Memorial
A A Drew and Old Boys of Mostyn House School - Carillon
A A Drew and Old Boys of Mostyn House School - Carillon
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Current Location
Charterhouse School, Prince's Avenue, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, GU7 2DX, England
OS Grid Reference
SU 96388 45075
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- Type of Memorial
- Bells or bell tower
- WMR Reference Number
- 2580
- Description
- Carillon and framed inscription in Chapel belfry. [The Carillon originally started in 1921 with 27 bells; four bells were added in 1922; six further bells added in 1923. The associated framed WW1 roll of honour lists 78 names. Subsequent research by the school led to the discovery of a further 5 casualties].
- Inscription
- A.M.D.G./ THE CARILLON OF 31 BELLS/ IN THIS BELFREY IS A MEMORIAL TO ALLAN/ APPLEBY DREW AND TO THE OTHERS OF/ THE FOUR SCORE OF OUR BOYS NAMED BELOW/ WHO FELL FIGHTING FOR ENGLAND IN THE/ GREAT WAR./ HI, MEMORANT HOMINES, PATRIAE NOBISQUE SALVTEM/REDDERE DVM POSSENT HAVD METVERE MORI/ NEC POTVERE, DEVS RESPONDET; SILICET ILLIS/ VIVERE QUI DOCEANT VITA PERENNIS ERIT/ "CRUEL THEIR FATE, AND PITEOUS" MEN SAY;/ "HEROIC BOYS, CUT OFF BEFORE THEIR DAY;/ DANGER AND PAIN FOR ENGLAND THEY DEFIED;/ FOR US THEY FOUGHT,FOR US UNTIMELY DIED."/ "NAY," GOD REPLIES: "THEIRS IS NOT 'DEATH BUT LIFE;/ THEY FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM;STROVE - TO FINISH STRIFE;/ ALL GENERATIONS, TAUGHT BY THEM TO LIVE,/ LIFE EVERLASTING TO THEIR TEACHERS GIVE."/ QVOS TVBA PRO PATRIA SOCIOS TITVBANTE CITAVIT/ HI TIBI JAM SOCIO COMPOSVERE TVBAS./ MERE BOYS, THEY SAW THEIR STRICKEN COUNTRY REEL;/ THEIR HEADY RANKS ROSE AT THE TRUMPET'S PEAL;/ HOW WILL YOU GIVE THEM THANKS?/ THEY'VE SET ON HIGH THIS TRUMPET'S PEAL FOR YOU;/ SO MUST YOUR LIFE, LIKE THEIRS, RING SWEET AND TRUE;/ YOU, TOO, HAVE "JOINED THE RANKS."/ (NAMES, ENDING WITH 'AND ANY OTHERS NOT TRACED')/ THE BELLS ARE NO PART OF OUR FREEHOLD. IF EVER/ MOSTYN HOUSE CEASES TO BE A SCHOOL THEY ARE TO BE/ OFFERED TO AN ENGLISH PUBLIC SCHOOL, PREFERABLY/ TO CHARTERHOUSE, THAT THEY MAY GO ON SPEAKING/ TO ENGLISH BOYS AS LONG AS ENGLAND LASTS.
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 79
- Died
- 79
- Information shown
- Surname, initials of forenames
- Order of names
- Names listed alphabetically by surname, in four columns.
- Maker(s)
A G GRENFELL, Architect
John Taylor and Co, Loughborough, Founder / Foundry
- Sponsor Type
- private
- Sponsored By
- Trustees of Mostyn House Griffin Project, the Carthusian Trust and John Taylor and Co. gave financial support to the refurbishment and move to Charterhouse.
- Maintenance History
- July/August 2013: The refurbished Carillon and Mostyn House School's framed WW1 Roll of Honour were installed in Charterhouse School's belfry.// 2012 : The Carillon was dismantled, and the bells were sent back to the foundry, John Taylor and Co Ltd of Loughborough, for refurbishment, prior to being installed at Charterhouse School. (The frame, transmission and clavier from Mostyn House were unsuitable for reuse at Charterhouse, so were replaced).// 2010, July: Mostyn School closed. (The Covenant included in the Roll of Honour inscription specifies that, Mostyn School closes, the bells are to be offered to a public school, preferably Charterhouse).// 22/3/1974: The Chapel was Grade II* Listed (List Entry Number 1387786).// 25/5/1922: The Carillon and associated Roll of Honour were dedicated.
Ceremonies
Unveiled
25th May 1922
The Bishop of Chester dedicated the memorial
Previous Location(s)
FRAMED INSCRIPTION IN BELFRY OF CHAPEL, Mostyn House School Chapel, The Parade, Parkgate, Neston, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH43 4UJ, England
OS Grid Reference
SJ 30848 88678
Year of move
May 2014
Reason for move
Mostyn House School closed in 2010
Components
- Bells
Made from: Metal
Condition: Good
Made from: Paper
Condition: Good
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- War Memorials Trust Reference Number
- 236467
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- Liverpool Echo - Friday 26 May 1922 (page 7) reported: 'UNIQUE SCHOOL MEMORIAL. A war memorial, unique in this part of the country, was dedicated by the Bishop of Chester (Dr. Paget) at Mostyn House School, Parkgate, yesterday. It takes the form of a carillon of 31 bells, hung over the belfry of the school chapel, and is in memory of 83 old boys who fell in the war. The bells, the heaviest of which is about one and a half tons in weight, have been cast and fixed by Messrs. Taylor, of Loughborough, and have been erected at a cost of about £3,000, subscribed by parents of past and present friends and old boys of the school. The carillon is in chromatic sequence, except the two lowest bells, which are a tone apart. Ultimately it will be extended to comprise thirty-six bells. Tunes are played from a keyboard built in the first-floor room of the belfry, and several selections were played yesterday by M. Antoine Nauwpherts, the city carillonneur of Bruges'. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000271/19220526/166/0007
- Birkenhead News 27th May 1927
- Historic England; details of the the Grade II* Listing of Mostyn House School's Chapel on 22/3/1974: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1387786?section=official-list-entry
- Mostyn House Archives
- BOK TOWER GARDENS Digital Collections News article: [Rededication of Carillon at Mostyn House School]
- AboutMyArea Mostyn House Bells Complete Move to Charterhouse https://www.aboutmyarea.co.uk/Cheshire/Neston/CH64/News/Local-News/272952-Mostyn-House-Bells-Complete-Move-to-Charterhouse
- War Memorial and Peace Carillons website: Information re the relocation of the carillon. https://www.peacecarillons.org/carillons-and-peace/ww-i-memorial-carillons/godalming-united-kingdom-world-war-i-memorial-carillon-formerly-parkgate/
- Great War Forum thread (page 2); posted on 15/10/2012: a 1:29 audio/visual recording of '"The Last 11 Armistice Rings" of the Mostyn House School WW1 Memorial Carillion [sic] Bells, Parkgate, Cheshire. 22 April 2012'. (The bells were subsequently removed, and transported to Charthouse School). https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/176543-memorial-windows-in-the-mostyn-house-school-chapel/page/2/
- Carillon Society of Britain and Ireland website: 'This Taylor carillon was commissioned for and hung in Mostyn House School in Parkgate. In July 2010 the school closed and the carillon has been installed at Charterhouse, as per the wishes of the original donors. The frame, transmission and clavier at Mostyn House were not suitable for reuse at Charterhouse and have been replaced'. https://carillonsbi.org/war-memorial-carillon-charterhouse-school/