Memorial

Roll of Honour 1939-45 Grammar School

Gosforth

Memorial Name: Roll of Honour 1939-45 Grammar School (G9.02)

NEWMP Ref No.: G9.02

Parish: Gosforth

Original Location:

Gosforth Grammar School, Knightsbridge.

Past Location:

Later Middle School and High School

Present Location:

Gosforth Academy, in the main hall

Which War:

1939-45

Materials Used:

Metal on wood base.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

E.H. Thew Ltd., Dean Street, Newcastle.

Inscription:

Roll of honour
1939 (badge) 1945
In memory of those
who gave their lives
in the
Second World War
(Names)

Memorial Description:

Plaque 37 inches high x 26 inches wide (93cms x 65cms), mounted on a wood pattress which extends 2 inches (5cms) on all sides.

There is a single line border in white.

The dates are on either side of the school crest at the top, below the words “Roll of Honour”.

The names are listed in two columns divided by a single white vertical line.

All lettering is painted in white, with the dedication in Roman capitals and the names in sans serif capitals.

Names:

36 full names
See transcript.

Sources:

Photos: Janet Brown; Philip Thirkell; John Hall

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Philip Thirkell;
Gosforth Local History Society;
Janet Brown;
John Hall, Gosforth Academy;
Dorothy Procter

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Names Documents:

GOSFORTH, Grammar School.

 

  Roll of Honour

  1939 (School badge) 1945

  

  In memory of those

  who gave their lives

  in the

  Second World War

  ——————

  

  Urwin Agan                  Bruce Hamilton Hindmarsh

  Robert Allan                Joseph Asquith Hodgson

  Herbert Philipson Atkinson  James Lapping

  George Bell                 John Elliot Luke

  George Milburn Bigglestone  James Mason

  Thomas Owen Bolton          Peter Alan McDonald

  Stanley Bright              Roderick McGregor

  Bryan Charlton              John Thirlwall McKeown

  William Collingwood         Jack Ord

  Lester George Coutts        John Leonard Pearson

  Lewis Ogilvie Douglass      James Adamson Pollock

  Thomas Woodman Elliott      Jean Scott

  Frederick Charles Garrod    Russell Smith

  Henry Gill                  James Claughan Trobe

  Wilfred Hall                George Moffat Urwin

  John George Henderson       Brian Wardle

  George Markham Heppinstall  Ronald Waugh

                Frederick John Young

                Thomas Bell

NamesG9.02

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