Memorial

Roll of Honour 1939-45 Royal Grammar School

Jesmond

Memorial Name: Roll of Honour 1939-45 Royal Grammar School (J1.18)

NEWMP Ref No.: J1.18

Parish: Jesmond

Original Location:

Royal Grammar School, Eskdale Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle upon. Tyne NE2 4DX.

Which War:

1939-45

Materials Used:

Paper

Ownership and Maintenance: Royal Grammar School

Inscription:

Royal Grammar School
Roll of Honour 1939-1947
(Names)
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

Memorial Description:

Roll of Honour.

In top two corners is the school badge, with the name of the school and the words “Roll of Honour” beneath.

At the bottom is a shadowed frame bearing the quotation in italics.

The names are listed in four columns, printed using Roman capitals throughout.

Names:

112 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. On the copy sent to the project, one of the names has been crossed out, whilst another has been crossed out with query marks beside it.

2. In the Penrith Methodist Church Hall, Wordsworth Street (Cumbria) is a plaque recording the stay there of the pupils from R.G.S. as evacuees in 1939-45.

3. The name Howe, W.A.R. should be Howie, W.A.R.

External Links:

History of the Grammar School.

Sources:

Copy of the Roll.

Source of quotation
 “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” (It is a sweet and noble thing to die for one’s country) Horace, Odes Book 3, No.2, 1.13 .

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Brian Mains, (R.G.S.);
Muriel Sobo;
Tony Harding

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Names Documents:

JESMOND   Royal Grammar School

 

  Royal Grammar School

  Roll of Honour 1939-1947

 

  Angus P.R.        Gale C.          Lindsay D.D.       Robson E.

  Anthony J.W.      Galloway J.      Lupton C.P.        Rochester R.W.

  Arkless J.        Gibbs A.E.       Mann A.B.          Rogers D.A.

  Armstrong A.      Gibson D.        Mares J.           Rogers J.A.

  Arkinson R.C.     Grey J.F.        Marr L.            Rood S.C.

  Atkinson R.       Grundy T.A.      McGarrow H.B.      Seymour C.M.

  Bainbridge J.H.   Guthrie J.R.     Mole K.            Smith H.S.

  Beazley J.N.      Hackett E.T.     Moyes G.           Spence J.P.

  Bell D.M.M.       Hanafy J.T.      Murray A.          Stephenson G.N.

  Bonnell J.M.      Hardie A.D.      Neill E.           Swann I.C.

  Blair L.          Harper J.A.      Nisbet M.          Thompson C.A.W.

  Burman T.H.       Henderson P.     Odhams B.E.L.      Vine H.B.

  Casebourne R.W.S. Hepher G.        Onsorge S.J.       Walker S.*

  Chalder H.H.      Herbert D.W.     Parker O.          Walton R.C.

  Clapperton J.D.   Hill W.          Parrack J.F.       Ward K.N.

  Clarke E.W.       Hopper P.N.      Pattison D.V.      Watkins A.S.

  Cowley G.         Howe W.A.R.      Platel F.V.        Watson E.H.

  Cowley R.A.       Hudson N.J.      Pashley J.N.       Watson N.

  Craggs R.G.       Hughes R.        Phillips R.B.      Whitton K.W.

  Craig H.          Irving H.        Pigg O. St.J.      Wilkin R.G.

  Crossling P.H.    Keenleyside W.S. Prest G.A.         Wrightson J.S.

  Dees E.L.         Keys K.          Pybus K.G.         Bolam K.C.

  Dick P.           King J.B.        Reay P.H.          Payne H.

  Dowse B.J.        Kinghorn D.G.    Reynolds G.E.      Proctor T.

  Dunn J.           Kinnear G.K. +   Richardson A.L.    Smith H.L.

  Ellis J.T.        Kirsopp F.O.     Richardson D.C.    Chicken G.C.

  Evans R.E.        Leete P.H.       Robertson H.J.T.D. Young A.J.F.

  Fenwick T.E.      Leete W.H.       Robinson K.A.      Hodgkinson H.D.

 

  Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

 

  *This item is crossed out with query marks beside it.

  + This name has been deleted altogether

NamesJ1.18         

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