Ampleforth College WW2 War Memorial Chapel (by John Bunting)


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Reference WMO/262993

Address:

Scotch Corner Chapel

On the promontory of a hill overlooking Oldstead

Oldstead

YO6 4AN

England

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Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Chapel/church
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: This chapel was built by sculptor John Bunting as a memorial for those killed in the Second World War. He acquired the derelict farm buildings in 1956 and completed the rebuild in 1957. It specifically commemorates three people educated at Ampleforth College
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OUTSIDE: GLORY TO GOD ON HIGH/ PEACE ON EARTH TO THOSE WHO SEEK IT INSIDE (EXACT INSCRIPTIONS NOT KNOWN BUT MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES THREE FORMER SCHOOLBOYS OF AMPLEFORTH COLLEGE): HUGH DORMER, IRISH GUARDS AND SAS, KILLED IN ACTION IN NORMANDY, 1944, WITH THE GUARDS ARMOURED BRIGADE AGED 27. MICHAEL FENWICK, POET, KILLED IN ACTION KOWLOON, 1941, AGED 21. MICHAEL ALLMAND VC, FOUNDER OF THE LITERARY REVIEW THE WIND AND THE RAIN, KILLED IN ACTION IN EUROPE, 1944.

Hugh Dormer Michael Fenwick Michael Allmand

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