honour 1914-18 St. Margaret's Boys' School (D47.099)

NEWMP Ref No.: D47.099

Parish: Durham City

Original Location:

St. Margaret’s Boys’ School, Crossgate Peth (Closed in the 1970s)

Present Location:

Unknown

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled December 1919 by Mrs. Shafto

Materials Used:

Oak frame

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Miss F. Clark

Inscription:

To the glory of God and in memory of our glorious dead of St Margaret’s Boys School

Memorial Description:

Roll of Honour in carved oak frame, using Roman lettering

Names:

28 names, ranks and regiments.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The memorial was unveiled at the annual prize-giving ceremony.

2. In his address the Rector said that pride in one’s country did not mean hatred of others and calling African ‘niggers’ and Japanese ‘little yellow monkeys’.

Sources:

Auckland and County Chronicle
25/12/1919 briefly reports unveiling.

Durham Chronicle
26/12/1919 reports unveiling.

Research Acknowledgements:

Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

 

The layout of this memorial is not known.

The following has been extracted from a newspaper

report and has not been compared with the original

nor with a good photograph.

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  To the glory of God

  and in memory of

  our glorious dead of

  St Margaret’s Boys School

 

  Pte.        Robson Atkinson        28th Northumberland Fusiliers

  Pte.        John Brown             19th D.L.I.

  Pte.        Melvin Bone            8th D.L.I.

  Stoker      James Cochrane         H.M.S. Invincible

  Pte.        Thomas Davie           R.I.F.

  Pte.        Ernest Elliot          20th D.L.I.

  Pte.        M. Featherston Elliott 20th D.L.I.

  Pte.        W. Featherstonhaugh    R.F.A.

  Pte.        M. Featherston         D.L.I.

  Pte.        G. Hauxwell            7th D.L.I.

  Sgt.        Thomas Luke            6th North Staffs

  Pte.        Joseph Pedwell         8th D.L.I.

  Pte.        William Pedwell        8th D.L.I.

  Pte.        W. E Speight           9th H.L.I.

  Pte.        Arthur Spence          2nd Grenadier Guards

  Pte.        P. Tait                8th D.L.I.

  Pte.        A. Tate                R.G.A.

  Pte.        J. Tate                10th D.L.I.

  Pte.        Thomas Telford         R.E.

  Pte.        Alfred Weelands        13th D.L.I.

  Pte.        N. Walton              8th D.L.I.

  Pte.        James Pennington       13th Northumberland Fusiliers

  Lieut.      Henry W.T. Reed        2nd Monmouths

  Lieut.      Fred Summerscales      R.E.

  Pte.        A Stanton              A.S.C.

  Pte.        John Scarth            Coldstream Guards

  L.Cpl.      James Stewart          6th West Yorks

  Sgt.Major   T. Chrisp              8th D.L.I.

NamesD47.099      

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