Memorial

Judd School, Tonbridge - WW1

Organ - Long View

Source: Copyright Susan Featherstone

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Current Location

At the east end of the assembly hall., Judd School, Brook Street, Tonbridge, Tonbridge And Malling, Kent, TN9 2PN, England

TQ 58362 45645

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Type of Memorial: Church Fabric / Fitting: Organ or organ part
WMR Reference Number: 1800
Description: Three WW1 panels surmounted by organ pipes. The left and right panels are beneath the organ pipes and carry the names, each in a single column: the central panel is higher, set between the organ pipes, has a Latin cross at top centre with the dates either side and carries the commemoration.
Inscription: 1914 [cross] 1919/ - THE OLD BOYS AND MASTERS WHOSE/ NAMES ARE INSCRIBED BELOW LEFT ALL THAT/ WAS DEAR TO THEM ENDURED HARDNESS/ FACED DANGER AND FINALLY PASSED OUT/ OF THE SIGHT OF MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY/ AND SELF-SACRIFICE – THIS ORGAN IS/ THE MEMORIAL OF THEIR HONOUR AND/ OUR GRATITUDE – LET THOSE WHO COME/ AFTER OFFER WORTHY PRAISE AND THANKS TO/ ALMIGHTY GOD FOR THEIR HIGH EXAMPLE

Maker(s): Messrs Gray and Davison of London, Manufacturer
Sponsor Type: other
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: £1,070.05 was raised by fund-raising efforts and subscriptions. Each fund-raising and subscribers contibution was detailed in issues of 'The Juddian' between April 1919 and July 1921.
Maintenance History: Date unknown: The organ, as an instrument, has been completely replaced with a more modern organ that can be wheeled out of the hall. The speakers for this are behind the remaining original organ pipes. The large outer pipes and keyboard have been removed. The remaining pipes are no longer used except as a decorative surround to the dedication and name panels.

Dedicated

17 November 1920

Right Rev. Bishop Taylor Smith

Organ or Organ part

Height: 4500mm

Width: 3640mm

Depth: 635mm

Made from: Unknown

Condition: Unknown