Memorial

Bible 1939-45 Blaydon Grammar School

Blaydon

Memorial Name: Bible 1939-45 Blaydon Grammar School (B111.08)

NEWMP Ref No.: B111.08

Parish: Blaydon

Original Location:

Blaydon Grammar School

Present Location:

Rededicated in Trinity Methodist Church 25th April 1999

Which War:

1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

1949

Materials Used:

Parchment?

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Bible made by Cambridge University Press.

Inscription:

This
Holy Bible
and the
accompanying
Lectern and
Chairs
were subscribed
by members of the
old Blaydonian
Association
and friends
in memory of
former pupils
of the school
who lost their lives in the
World War of 1939 – 1945
MCMXLIX

Memorial Description:

Bible.

This is bound in grey leather.

The page between the flyleaf and title page have been inscribed and illuminated by hand, with the dedication on one page and the names on the opposite page.

The dedication page is decorated to look like a plaque with two laurel wreaths at the bottom.

The names are handwritten in two columns.

Names:

30 names and regiments.
See transcript.

Sources:

Photos: C. Sanders

Additional Research Documents

B111.08 Unveiling Programme 1949

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Research Acknowledgements:

C. Sanders

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Names Documents:

BLAYDON   Trinity Methodist Church

    

Left hand page

  This

  Holy Bible

  and the

  accompanying

  Lectern and

  Chairs  

  were

  subscribed

  by members of the

  old Blaydonian

  Association

  and Friends  

  in Memory of  

  Former Pupils

  of the School

  who lost their lives in the  

  World War of 1939  1945

  MCMXLIX

———————————————-

Right hand page

  William Roy Allison, R.A.F.       Clifford March, O.B.E., R.E.

  Ronald Douglas Backhouse,R.A.P.C. William Marrs, R.N.

  James Banyer, R.A.F.              Douglas McEwen, R.A.F.

  John G. Bell, R.A.F.              Arthur Reay, R.N.

  Eric Brown, M.N.                  Leslie Renton, M.N.

  Jack B. Cairns, R.A.              John Robson, R.A.F.

  Roxby Copeland, R.A.              John Rutter, R.A.F.

  George Eltringham, R.A.F.         Walter Secker, D.L.I.

  Thomas J. Foster, R.A.            John Shield, R.N.

  John Gilhespy, R.A.F.             Alex Smith, R.A.F.

  George A. Harrison, D.L.I.        Joseph Tate, D.L.I.

  Stanley Howlett, R.A.F.           Robert Thew, R.A.F.

  William C. Hughes, R.A.F.         Maurice Young, R.A.F.

  William Kidd, R.A.F.              Emily Dodgson

  Anthony MacFarlane, R.A.F.        Thelma Dodgson

——————————————————-

The programme of rededication gives:

  William Royden Allison instead of William Roy Allison

  John C. Bell instead of John G. Bell

  Anthony Macfarlane instead of MacFarlane.

NamesB111.08     

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