Memorial
Ampleforth College Old Boys Chapel, Scotch Corner Chapel, Oldstead
Current Location
On the promontory of a hill overlooking Oldstead, Scotch Corner Chapel, Oldstead, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, YO61 4AN, England
OS Grid Reference
SE 52672 81408
Names
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Chapel: Dedicated within church building
- WMR Reference Number
- 30767
- Description
- Memorial chapel converted from a disused farmstead by John Bunting. Two angels carrying scrolls mounted on projections flanking the entrance. Central sculpture inside the chapel depicts a recumbant paratrooper in jump boots and helmet. Three stained glass window, all designed by the artist.
- Inscription
- OUTSIDE ON ANGELS' SCROLLS: GLORY TO GOD ON HIGH/ PEACE ON EARTH TO THOSE WHO SEEK IT INSIDE, THE EXACT INSCRIPTIONS NOT KNOWN BUT THE MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES THREE FORMER SCHOOLBOYS OF AMPLEFORTH COLLEGE: HUGH DORMER, IRISH GUARDS AND SAS, KILLED IN ACTION IN NORMANDY, 1944, WITH THE GUARDS ARMOURED BRIGADE AGED 27. MICHAEL FENWICK, POET, KILLED IN ACTION KOWLOON, 1941, AGED 21. MICHAEL ALLMAND VC, FOUNDER OF THE LITERARY REVIEW THE WIND AND THE RAIN, KILLED IN ACTION IN EUROPE, 1944.
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Number Commemorated
- 3
- Died
- 3
- Information shown
- surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,decorations
- War
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- surname,forename
- Additional Information
- Captain Michael Allmand VC, Indian Armoured Corps, attached 6th Gurkha Rifles died Burma 24 June 1944
- Maker(s)
MR JOHN BUNTING, Sculptor
MR WINSPEAR, Mason
- Sponsor Type
- private
- Maintenance History
- The buildings close to the memorial were damaged by fire in an arson attack in June 2021 - the memorial itself was undamaged. Funded via crowd-funding, these buildings are being restored.