Memorial

Bible and Lectern 1939-45 Grammar School

Bedlington

Memorial Name: Bible and Lectern 1939-45 Grammar School (B15.13)

NEWMP Ref No.: B15.13

Parish: Bedlington

Original Location:

Bedlington Grammar School.

Present Location:

Bedlington High School

Which War:

1939-1945

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Presented to the School in November 1951

Materials Used:

Paper

How Money was Raised:

Grammar School Old Students’ Association

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Gilbert Richards, Senior Master.

Ownership and Maintenance: Bedlington High School.

Inscription:

Bedlington Grammar School
1939-1945
Roll of Honour
“At the going down of the Sun
and in the morning
we will remember them”

Memorial Description:

Family Bible with an embossed front and brass ornamentation and clasp.

The flyleaf has been inscribed with the names of those from Bedlington Grammar School who died.

The lettering is handwritten in copperplate, with a delicate patterned border.

The names are in two columns, handwritten in black ink with the initials, title and quotation in red.

The lectern was also part of the memorial.

Names:

35 full names, of whom one was a teacher.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The Bible was restored by the Headmaster.

2. There is an annual Remembrance Service, attended by Sixth-formers, at which the names on this Roll are read out.

Sources:

Photos: J. Brown

Morpeth Herald
23/11/1951 reports dedication.

Source of quotation
“At the going down of the sun . . .” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Mrs. Wheallans (Bedlington High School);
Janet Brown

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Names Documents:

BEDLINGTON,  High School.     

 

  BEDLINGTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL

  1939-1945

  ROLL OF HONOUR

 

  Atchison, Thomas T.       Hunter, John.

  Armstrong, Chester.       Johnstone, John E.

  Bell, Robert.             Morrall, George.

  Bentley, Sidney.          Newman, Vincent.

  Brown, George W.          Nichol, James.

  Bryson, James.            Orange, William.

  Carr, W. Leslie.          Patterson, John.

  Cleminson, Owen F.        Potts, James R.

  Cogbill, Arthur J.        Reid, Andrew.

  Freeman, Leslie.          Robinson, Richard.

  Fuller, John.             Shield, Norman.

  Halbert, Billy.           Simpson, Leslie G.

  Herdman, Roy M.           Smith, Newton.

  Henderson, George.        Tate, Ernest W.

  Hollingsworth, Anthony H. Tebble, George G.

  Horn, Robert B.           Todd, Brian.

  Masland, John.            Christie, Raymond.

  Stevens, R. Robert.

 

  “At the going down of the sun

   And in the morning

   We will remember them”

NamesB15.13

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