Memorial

Roll of Honour 1939-45 Grammar School

Chester le Street

Memorial Name: Roll of Honour 1939-45 Grammar School (C105.39)

NEWMP Ref No.: C105.39

Parish: Chester le Street

Original Location:

Chester le Street Grammar School, now Park View School, Church Chare.

Which War:

1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 30th October 1948 by Mr. T. Haughan, former student 1923-32.

Who Commissioned:

Old Students’ Association

Ownership and Maintenance: The memorials were handed to the Headmaster of the School for use in the school.

Inscription:

On the Bible flyleaf:
This Bible
Reading Desk
and accompanying Chairs
were placed in the School Hall
by the
Old Students’ Association
of the
Chester le Street
Grammar School
in Memory
of the Old Boys who died
in the World War
1939-1945

Memorial Description:

Bible, reading desk and chairs.

Names:

32 full names and years at school.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. A memorial service was held in the school hall on October 30th 1948 in commemoration of students killed.

2. The Service of Dedication was conducted by two vicars who were both former pupils at the school: Rev. Bell (1927- 1934) and Rev. Fred Wilson (1924-1928).

3. A list of names was published in 1947 so that people could add to or amend it.

Sources:

Photos: Dorothy Hall

Additional Research Documents

C105.39 Unveiling Programme 1948

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Research Acknowledgements:

Dorothy Hall

Research In Progress:

James Pasby is researching the WW2 names on this memorial

Contact: james@newmp.org.uk

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Names Documents:

Chester le Street Grammar School

On the Bible flyleaf:

  This Bible

  Reading Desk

  and accompanying Chairs

  were placed in the School Hall

  by the

  Old Students’ Association

  of the

  Chester le Street

  Grammar School

  in Memory

  of the Old Boys who died

  in the World War

  1939-1945

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Inside the Bible:

  Roll of Honour 1939-1945

  Adamson, Thomas              1928-1932

  Armin, Arthur M.             1931-1935

  Armstrong, Adam R            1931-1935

  Atkinson, Robert             1924-1929

  Baxter, Sidney               1927-1932

  Brennan, Kevin B.            1932-1937

  Clarke, Donald O.            1934-1939

  Colville, Fred               1931-1936

  Dowlen, Norman F.            1924-1928

  Ellery, Thomas W.            1927-1932

  Exley, George                1932-1934

  Forster, William             1935-1939

  Frost, George                1930-1935

  Goldstraw, Henry J.          1924-1929

  Hedley, John W.              1931-1935

  Heatherington, George Dennis 1934-1939

  Hollingsworth, William       1923-1930

  Hogarth, Thompson            1934-1935

  Leighton, William            1924-1928

  McGowan, Granville           1925-1927

  Nixon, Francis N.            1936-1940

  Padden, Gerald T.            1934-1940

  Rutherford, Richard          1929-1936

  Shaw, Joseph Leslie          1933-1938

  Surtees, Robert              1933-1938

  Trotter, John                1932-1937

  Thorpe, Charles W.           1933-1937

  Walker, Thomas W.            1931-1936

  Watson, John G.              1931-1936

  Watson, Jack                 1932-1938

  Watson, Arthur W.            1933-1938

  Wrangham, John               1925-1931

NamesC105.38

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