Memorial

Stained Glass Window and Panels 1914-18 North Eastern County School

Barnard Castle

Memorial Name: Stained Glass Window and Panels 1914-18 North Eastern County School (B135.04)

NEWMP Ref No.: B135.04

Parish: Barnard Castle

Original Location:

North Eastern County School, Newgate DL12 8UN.

 

Present Location:

Became Barnard Castle School in 1924

 

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

a. Dedicated on Whit Monday 24th May 1920 by the Bishop of Jarrow in place of Bishop Moule who had died very suddenly.

Materials Used:

Oak panelling.

Cost:

Estimated £1,700.

How Money was Raised:

Public subscription

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Designed by W.D. Caroe, FSA., FRIBA;
Stained glass windows made by Mr. Horace Wilkinson of London.
Panelling made by Dast and Francis of Crediton.

Inscription:

On window :
To the Glory of God and in loving memory of the sons of this school who gave their lives for their Country in the Great War 1914-1919

Above panelling :
 O not in vain has been your great endeavour
for by your dyings life is born again
and greater love hath no man tokened ever
Than with his life to purchase life’s high gain (Oxenham).

On Thanksgiving panel:
 In thankfulness to God for the safe return of
many sons of the school from the perils of the
Great War.
Grant that they may live to see
Fruits of their victory
All nations drawn to Thee.
The silver cord – the golden bowl –
Unbroken – whole –
Renewed – restored
We thank Thee, Lord.

Memorial Description:

Stained glass east window.
Panelling 3 feet high x 14 feet long.

Stained glass window depicts:
Upper lights
(1) The Lord in glory;
(2) Archangel Michael;
(3) Archangel Gabriel;
(4) St. George;
(5) St. Andrew.
Lower lights
(1) Crucifixion;
(2) Virgin Mother;
(3) Presentation in the Temple;
(4) Annunciation;
(5) The Centurion;
(6) Christ and the doctors;
(7) Sons of Zebedee.

At the base of the higher lights are coats of arms including those of John Balliol and Benjamin Flounders.

In the lower lights, the coats of arms in the canopies are of British Dominions; those at the base are those of School Houses.

The five panels cover most of the walls themselves.

Each panel bears the names in raised gold elaborate lettering.

A wood panel in the Ante Chapel gives one dedication for 1939-45, with the lettering in Roman capitals.

Names:

162 surnames and initials of pupils plus 4 masters.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. There was also a gun placed at the top of the drive.

2. The original panels and stained glass window were memorials for 1914-18. The panels were extended for 1939-45 and Falklands. These are on a separate file, B135.19

3. From the school, about 800 served with the colours, exclusive of those who were released under the Military Service Acts. From these, four masters and 129 pupils were among the fallen. Distinctions gained total 73, and include a Victoria Cross, won by Lt. Com. G.N. Bradford at Zeebrugge.

4. In St. George’s Church, Ypres, there is a brass plaque bearing the school crest underneath which is:
“Barnard Castle School
In memory of the 144 gallant Old Barnardians who died in the Great War
of whom 116 died in the Ypres Salient and at the Battle of the Somme.
We will remember them.
Parvis imbutus tentabis grandia tutus.
The Latin translates as “Once you have accomplished little things, you can attempt great things”.

Sources:

Photos: John and Mavis Dixon; C. Sanders; Simon Raine; Jim Sewell

Illustrated Chronicle
08/12/1919 reports items in Note 3 above;
25/05/1920 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Daily Chronicle
25/05/1920 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo
25/05/1920 reports unveiling.

O.B. Records of the Great War 1914-1919
containing preliminary list of names for the panels.

War Memorial in the chapel of the North Eastern County School.

Sources of quotations
“O not in vain has been your great endeavour . . .” “The Vision Splendid” John Oxenham.
“Grant that they may live to see . . .”
Not ascertained, but Ecclesiastes 12 vv 6-7 gives “Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.”

Sources Link: Illustrated Chronicle 12 08 Mon -1919
Sources Link: Illustrated Chronicle 05 25 Tue -1920
Sources Link: Northern Echo 05 25 Tue -1920

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
John and Mavis Dixon;
Mr. A.R. Farrar, BA, Head of Classics, and Benjamin Wilkins, Year 9 York House;
Tony Scorer;
Jim Sewell;
Dorothy Hall

Research In Progress:

Pat Burgess is researching the names on this memorial

Contact: patburgess47@gmail.com

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Names Documents:

BARNARD CASTLE   School

  In thankfulness to God

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  Grant that they live to see

  Fruits of their victory

  All nations drawn to Thee

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  For the safe return of many sons of the school from the Great War

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  The silver cord – the golden bowl

  – unbroken – whole –

  – renewed – restored –

  We thank Thee, Lord.

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West side, from west side, northwards

  O not in vain has been your great endeavour

Panel 1                Panel 2             Panel 3   

  J.S. Allen          J.S. Bainbridge     C.H. Bentham

  C.P. Almond         E. Barker           M.H. Bettison

  J.F.G. Aubin        R.E. Barker         C. Binns

  R.C. Bailey         A.G. Bell           J.E. Blake

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Panel 4               Panel 5             Panel 6   

  M.A. Blenkinsop     W.J. Buckley        R.M. Chisholm

  G.N. Bradford       A.R. Burn           T. Coulson

  W.H. Brown          E.T. Champness      W. Crabtree

  W.A.R. Brown        R.B. Chatt          H.W. Cummins

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Panel 7                Panel 8             Panel 9   

  T. Cuthbertson      C. Edwards          W. Farrow

  C.E. Darney         J.H. Emmerson       J.H.T. Farrow

  A.H. Davidson       J.B. Errington      A.B. Fawcett

  W.A. Dobson         F. Errington        A. Forbes

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Panel 10

  W.G. Forbes

  F. Forman

  J.H. Forster

  G.E. Fowler

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  For by your dying life is born again

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Panel 11               Panel 12            Panel 13                  

  S.D. Fulton         A. Graham           W.J. Hedley       

  G.E. Gent           C.S. Hall           W. Henderson       

  C.H. Gibbon         W.N. Harle          A.M. Henderson   

  W. Golder           S.G. Harris         F. Henderson     

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Panel 14               Panel 15            Panel 16   

  G.G.M. Higginbotham J.W. Hughes         G.S. Kewney     

  H.H. Hill           H. Jefferson        B. Kidd       

  J.A. Hopper         G.E. Jemmeson       J.M.T. Kinloch   

  R. Huggup           P.B. Junor          J.S. Kirby       

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Panel 17               Panel 18

  E.I. Lowes          T. Lant     

  F.W. Kirkland       E. Lant     

  C.A. Lowes          F.D. Lockey   

  A.E.C. Lund         P. MacCoy   

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East side, working from the altar, southwards

  and greater love hath no man tokened ever

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Panel 19               Panel 20            Panel 21         

  J. Mackenzie        A.V. McLare         R. Mutimer         

  G. Manners          D. McLeod           J.J. Myers            

  W.E. Mather         C.B. Miller         M.A.B. Neligan     

  C.C. Matthew        G.F. Murphy         T.G. Noble     

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Panel 22               Panel 23            Panel 24         

  J.E. Noton          C.A. Patterson       R. Raynes

  S.B. Olsen          F.P. Paynter         H.S. Richards

  H.R. Page           T.W. Porteous        G.W. Richardson

  A.E.L. Parker       C.W. Raine           T.A. Robson   

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Panel 25               Panel 26

  F. Rodriguez        W. Sewell     

  H.S. Rudman         W. Sheriff     

  T.E. Sayer          E.C. Simpson   

  W.P. Scott          W.K. Simson   

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  Than with his life to purchase life’s high gain

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Panel 27               Panel 28            Panel 29

  T.M. Smith          W.W. Swann          I. Thoren   

  L.B. Smith          J.E. Sweeney        H.R. Tully

  T.H. Snowdon        C.M. Thompson       A.V. Truttman

  C.H. Spence         E. Thompson         W. Turnbull   

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Panel 30               Panel 31            Panel 32

 

  H.J. Vipond         W.H. Walton         F. Whaley

  G.M. Waggott        F.N. Watson         T. Wiggins

  J.N. Walker         A. Welford          H. Wild

  E.H. Walls          T.G. Wellwood       S.W. Wilkinson   

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Panel 33               Panel 34            Panel 35

  T.H. Wilkinson      A.O. Wraith          W.H. Sowerby 1923   

  E.R. Wilson         W. Manners       

  J. Winn             C. Ward         

  C.E. Wood           C. Ward

  C. Crombie          E. Gibson

  A. Wallis           C. Graham

  H. Thorne           J.P. Waugh

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Panel 36

  Masters

  W.J. Clappen

  I.D. Claughton

  A.N.C. Kittemaster

  A. MacKenzie

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