Memorial

Display boards School 1914-18 Roadside

Branxton

Memorial Name: Display boards School 1914-18 Roadside (B56.06)

NEWMP Ref No.: B56.06

Parish: Branxton

Original Location:

In a small cul-de-sac on the main street through the village.

Which War:

1914-18

Materials Used:

Wood frame with glazed tops.

Who Commissioned:

Branxton Parish Council

Ownership and Maintenance: Branxton Parish Council

Inscription:

Branxton School
1914-1919
Old scholars who served in the Great War.

Memorial Description:

Two sloping display boards with rough wood stands and glass tops, approx. 42 inches high, each standing in a separate bed of gravel.

The left hand display contains the names of the people who attended the school and served in the Great War.

The names are in three columns, all lettering is in sans serif capitals.

The right hand frame gives brief details of each of those who were killed, plus brief details of certain actions and cemeteries where the men fell.

Names:

8 names of those who fell.
45 names of those who served.
See transcript

Sources:

Photos: J. Brown; Robert Preston

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

J. Brown
Robert Preston

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Names Documents:

 Branxton School

 — 1914 – 1919 –

 Old Scholars who served in the Great War

 ———————————————————

 Killed                Gallon Richard          Rankin George

 Ainsley John          Harmiston Andrew        Rankin William

 Ewart John            Moffatt Robert          Rankin Andrew

 Gallon James          Moffatt Thomas          Rankin David

 Jamieson John         Moffatt Thomas          Rankin John

 Nesbitt William       Mole John               Rankin Thomas

 Patterson Joseph      Mole Alexander          Rankin Frank

 Pringle Percy         Moscrop Edward          Rankin Robert

 Wood Thomas           Patterson William       Smith Robert

                       Patterson Thomas        Swan Robert

                       Patterson James         Scott James    

                       Patterson Charles       Scott Samuel

 Ainsley Robert        Patterson George        Scott John

 Ainsley George        Patterson Henry         Taylor William

 Bayliff Edgar A       Patterson Thomas        Tait Andrew

 Collins William       Patterson James         Tait Thomas

 Fairnington James     Patterson William       White Robert

 Fairnington Robert E. Patterson Stephen       Younger Adam

 Fairnington Andrew    Pringle Richard         Younger Joseph

  These names appeared on a plaque in Branxton School which closed in 1965.   

NamesB56.06   

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