Memorial

Plaque Former pupils 1914-18 St. John CofE School

Darlington

Memorial Name: Plaque Former pupils 1914-18 St. John CofE School (D40.049)

NEWMP Ref No.: D40.049

Parish: Darlington

Original Location:

St. John’s Church of England School, Yarm Road.

North end of large classroom.

Present Location:

Now in St John’s School, Fenby Avenue, Darlington.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 12th May 1923 by Lieut. Col. Fisher;
dedicated by Rev. A.S. Thompson.

Materials Used:

Brass with oak frame.

How Money was Raised:

Public subscription

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

NESF Co. Ltd.

Inscription:

To the glory of God
and in
Honoured Memory of the Old Boys from this school
who sacrificed their Lives in the Great War 1914-1918.

Rest eternal grant them O Lord.

Memorial Description:

Plaque 20 inches high x 30 inches wide (51cms x 76cms).

It is set in an oak frame 39 inches high x 42 inches wide (99cms x 106cms) of classical design.

In the pediment is a laurel wreath raised in half relief.

The main plaque has pillars incised at the sides and a laurel wreath in each top corner.

The main panel is subdivided by a plain black single line border round three panels, each of which bears a list of names in two columns.

Lettering is in Roman capitals for the dedication and sans serif capitals for the names.

There are some red initials in the dedication, otherwise all are blackened or gilded.

Names:

119 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. Photographs of the memorial were presented by little Miss Mollie Broughton to the principals in the ceremony.

2. From the school, about 500 old boys served, of whom 120 died.

3. The memorial was created largely on the initiative of Mr. J. Broughton, who was headmaster at the school for 38 years.

4. The Committee had readily agreed to Mr. Broughton’s suggestion not to place the rank of the men on the memorial, because, “whatever their distinction in that respect, they were ‘all my lads’ “.

Sources:

Photo: Simon Raine; C. Sanders; Anthony Magrys

Darlington and Stockton Times
19/05/1923 reports unveiling;
06/06/2014 reports them being brought out of storage for cleaning and placing in the church.

Northern Dispatch
09/05/1923 page 5

Northern Echo
09/05/1923 reports proposed unveiling;
14/05/1923 reports unveiling.

The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101

Source of quotation:
“Rest eternal grant them . . .” Mass for the Dead.

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
Dorothy Hall;
Anthony Magrys

Research In Progress:

Stephen Nicholson is researching the names on this memorial

Contact: nicholson_stephen2@sky.com

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Names Documents:

DARLINGTON  St. John’s Church of England School

 

These names have not been checked against a photo or the original.

Centre top

  To the glory of God

  and in

  Honoured Memory of the Old Boys from this school

  who sacrificed their Lives in the Great War 1914-1918.

—————————————————

Left hand panel   

  Alderson C.       Craggs J.T.      

  Angus Wallace     Croft W.R.       

  Archer L.R.       Curry B.W.       

  Archbold W.H.     Davey A.W.             

  Ascough H.R.      Davey T.E.       

  Atkinson G.W.F.   Davies T.W.      

  Atkinson W.       Davison J.       

  Ayre Claude       Davison C.       

  Baynes Fred       Dawson J.A.      

  Broadwith H.G.    Dawson T.V.      

  Bland H.P.        Dawson A.L.      

  Boyd G.W.         Dixon J.T.       

  Brock A.L.        Dobson R.W.      

  Burnip Wilf.      Dodsworth J.W.          

  Charlton T.       Dyson G.B.       

  Clarke A.         Earle J.W.       

  Cockfield J.H.    Etherington T.   

  Cockfield J.T.    Foster G.W.      

  Collinson F.      Foxton L.N.      

  Craggs R.H.       Gales M.H.                                           

—————————————————

Centre panel  

  Gardiner J.       Johnson R.       

  Gay Arthur        Kettlewell F.    

  Golding F.        Kipling F.       

  Hall Fred         Kirton T.D.

  Henderson A.      Lambert G.H.     

  Hepper A.F.       Lambert S.       

  Heslop A.         Layfield J.H.    

  Hetherington H.   Lee Robbie B.    

  Hewett H.         Longbottom R.    

  Hodgson W.        Longstaff B.     

  Horton W.         Lowcock B.       

  Hutchinson H.W.   Lucas William    

  Hughes J.W.       McGlesson T.     

  Iliffe Thos.      McLardy H.

  Jackson P.        Metcalfe G.?T.   

  Jacques J.        Middleton O.T.   

  Jacques R.        Miller W.        

  Johnson W.        Moncaster F.A.   

  Johnson T.        Monroe W.        

—————————————————

Right hand panel

  Moore Walter      Taylor H.

  Mutimer R.        Taylor H.T.

  Nesbitt R.W.      Thomas W.

  Patterson R.H.    Thompson A.

  Pearson A.G.      Thompson G.B.

  Pearson T.        Tolson P.

  Quincey Alf       Toole W.E.

  Raine Arthur      Wade Samuel

  Riddle R.G.       Walton H.

  Ridley J.G.       Watson J.

  Roach James       Weakner A.

  Robinson J.W.     Welburn J.

  Sanderson A.      Welburn W.

  Sanderson J.W.    Whitfield C.W.

  Sandwick J.       Wilson J.W.

  Sharp Fred        Wilson J.T.

  Smurthwaite W.    Wilson R.

  Spence G.         Yates Walter

  Stewart A.        Staff

  Swan Robert       Howell A.

  Rest eternal grant them O Lord.

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