Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Secondary School
Reference
S138.33
Place
STOCKTON ON TEES
Map ref
4219
Original Location
Secondary school became the Grammar School.
Present Location
Transferred to new academy building in the same grounds Easter 2016
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled on January 28 1921 by Major General Sir Percival Wilkinson KCMG CB., commanding 50th (Northumbrian) Division.
Memorial Description
Plaque of classical design, 7 feet 7 inches high x 6 feet 9 inches wide, with pilasters at each side. A plain horizontal panel at the top bears the dedication. A similar brass plaque at the bottom carries a quotation. At the very bottom is the school badge raised in half relief inside a laurel wreath. The central part is divided into three glass-fronted panels, each 3 feet 9 inches high x 1 foot 6 inches wide, each of which is decorated by a border of flowers in gold, symbolic of manhood. The lettering on the dedication and panels is hand written in gold, on a blue background, using sans serif capitals, the colours signifying “Eternity”, “Faith” and “Fidelity”. The brass plaque is inscribed in Roman capitals.
Materials used
Oak with brass and glass.
Inscription
Ye shall remember with humble thankfulness the Great / Sacrifice of the following old boys of this school / who went forth on the side of honour and right in / the Great War 1914 - 1918, and who came not home again.
"Nothing is here for tears Nothing to wail / or knock the breast; No weakness, No contempt, / Dispraise or blame; Nothing but well and fair / and what may quiet us in a death so noble."
This memorial was erected / by the old Stocktonians / and was unveiled on / Jan 28 1921 / by / Major General / Sir Percival Wilkinson / KCMG CB
"Nothing is here for tears Nothing to wail / or knock the breast; No weakness, No contempt, / Dispraise or blame; Nothing but well and fair / and what may quiet us in a death so noble."
This memorial was erected / by the old Stocktonians / and was unveiled on / Jan 28 1921 / by / Major General / Sir Percival Wilkinson / KCMG CB
Names
Who commissioned
Old Boys’ Association also referred to as Old Stocktonians.
Notes
1. When first unveiled the plaque had an elaborate top which has since been removed. It bore the Binyon verse “They shall not grow old . . .”
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders; Keith Rowling
Northern Echo 29/01/1921 reports unveiling.
Darlington & Stockton Times 29/01/1921 reports unveiling.
Stockton and Teesside Herald 27/01/1921
Source of quotation
“Nothing is here for tears . . .” Samson Agonistes - line 1721 John Milton.
Northern Echo 29/01/1921 reports unveiling.
Darlington & Stockton Times 29/01/1921 reports unveiling.
Stockton and Teesside Herald 27/01/1921
Source of quotation
“Nothing is here for tears . . .” Samson Agonistes - line 1721 John Milton.
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Additional Research documents (click to download)
Research acknowledgements
C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; Keith Rowling
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1914-18 Secondary School (S138.33)
STOCKTON ON TEES Grangefield School
This Binyon poem was on original plaque but removed.
They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
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Ye shall remember with humble thankfulness the Great
Sacrifice of the following old boys of this school
who went forth on the side of honour and right in
the Great War 1914 - 1918, and who came not home again.
C.E. Appleby W.W. Green T. O’Grady
B. Bainbridge E. Hadaway A. Ostle
G. Baker W.B. Hansell H. Pearson
H. Batty G. Harper C. Peckston
C.H. Bishop R.J. Harris L. Raines
G. Blakey A.E. Hauxwell R.N. Raper
W. Brown L. Hind G.H. Redhead
T. Brownrigg J. Ingledew R. Reeves
R. Clews W. Inglis A.S. Robson
R Crookston E. Jackson R. Shipley
G.H. Cummings A. Jewitt W. Short
F. Cummings V. Jobling J. Smith
A. Cussons G Jones G.B. Snowdon
W. Denham A. Kidd E. Stephenson
H. Dickinson J. Kilpatrick A.E. Trenholm
D. Donkin G.S. Lax W. Tyreman
D.C. Doughty J. Leader V. Verrill
R.T. Doughty E. Lee W.A. Walker
N. Dowse L. Lewis J.W. Wallace
F.I. Dring W. Lonsdale B. Watson
V. Gibson W. Matthews T Weatherell
C. Gooding T. Maxwell W. Winn
I.E. Grant W. Murray A.H. Wood
"Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail
or knock the breast; no weakness, no contempt,
dispraise or blame; nothing but well and fair
and what may quiet us in a death so noble."
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Separate plaque
This memorial was erected
by the old Stocktonians
and was unveiled on
Jan 28 1921
by Major General
Sir Percival Wilkinson
KCMG CB
NamesS138.33
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