Sandwith School Roll of Honour- The "Scrap of Paper"

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Reference WMO/169457

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St Bees Priory

St Bees

CA27 0DR

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Roll of Honour or Book of Remembrance
Materials:
  • Glass Glass
  • Paper Paper
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Other
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Originally in the long closed Sandwith School- A pre-printed form with names hand written by calligraphy, all in a glazed wooden frame. All borders have leaves, the left hand border also has the shields and the names of the countries of Canada, Ireland, Wales and India. The right border is similar but for Australia, Scotland, New Zealand and Africa. The bottom border has unidentified shields, cannons and drums, while the top border has the title and two warships. The centre of the roll of honour is a facsimile reproduction of the 1831 Treaty (between the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, France, Prussia and Russia) guaranteeing the neutrality of Belgium. This is flanked by two columns of names. Certain letters, as shown in the inscription, are in red, otherwise the whole is in black ink. It was in Sandwith School until it closed in 1938, then used as a meeting place until 1979 , The Roll of Honour went missing when the old school was sold as a house, but found in St. Bees Priory during roof repairs in 2006. and installed in the Priory in 2008. Colloquially this form is known as "The Scrap of Paper", there are many examples around the Country
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TOP- The Roll of Honour/Men who have answered their Country’s call in defence of a “Scrap of Paper”. CENTRE- Sandwith Council School/This document is a translation and facsimile of signatures from the original treaty of 1831/guaranteeing the independence and neutrality of Belgium, which was confirmed by the six/Powers in the famous treaty of 1839, the breaking of which by Germany is responsible for the/present war with the British Empire/The “Scrap of Paper”/ARTICLE II/Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland/his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, His Majesty/the King of the French, his Majesty the King of Prussia, and His Majesty the/Emperor of all the Russias, declare, that the Articles mentioned in the preceeding/Article, are considered as having the same force and validity as if they were textually inserted in the present Act, and that they are thus placed with the guarantee/of their said Majesties/ARTICLE VII/Belgium, within the limits specified in Articles I, II and IV, shall form an independent and perpetually neutral state. It shall be bound to observe such neutrality towards all other states. [Signed and sealed by]/PALMERSTON British Plenipotentiary/SYLVAN VAN DE WEYER Belgian Plenipotentiary/SENFTT Austrian Plenipotentiary/H. SEBASTIANI French Plenipotentiary/BULOW Prussian Plenipotentiary/POZZI DI BORGO Russian Plenipotentiary; BOTTOM -(below bottom border) Facsimile of the treaty, by special permission of the Foreign Office. To Aid The Prince of Wales’ National Relief Fund. [The Names are in two columns to the left and right of this]

LEFT HAND COLUMN- ≠Samuel Y. Dunn )Assistant/ Leonard Hodgson )Master/ +William Ball/ xJohn Batty/ Joseph Batty/ William Batty/ Carter Benson/ John Benson/ +Frederick Benson/ William Benson/ Joseph Calvert/ +William Calvert/ Thomas W. Cleator/ Robert Cook/ William A. Cowman/ James Dawson/ John Dawson/ Dr. Charles Dixon M.C./ Thomas Ellwood/ John Fee/ +Joseph Fee/ Robert Fee/ Joseph Ferguson M.M./ Thomas Ferguson/ Isaac Glaister/ James Glaister/ Thomas Glaister/ xAlbert Hailes/ James Hailes/ Richard Hailes/ Alfred Horricks/ + John Horricks/ Walter Horricks/ Isaac Johnston/ Thomas Johnston/ George W. Killip M.M.; RIGHT HAND COLUMN- Septimus McKnight/ + Clement Mossop/ James Mossop/ +James Nelson/ Robert Nelson/ xJohn Parker/ John Parker/ William Parker/ John R. Pickering/ Edward Sewell/ Thomas Sewell/ John H. Singleton/ Joseph Singleton/ ¥Alfred Taylor/ Jonathan Taylor/ Thomas Taylor/ William Taylor/ +Edward Telfer/ Harry Telfer/ John Telfer M.M./ Thomas Tyson/ Thomas J. Tyson/ Alfred Walker/ Daniel Walker/ +George Walker/ Rupert Walker/ John Wear/ Jonathan Batty/ Mark Brough/ xJohn Brough/ oWilliam Conners/ William Carruthers/ John Cowman/ George Dixon/ W. Hilton Marshall/ John Marshall/ xAlfred Parker/ xMark Beck ≠ Missing believed killed [This symbol is actually a double barred cross] x Wounded + Killed in Action ¥ Died of wounds [actually a three barred cross] o Torpedoed & drowned

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