Memorial
Organ 1914-18 1939-45 Royal Grammar School
Jesmond
Memorial Name: Organ 1914-18 1939-45 Royal Grammar School (J1.04)
NEWMP Ref No.: J1.04
Parish: Jesmond
Royal Grammar School, Eskdale Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne. NE2 4DX.
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
c. Post 1945
Unveiled June 1st 1923 by Major General Sir Robert A. Kerr Montgomery, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O.;
dedicated by Lord Bishop of Newcastle.
Oak panelling
Given by Sir Arthur M. Sutherland, Bart., and Lady Sutherland.
Ownership and Maintenance: Royal Grammar School
Upper plaque:
Hujus Scholae Alumni
qui pro patria decertantes
haud indecorae morti occubuerunt
A.D. MCMXIV – MCMXVIII
(These old boys
who fought for their country
lie buried in honour
AD 1914-1918)
Lower plaque:
Memorial organ
presented by
Sir Arthur Munro and Lady Sutherland
1923
Organ.
Below the pipes is a panel bearing the quotation raised in large capital letters, with two carved badges below.
There are 19 panels which bear names in a single column on each.
Below this again is the dedication.
Lettering is in gilded Roman capitals.
a. 169 surnames and initials;
b. 124 surnames and initials.
c. 2 surnames and initials
See transcript.
1. “The School Roll of Honour . . . contained the names of 1,114 past scholars and teachers, of whom 570 were officers. Of the total, 138 had paid the supreme sacrifice, 39 were mentioned in despatches, 57 gained the Military Cross; 8 the D.S.O.; 2 the D.F.C.; 2 the C.M.G.; 10 the M.M.; 2 the D.C.M., and 1 the M.S.M. In addition, three were awarded the O.B.E. and 8 gained foreign decorations”.
2. The names are carved into oak panels which clad the Memorial Organ, the heart of the school’s Main Hall. The organ was unveiled in 1923 to commemorate Old Novocastrians who were killed during the First World War. It was built with the generous funding of the then Chair of Governors, Sir Arthur Munro Sutherland. After the Second World War more names were added.
3. A detailed Roll of Service was compiled shortly after 1918, by teacher A.R. Laws. This was created from information shared with the school by Old Novos on active service and their families.
4. Before 2023, only the names of those on the Second World War Roll of Honour were known, with no additional detail on their lives or military service. Thanks to the painstaking research of Old Novo David Goldwater, the school now have far more complete details for almost all of those who fell during the 1939-1945 conflict.
5. In 2023, seventeen names not previously remembered were added to two new organ panels. They are of individuals killed in the First and Second World Wars, as well as two names post-1945. The school are grateful to their Old Novocastrian community who brought these names to their attention. The schools thanks and gratitude also goes to Old Novo David Mole, who generously funded the new hand-carved oak panels.
Photos: Tony Harding; Royal Grammar School
Illustrated Chronicle
19/10/1922 carries photo of the organ:
24/05/1923 reports proposed unveiling;
26/05/1923 has photo and proposals.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle
17/12/1919 reports prize giving at which the figures in Note 1 above were given.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
26/05/1923 reports proposed unveiling.
Shields Daily News
02/05/1923 gives notice of the proposed unveiling ceremony.
Ralph W. Gould;
F. Jeavons;
Jeremy Godwin;
Tony Harding;
Dorothy Hall
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JESMOND Royal Grammar School
Hujus Scholae Alumni
qui pro patria decertantes
haud indecorae morti occubuerunt
A.D. MCMXIV – MCMXVIII
Memorial organ
presented by
Sir Arthur Munro and Lady Sutherland
1923
Panel 1 Panel 2
Aitchison O. Bullen H.S.T.
Allan A.H. Burke W.H.
Allen P. Burn J.C.
Anderson F.W. Burton R.C.
Atkinson F.P. Buy K.E.G.
Bailes F.G. Campbell I.S.
Barnes H.S. Chapman J.C.
Bartram F. Chapman W.A.
Bastow N. Chappy A.I.
Bell W.M. Christopher R.
Blenkinsop W.M. Coull J.C.
Bookless A. Curry P.J.
Brown G.R. Curtice F.R.
Panel 3 Panel 4
Davidson R.C. Drydon N.
Davison C.M. Dunford, R.C.
Dawson W.A. Dunn A.G.
Ditchburn W. Dunn F.C.
Dixon C.J. Dyson N.R.
Dixon G. Farthing A.J.
Dixon J.G. Fletcher J.N.
Dobson S. Foggin G.W.
Dodds J.H. Fotherby R.S.
Douglas L.H. Fox C.E.
Douglas R. Futers N.R.
Douthwaite E.E. Gandy C.J.
Downie R. Gibb J.H.
Panel 5 Panel 6
Gibson G.H. Harker G.A.
Gibson J. Harker G.E.
Gilchrist F. Harrison E.
Gray J.M. Harvey W.
Green C.A. Haslam A.D.
Guthrie H. Havell E.T.
Hall C.E.R. Havell R.B.
Hall G.H. Hedley J.R.
Hall P.G. Hanson J.
Hall W.B Henderson F.
Hall W.G.D. Herbert C.S.
Hamer A.D. Hogg R.
Hanson J. Holdsworth E.
Holdsworth W.C.
Panel 7 Panel 8
Hughes J. Lunn H.C.
Hunter A.C. McArthur W.H.
Hunter A.L. Maclagan J.G.
Hunter G.D. Marks J.A.
Hunter H.T. Marks J.
Hutchinson G.D. Marks L.G.
Hutton A.D. Merson D.
Irvin T.W. Merson J.L.
Jackson H.W. Metcalf F.
Knott, R.C. Miller H.
Littlefair J.J. Milvain C.E.F.
Long A.W.E. Moffat W.D.
Longhurst R.C. Morland A.
Panel 9 Panel 10
Morrison E.F. Procter C.G.
Morton W.A. Raynes R.
Murray A.E. Richardson A.
Nesbitt F.W.R. Ridley P.R.
Olliff W. Robinson A.
Ord B.F. Robson E.W.
Park A.E. Ross J.
Paxton S.T. Routledge J.F.
Pirrie R.B. Saunders K.
Preston W. Sellers J.H.
Pringle G.B. Shackleton W.L.C.
Pritchard R.B. Shuttleworth W.M.
Pritchard W.A. Smallwood R.H.
Panel 11 Panel 12
Smith W.D. Thompson W.T.
Spencer H.J. Thwaites H.
Stephens L.H. Trimmer G.H.
Stephenson R.B. Vincent T.A.C.
Stewart M.F. Waller H.W.
Stopher F.C. Waller T.W.
Stroud H.C. Warrener G.V.
Tanner A.E. Watson N.O.
Taylor R.W. Watson R.V.
Telford H.R. West H.M.P.
Telford R.B. Wilkinson M.H.
Telford W. Wilkinson T.H.
Thompson A. Wilson J.B.
Panel 13
Wood T.C.
Woodman W.E.
Woolf B.G.
Yeaman D.J.
French N.
Panel 14 Panel 15
(Badge) Angus P.R.
Anthony J.W.
Arkless J.
Roll Armstrong A.
Atkinson M.R.
Of Atkinson R.C.
Atkinson R.
Honour Bainbridge J.H.
Beazley J.N.
1939-1947 Bell D.M.M.
Bell J.B.T.
Bonell J.M.
Blair L.
Burman T.H.
Casebourne R.W.S.
Chalder H.H.
Clapperton J.D.
Clarke E.W.
Panel 16 Panel 17
Cowley G. Grundy T.A.
Cowley R.A. Guthrie J.R.
Craggs R.G. Hackett E.T.
Craig H. Hanafy J.T.
Crossling I.P. Hardie A.D.
Cusworth F.H. Harper J.A.
Dees E.L. Henderson P.
Dick P. Hepher G.
Dowse B.J. Herbert D.W.
Dunn J. Hill W.
Ellis J.T. Hopper P.N.
Evans R.E. Howie W.A.R.
Fenwick T.E. Hudson N.J.
Gale C. Hughes R.
Galloway J. Irving H.
Gibbs A.E. Keenleyside W.S.
Gibson D. Keys K.
Grey J.F. King J.B.
Kinghorn D.G.
Panel 18 Panel 19
Kinnear G.K. Parrack, J.F.
Kirsopp F.O. Pattison, D.V.
Leete P.H. Plate1, F.V.
Leete W.H. Pashley, J.N.
Lindsay, D.D. Phillips R.B.
Lupton, C.P. Pigg, O. St.J.
Mann, A.B. Prest, G.A.
Mares, J. Pybus K.G.
Marr, L. Reay, P.H.
McGarrow, H.B. Reynolds G.E.
Mole, K. Richardson, A.L.
Moyes, G. Richardson, D.C.
Murray A. Robertson H.J.T.D.
Neill L. Robinson K.A.
Nisbet M. Robson E.
Odhams B.E.L. Rochester P.W.
Onsorge S.J. Rogers D.A.
Parker O. Rogers J.A.
Panel 20 Panel 21
Rood S.C. Bolam K.C.
Seymour C.M. Payne H.
Smith H.S. Proctor T.
Spence I.P. Smith H.L.
Stephenson G.N. Chicken G.C.
Swann I.C. Young A.J.F.
Thompson C.A.W. Hodkinson, H.D.
Vine H.B. Bell J.R.
Walker S.
Walton P.C.
Ward K.N.
Watkins A.S.
Watson E.H.
Watson N.
Whitton K.W.
Wilkin R.G.
Wrightson J.S.
New Panel added 2024
1914-1919 Panel 22
Kent G.
Mackenzie B.M.S.
Parmeter A.P.
Parmeter F.R.B.
Pritchard W.A.
Robinson G.
Shehata S.M.
New Panel added 2024
1939-1945 Panel 23
Askew J.R.
Marshall C.B.
Robinson B.V.
Robinson K.A.
Stringer D.
Waggott H.
Walker G.H.
Walker E.A.
1945-
Hoare P.M.
Young G.M.
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