Netherthorpe Grammar School WW2


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Reference WMO/293998

Address:

Netherthorpe School Science College

Ralph Road

Staveley

S43 3PU

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Roll of Honour or Book of Remembrance
Materials:
  • Glass Glass
  • Metal Brass
  • Other Other
  • Paper Paper
  • Timber Oak
Lettering: Other
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A hardback book of remembrance in a case and accompanied by a plaque. The oblong book has a green buckram cover with a thin, gold tooled border and a gold tooled hollow cross at the centre. The opening page bears the badge of the school and a delicate border of foliage in pastel greens over the epitaph "Went the day well?" composed by John Maxwell Edmonds and written in black calligraphy with a rubricated initial. The next page bears a moving tribute in black calligraphy with an illuminated initial in red and blue. The third page bears the title, and each subsequent page bears one name, all in a similar style to the first page. The name pages each bear the name at the centre, the years of school attendance at the top and the service or unit at the foot. The book is displayed in oaken case with a glazed hinged lid and a small plaque is attached to the bookcase immediately below it.
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Plaque- IN MEMORY/ OF THOSE OLD STUDENTS OF/ NETHERTHORPE GRAMMAR SCHOOL/ STAVELEY/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR/ 1939 - 1945; Book- Front Cover- "Went the day well? we died and never knew:/ But well or ill, England, we died for you." ; Front Page-This book, a tribute from students past and present of/ Staveley-Netherthorpe Grammar School, is dedicated/ to the memory of those of a second generation of their/ number whose lives were sacrificed while serving with/ the British Forces from 1939 to 1945.// To us, their contemporaries, they are still living in our/ memories with all their qualities and characteristics./ To the future generation, who may have helped civilization/ to scorn the barbarity of war, they will be names only, but/ we of the present ask them to feel with us sorrow for their/ sacrifice and a gentle pride in belonging to the same community/ which nurtured them.; Title Page-Roll of Honour; Page 1- 1934 1939/ Lewis/ Randall Barber/ Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; Page 2- 1932 1936/ Dennis Barker/ Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; Page 3- 1921 1926/ George/ Francis Barlow/ Royal Tank Corps; Page 4- 1932 1934/ Sydney Bramley/ Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve; Page 5- 1926 1930/ Thomas Crehan/ Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; Page 6- 1929 1933/ Reginald Flood/ Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; Page 7- 1934 1939/ John/ Gordon Fry/ Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; Page 8- 1935 1941/ James Arthur/ Edward Gadsby/ Sherwood Foresters; Page 9- 1925 1931/ John Havenhand/ Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; Page 10- 1926 1933/ Philip Hicken/ Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; Page 11- 1931 1937/ Harold Huddless/ Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; Page 12- 1932 1937/ Kenneth Hunter/ Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; Page 13- 1937 1938/ Ivor/ Armstrong Jervis/ Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; Page 14- 1932 1939/ Herbert/ Sydney Keeton/ Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; Page 15- 1922 1926/ Frederick/ James Kerry/ Royal Corps of Signals; Page 16- 1932 1937/ Alan Marsh/ Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; Page 17- 1932 1940/ John/ Clifford Otter/ Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; Page 18- 1923 1926/ William/ Grainger Parry/ Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; Page 19- 1936 1940/ Charles/ Arthur Peel/ South Staffordshire Regiment/ - -/ George Edward/ Mitchley/ Royal Navy; Page 20- 1933 1939/ Arnold/ Edward Pigott/ Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; Page 21- 1930 1937/ Roger/ Hayden Smith/ Ghurka Rifles: Indian Army; Page 22- 1933 1939/ John/ Victor Stretton/ Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve; Page 23- 1934 1936/ Geoffrey Symonds/ Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

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