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Roll of Honour 1914-16 Bill Quay School

Reference

B119.02

Place

BILL QUAY

Original Location

Bill Quay School

Memorial Description

Roll of Honour. This is a list of names of former pupils who signed up in 1914. It is not sure whether this list is complete.

Names

Notes

1. “The Belgian Consul has acknowledged with thanks a contribution of £1 11s from the senior scholars of Bill Quay School, towards the Belgian Relief Fund.”

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Heslop’s Local Advertiser 13/11/1914; 18/12/1914; 22/01/1915; 12/02/1915; 16/07/1915 all carry lists and additional names

Heslop’s Local Advertiser 18/12/1914 also carries the information about the Belgian Relief Fund in Note 1 above.

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Research acknowledgements

Dorothy Hall

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Roll of Honour 1914-16 Bill Quay School (B119.02)

 
BILL QUAY	 School

    
Heslop’s Local Advertiser 16/10/1914 reports:

    
The following names have been received for the 
Bill Quay School Roll of Honour being old pupils 
who have joined the Army.

    
   W.H. Mills (wounded),  Thos. Irving,
   Wm. Brimer,            Jno. Irving,
   R. Botcherby,          Jno. Kennedy,
   Thos. Beattie,         Robt. Knox,
   John Beeston,          Wm. Langston,
   Robt. Burns,           Joe Langston,
   Jno. Browell,          Fred Mills,
   Jas. Browell,          Dan McKay,
   James Coates,          Robt. Moseby,
   George Coates,         Mariner Melville,
   Clayton Corbett,       Timothy Murray,
   Selby Cain,            Jno. Noble,
   John Cain,             Tom Nesbitt,
   John Dixon,            Robt. Patterson,
   Walter Doughty,        Len Potts,
   Harold Doughty,        Jno. Plews,
   Robt. Davison,         Ernest Percy,
   Wm. Dunnett,           Wm. McGee,
   Geo. Dunnett,          John Robinson,
   Wm. Dalton,            John Simpson
   Chris Ellison,         Fred Skimings,
   John Feetham,          Robert Smith,
   Joe Fenwick,           Tom Smith,
   John Gault,            Ernest Swinburne,
   Thos. Gooding,         Percy W. Scott,
   James Gooding,         John Wilson,
   George Gunn,           Joseph Wilson,
   Sam Gault,             Robt Wilson,
   Chas. Hutton,          Jno. W. Wells,
   Geo. Hedley,           T. Wilson,
   Jos. Hedley,           Albert Byron,
   Thos. Hall,            Benj. Errington,
   Thos. Ions,            Harold Boyd.
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Heslop’s Local Advertiser 13/11/1914 reports the 
following names added to 108 already received.

    
   Anderson, George M.    Hartley, Frank
   Boutland, Jno.         Hazleby, Lionel
   Barker, Tom            Hunter, Rhys D.
   Burn, Wm.              Holdsworth, J.
   Burn, Chas.            Johnston, H.
   Batey, Robt.           James, Tom.
   Burn, Joseph           Langston, Geo.
   Bates, Joseph          McDougall. Geo.
   Cassy, Wm.             Mills, Walter
   Davidson, Robt.        Oakes, James
   Davis, Wm.             Ridley, Wm.
   Dickie, Robt.          Smith, Chas.
   Douglas, Tom.          Sanderson, Wm.
   Easton, Wm.            Sibbald, Jas.
   Embleton, Wm.          Southern, Ralph
   Forster, Wm.           Stafford, John E.
   Fenwick, Fred.         Taylor, Wm
   Fittes, Alfred         Thompson, Robt.
   Grundy, William        Thompson, Joe.
   Gulliver, Chas.        Wynn, Chas. 
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The 18/12/1914 edition lists the following, saying 
that 140 names had now been received.

    
   Bell, Wm.              James, Thos.
   Burns, Ferguson        Johnson, Harry
   Chisholm, Robt.        Kerss, John D.
   Clough, John           Knaggs, Fred.
   Cowell, Wm.            Lewis, Wm.
   Davison, David         Lewis, Wm.Ed.
   Dowd, Edward           Liddle, Thos.
   Feetham, Ernest        Maddison, Wm.
   Feetham, John          Nesbitt, Ernest
   Felton, Wm.            Noble, Mansfield
   Forster, Wm.           Punton, Wm.
   Goldsworthy, Jno.      Robson, Geo.
   Gooding, Wm.           Swinburne, Fred.
   Griffiths, Harry       Taylor, Wm
   Hartley, Fred.         Wilson, Robt.
   Hutchinson, Jos.       Wright, Wm.

    
   This article also reports the death of George Stephenson. 
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The 22/1/1915 edition contains the following lists, 
saying that over 200 names had now been received.

    
   Atkinson, Andrew       Holmes, Jno.W.
   Atkinson, Hugh         Holdsworth, J.W.
   Byron, Albert          Hilton, Jno.
   Byron, Albert          Hilton, Thos.
   Bell, Wm.              Johnson, Geo.
   Bramwell, Thos.        James, Thos.
   Botcherby, Ralph       Lowes, Robert
   Clayton, Ellis         Lewis, Wm.
   Chaters, Ben           Mather, Wm.
   Croudace, Robt.        McWilliams, Peter
   Carlaw, Thos.          Prince, Wm.
   Dalton, Wm.            Pearson, James
   Denney, Ernest         Rennison, Wm.
   Duncan, Ralph             (commission)
   Felton, Jos. Wm.       Robson, Robt.
   Foster, Frank          Riseborough, Sam.
   Felton, Wm.            Soulsby, Jno.
   Graham, Wm.            Short, Wm.
   Gibson, Robert         Stott, Jno. E.
   Gray, Henry            Stephenson, Thos.
   Griffiths, Hy.         Wright, Robt.
   Heslop, Ralph          West, Wm.
   Hedley, Geo.           Welch, John
   Hodgson, Chas.         Weallans, Andrew
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The 12/2/1915 edition includes the following:

    
   Atkinson, Hugh         Hall, Wm.
   Bell, John             Hall, G.
   Clark, J.W.            Johnson, G.
   Curry, J.W.            Knight, Tom
   Chaters, Jno.          Lowes, R.
   Chaters, Ben.          Lewis, Wm.E.
   Chaters, Richard       Oakes, Jas.
   Carrick, Wm.           Pearson, James
   Carrick, Tom           Pearson, Wm.
   Chisholm, Robt.        Rodgers, A.
   Cairns, Alex.          Swinburne, Jas.
   Dalton, Wm.            Stirling, Wm.
   Ellison, Jno.          Simpson, John H.
   Fernie, Jas.           Stout, Wm.
   Foster, Frank          Soulsby, Wm.
   Gage, Jno. H.          Todd, James
   Graham, Wm.            Wilson, T.W.
   Gilchrist, Robt.       Wood, R.
   Hilton, T.             Wood, Walter
   Hunter, Andrew.

    
It also states the death of:
   Hartley, Arthur (drowned in H.M.S. Viknor)
The following were wounded:
   Botcherby, R.
   Soulsby, J.
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The 16/7/1915 edition reports
   “There are now 270 names on the Bill Quay School Roll of Honour, 
   three of whom have obtained commissions, viz.  John E. Stafford, 
   Wm. Rennison and Joseph Thompson.
NamesB119.02	 

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