Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1939-45 Grammar School
Reference
R52.18
Place
RYHOPE
Map ref
NZ
Original Location
Grammar School (Closed)
Which war
1939-45
Memorial Description
Plaque with fluted frame. At centre top is the school badge. Names are listed in three columns using sans serif capitals throughout.
Materials used
?Bronze
Inscription
World War 1939-45
“They grasped the miracle of sacrifice”
“They grasped the miracle of sacrifice”
Names
Notes
1. When the Second World War started, the school was one of the first to form an Air Training Corps Unit.
2. 15 former pupils were awarded decorations.
3. The plaque was found in a Sunderland builders' yard and taken into private possession until a new home could be found.
2. 15 former pupils were awarded decorations.
3. The plaque was found in a Sunderland builders' yard and taken into private possession until a new home could be found.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Sunderland Echo 30/07/2009 carries an article about the memorials.
Source of quotation:
“They grasped the miracle of sacrifice” (Not ascertained)
Source of quotation:
“They grasped the miracle of sacrifice” (Not ascertained)
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; Alan Vickers; Paul Errington
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1939-45 Grammar School (R52.18)
RYHOPE Grammar School
World War 1939-45
Akenhead, Thomas A. Hogarth, Leslie Robinson, Henry J.
Atkinson, Douglas Hull, Maurice Robson, Thomas W.
Bailey, Robert J. Jackson, Kenneth Roxby, Edward
Bambrough, John Jennings, Athol H. Scott, Walter, R.C.
Barkel, Albert V. Johnson, Robert E.L. Shaw, Thomas G.
Brown, Leslie A. Kelly, William Spraggon, Arthur
Cobb, Robert Little, Robert H. Stephenson, William
Curd, Charles D. Lowery, Charles Thompson, Horatio
Davison, Raymond Miller, William Watson, Frederick
Dixon, John W. Munday, Jacob I. Weston, Arthur W.
Errington, Sydney A. Nelson, George M. Wilkinson, Cecil
Gowans, James W. Openshaw, Frederick Wilkinson, George A.
Groundon, Frederick G. Potts, John Williamson, Anthony
Hewitt, Robert Quinn, Arthur Winlow, David
Hodgson, Thomas W.W. Richardson, Walton Wotton, Albert
Robson (Patton) Edward
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“They grasped the miracle of sacrifice”
NamesR52.18
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Parish Notes
Every Name A Story
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