Memorial

Roll of Honour 1914-18 1939-45 Henry Smith Grammar School

Hartlepool

Memorial Name: Roll of Honour 1914-18 1939-45 Henry Smith Grammar School (H115.08)

NEWMP Ref No.: H115.08

Parish: Hartlepool

Original Location:

Henry Smith’s Grammar School, Friar Terrace, on the Headland.

Transferred to Henry Smith Comprehensive School in 1978.

Now in the School Hall.

Present Location:

St Hild’s Church of England School

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

a. Unveiled 2nd October 1920 by Col. Pearson, C.B.E., former scholar.

Materials Used:

Oak and brass

How Money was Raised:

Public subscription.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Mr. P.B. Bennison, A.R.C.A. of Hartlepool

Inscription:

a.
Erected by Old
Scholars to the
memory of their
school fellows
who fell in the
Great War
1914 – 1918
In memoriam.

b.
1939-1945

Memorial Description:

Panels 80 inches high x 54 inches wide (230cms x 137cms) in total.

The elaborate carved top features a shield bearing a cross with rampant lions in the quarters surrounded by traceried leaves.

Below this is carved the Latin phrase “Mens Sana in Corpore Sano” (A healthy mind in a healthy body).

At each side of the main panel is a tall torch.

All carving is in half relief.

The central panel is surmounted by a school crest with visor on top with the dedication below this is in elaborate lettering.

On either side is a brass plaque 36 inches high x 10 inches wide (914 mm x 254 mm) bearing the names in a single column on each using Times Roman upper case lettering

Below all three is another panel on which the words “In memoriam” are carved in capitals.

On each side of the main panel, added later, there are two more panels, each bearing two brass plaques 26 inches high x 10 inches wide (660 mm x 254 mm), with the dates “1939” and “1945” carved into the cross pieces.

The names are in a single column on each.

Lettering on all brass plaques is Roman capitals.

Names:

a. 36 surnames and initials
b. 54 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. Mr. Bennison, who designed the memorial, had been the school art master.

2. This had been two different schools on the same site, run by the Roman Catholics and the Church of England. The name was changed to unite them under one roof.

3. Henry Smith School in King Oswy Drive closed in 2001 before reopening as St Hild’s Church of England School. St Hild’s moved to a new site still on King Oswy Road and moved the Memorial with them.

Sources:

Photos: C. Sanders; Simon Raine

Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
29/03/1920 reports proposals;
04/10/1920 reports unveiling.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders

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Names Documents:

HARTLEPOOL      Henry Smith’s Comprehensive School

 

 

Centre top panel

  T. Allison                           J.E. Hunter

  N. Atchison                          J. Lomasney

  R. Bainbridge                        T. Luke

  W. Bates                             J. Luxmore

  H. Boulton      Erected by Old       G. Lynch               

  W.A. Bradley    Scholars to the      H. Needham         

  E. Brewer       memory of their      F. Potts               

  C. Burch        school fellows       M. Procter            

  F.C. Bull       who fell in the      G. Rivers                  

  T. Buttery      Great War            J.R. Robson            

  E. Champness    1914 – 1919          A. Shute                  

  J.E. Cook                            W. Sparke            

  P. Cook                              W. Spence            

  C. Farrow                            R. Vasey               

  M. Gibson                            J.H. Walker         

  C. Greathead                         G. Webber         

  J. Holroyd                           J. Wilson            

  F. Hunter                            W. Young         

                  In memoriam  

 ————————————————————-

Left panel                        Right panel

            1939-1945                         1939-1945

  J.W. Bocca    D. Hastings         G. Martin       G.E. Sheader

  T.W. Boynton  J. Hastings         J.T. Marwood    J.T. Simpson   

  F.G.G. Brown  C. Hamilton         E. Mitchell     J. Spence

  G. Cassie     W. Henderson        W.A. Peacock    J. Staunch   

  D. Clements   V. Holden           G. Peart        A.C. Stewart   

  R. Close      A. Hoole            T.W. Ramsay     W.E. Stewart

  J. Coward     T. Hunter           K. Raper        E. Stoves   

  F.M. Craggs   E. Jackson          C. Richardson   L. Valentine

  W.R. Everett  M. Kirkup           H. Richardson   A. Walters

  J.W. Fenny    F.O. Kitching       E.A. Ringwood   W. Ward

  S. Fleet      A. Laverick         J.C. Ritchie    E. Wiffen

  W. Foster     F. Lewis            D. Robson       F. Windebank

  H. Gilfoyle   A.E. Lightfoot      W.E. Rose       R.E. Wright

  T. Greener    G. Lister            

NamesH115.08   

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