Memorial

Organ modernisation and Plaque Fallen 1939-45 Grammar School

Darlington

Memorial Name: Organ modernisation and Plaque Fallen 1939-45 Grammar School (D40.023)

NEWMP Ref No.: D40.023

Parish: Darlington

Original Location:

Darlington Grammar School.

On east wall of the school hall.

Present Location:

This is now Queen Elizabeth VIth Form College

Which War:

1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

1951

Materials Used:

Gun metal in oak frame.

Who Commissioned:

Committee of the Association

How Money was Raised:

Public subscription.

Inscription:

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School,
Darlington.
This tablet is erected in memory
of old boys of this school who
gave their lives for the cause of
Freedom in the Second World War
1939-1945.
Roll of Honour.

We will remember them.

Memorial Description:

Organ modernized and enlarged.

There is a plaque 44 inches high x 26 inches wide (111cms x 66cms) set in a moulded wood frame 51 inches high x 36 inches wide (129cms x 91cms).

At top is the school badge.

The names are listed in three columns, divided into panels by white lines.

All lettering is painted in white using Roman capitals.

Names:

112 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The memorial included the following adjustments to the organ:
(a) conversion to electric-pneumatic;
(b) new modern console;
(c) tonal enlargements required because of the size of the present hall, which included increasing the Great Organ from four to eight stops, the Swell organ from four to seven stops and the Pedal organ from two to five stops;
(d) addition of appropriate couplers and accessories;
(e) provision of an electric blower;
(f) revoicing of all pipes.

Sources:

Photo: Simon Raine; C.Sanders

Source of quotation
“We will remember them” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders

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Names Documents:

DARLINGTON      Darlington Grammar School.  

 

  Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Darlington.  

  This tablet is erected in memory

  of old boys of this school who

  gave their lives for the cause of

  Freedom in the Second World War

  1939-1945

 

  Roll of  Honour.

  G.T. Anderson      W.J. Forster      D.L. Norwell

  G.N. Avery         T.R. Furness      F.H.B. Porter

  J. Bainbridge      A.M. Garrington   S.W. Price

  A.D. Bale          A.S. Greaves      W. Raine

  R.H. Banks         L. Green          C. Ranson

  E. Bannerman       N.D. Green        J.L. Rayner

  R.H. Barker        E. Groves         R.D. Richardson

  P.A. Batty         J.N. Hall         W.B. Richardson

  J.W. Bennett       E.R. Hamer        J.R.H. Rowe

  R. Bennett         J.R. Hamilton     F.A. Scotland

  W.N. Birkett       H. Hartley        D.A. Seller

  W.J.T. Bogg        J.W. Hinde        T.N. Shinkfield

  N. Braithwaite     A.D. Hilton       F.R. Simmons

  M. Buchanan        R.C. Hodgson      H. Slater

  R.O. Bulmer        L. Hodgson        S. Smart

  N. Burdekin        J.L. Hodgson      W. Sowerby

  G.A. Cain          A. Holmes         D.B. Stark

  H. Cambage         J.O. Jackson      G. Stewart

  R. Carr            K.W. Leonard      R.N.G. Stock

  R.J.D. Carrick     N. Liddle         J. Storey

  L. Charlton        E. Lister         G.E. Sweeney

  C. Colebrook       G.E. Lumley       K. Taylor

  A. Colling         S.J. Lupton       R.W. Taylor

  J.H. Cox           J. Lyall          I.J. Urwin

  J.N. Craddock      E.P. Maw          M.J. Veitch

  F.E. Davis         J.V. McDonald     J.A. Walker

  M. Deighton        A.D. Meynell      H.A. Walton

  A.R. Dickinson     B. Minor          F. Ward

  M. Donaldson       T. Monkhouse      M.L. Watson

  A.W. Dormand       K.W. Moore        J. Waugh

  H.B. Dougill       L.T. Morris       I. Wilks

  H. Drury           K. Murray         J.L. Wood

  G. Duns            G. Newhouse       D. Young

  C.W. Fordyce       R.W. Nicholson    L. Young

 

  We will remember them.

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Two further names were added:

  R. Hall

  J.F. Longstaff

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