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Reference WMO/221282

Address:

Ripley St. Thomas Church of England Academy

Ashton Road

Lancaster

LA1 4RS

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 Oak

Lettering: Other

Conflicts:

First World War (1914-1918)

About the memorial: Roll of honour with 1061 names. From the photograph there are additional panels (on both sides of the frame)- possibly for WW2, although that needs to be ascertained.

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In 1816 it was decided to unite the Charity School for Boys (established in 1770) with the National Society. By public subscription and with the help of Matthew Pyper of Whitehaven, (one of Lancaster’s leading education benefactors) who endowed it with £2,000, the school was opened on Green Ayre (Parliament Street) in 1817. In 1850 the little N. W. Railway (which became part of the Midland Railway) bought the Green Ayre site and in January 1851 a new Boys school was opened on St. Leonardgate. In the early 1950’s the Boys National School moved onto the Ashton Road site and remained there until the creation of the new Ripley St Thomas School in 1966. Ashton Road was originally Ripley Hospital (Orphange) created in 1864, closed as an orphanage just after WW2.

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Unveiled 23 June 1920. From the advertising leaflet for the unveiling- The design of the Roll of Honour is an original conception by Mr. Herbert Teasdale, Esq., A.R.C.A., 
Manchester, (son of Mr. T. Teasdale, Sunnycote, 
Scotforth), an “Old Nashy” boy who went on to the 
Art School at the Storey Institute. The design is of a 
purely decorative character executed in tempera 
enriched with gold and silver, the dominating 
feature being a Winged Figure symbolising Victory 
with Peace and Glory. Bold ornament links up the 
figure and is carried round the edge of the panel, 
meeting at the centre of the base with the Red Rose 
of Lancaster. The panel contains the names of 1,061 old boys and teachers, who answered the call, of 
whom 155 made the great sacrifice. The roll, 
illustrated at L52, is 9ft. x 5ft. and is in a massive 
carved oak frame which is the work of Messrs. 
Waring & Gillow, Lancaster, executed from the 
design, Georgian in style, of W. Eccles Esq., another 
old boy. The Borough Arms are at the head, a laurel 
wreath is at the base, with the motto “For God, for 
King, and Country.” The memorial is fixed on the 
wall to the right of the Pyper Endowment tablet, 
several old boys lending a hand in this work. The 
Boy’s School had shown itself prominent during the 
war and the Roll of Honour was subscribed to by 
old scholars and friends of the schools. It contains 
the largest number of names from any school in the 
town and practically all these received their 
education under Mr Gooch, the late Headmaster (1885-1913).
The Roll of Honour of Old Boys contains almost 
1,100 names from almost every branch of the 
Services, ranks from Lieutenant-Colonel 
downwards are included; 71 regiments are 
represented and 10 Colonial regiments, the men 
serving on every front, others in the Navy and Air Force."

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Inscription:

RIPLEY NATIONAL SCHOOL-LANCASTER/ROLL OF HONOUR/OLD BOYS WHO SERVED IN THE/GREAT WAR 1914-1919/[names]; Carved into the bottom of the frame- FOR GOD, FOR KING AND COUNTRY.

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