Rossall School - Memorial Chapel (including altarpiece and panelling)

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Rossall School Memorial Chapel

Rossall School

Broadway

Fleetwood

FY7 8JW

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Chapel/church
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Painted
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • Boer War, Second (1899-1902)
  • Colonial India
About the memorial: The school’s Memorial Chapel contains wall mounted 'Reredos' style panels. The names of ex-pupils who died in the Indian Frontier Wars and South Africa are inscribed in polished wood, with the names of those who died in WW1 and WW2 painted in gold on a blue background. The chapel also contains a war memorial altarpiece by Eric Gill.
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Panel 1: THE FOLLOWING OLD ROSSALLIANS FELL IN THEIR COUNTRIES SERVICE.Sect 1: IN THE INDIAN FRONTIER WAR / 1897-1898/ (Names) Sect 2: 1899 SOUTH AFRICA 1902/ (Names) Panel 2: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF 297 ROSSALLIANS/ WHO IN THE YEARS 1914 TO 1919/ DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ (Names) Panel 3: SO THEY PASSED OVER/ AND ALL THE TRUMPETS SOUNDED FOR THEM/ ON THE OTHER SIDE/ (Names) Panel 4: IN MEMORY OF THE ROSSALLIANS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR 1939-1945/ (Names)

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Fixtures and Fittings

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Not at 24/3/21

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