Triptych 1914-18 School

Forest in Teesdale School

St. James the Less Church Langdon Beck

1914-18

26th November 1920 by Mr. R.W. Raine, J.P.

Oak

Mrs. Gill and the late Mr. Gill.

£16

Concerts given by schoolchildren, plus Mr. and Mrs. Gill.

Fine Arts Publishing Company

To the Memory
of
the old scholars of Forest School
Who Sacrificed their lives in the
Great War
and also those that fought in the same

“They have fought the good fight
righteously in the cavse of
hvmanity that
honovr might live”

Triptych of popular design with pedimented top 42 inches high (107cms).

The centre glass panel bears a painting, entitled “Remembrance”, showing a young lady near a gravestone, with foliage round her feet and the quotation to the left.

The doors are 35 inches high (89cms) and carry the names in a single column on the inside of each door which remains open.

1. The building had been a district meeting hall before it became a school so the memorial had to be moved from the main room to being placed above the door in a small hallway.

2. Other examples of this picture can be seen at Felton F14.04 and Boulmer B49.03 in Northumberland.

3. The prime movers in obtaining a memorial for the school were Mr. and Mrs. Gill, who were teachers. Mr. Gill died 15 days before the unveiling of the memorial. (Fuller report by Harry Beadle in book mentioned below)

4. The book “The Life and Death of a Community” gives a list of names with full Christian names.

Photos: C. Sanders; James Pasby

Auckland and County Chronicle
02/12/1920 reports unveiling.

Darlington and Stockton Times
27/11/1920 reports placing memorial in school room;
04/12/1920 reports unveiling.

Teesdale Mercury
01/12/1920 reports unveiling.

Dales Diary – unidentified newspaper –
carries an article about the memorial.

The Life and Death of a Community: Harwood in Teesdale John Robinson, 1999.

Source of quotation:
“They have fought the good fight” 2 Timothy 4 v 7 incorporated with the rest of the wording.

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
Jim Sewell;
David Charlesworth;
Dorothy Hall

If you are researching this memorial please contact 2014@newmp.org.uk