Memorial

King Edward VI Grammar School, Morpeth - WW1, WW2 and Korea

Cross

Source: With kind permission of King Edward VI School

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Outside the main entrance., KING EDWARD VI SCHOOL, Cottingwood Lane, Highacre, High Stanners,, Morpeth, Castle Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1DN, England

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NZ 19703 86771

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 34111
Description: A STONE, LATIN CROSS ATOP A DOUBLE PEDESTAL AND THREE-STEPPED BASE. ORIGINALLY, BRONZE PLAQUES ON EACH SIDE OF TWO PEDESTALS BORE THE INSCRIPTION AND NAMES IN RAISED LETTERING: THE NAMES WERE LISTED IN THREE COLUMNS ON EACH PANEL IN PLAIN CAPITALS, WHILE THE LETTERING FOR THE KOREAN WAR WAS IN ROMAN CAPITALS. THERE WAS A RELIEF BORDER AROUND PLAQUES OF LAUREL GARLAND, EXCEPT FOR THE KOREAN WAR PLAQUE. THERE WAS A FOURTH PLAQUE WITH WW1 MILITARY HONOURS UNVEILED IN 2006. IN 2016, FOLLOWING THE THEFT OF THE BRONZE PLAQUES, FIRST IN 2010 AND THEN AGAIN IN 2016, THE BRONZE PLAQUES WERE REPLACED WITH BLACK MARBLE WITH WHITE, INCISED LETTERING.
Inscription: 6 O'clock Top Pedestal Face - MORS JANUA VITAE*/ ALIVE FOR EVERMORE/ THEIR NAMES ON EARTH, THEIR SOULS IN HEAVEN/ 6 O'Clock Lower Pedestal Face - 1915-1918/ (NAMES) 3 O'Clock Lower Pedestal Face - 1939-1945/ (NAMES)/ 9 O'Clock Lower Pedestal Face - KOREAN WAR/ 1950-3/ (NAME) 12 O'Clock Lower Pedestal Face - WW1 Military Honours/ (Names) * Translation - Death is the door to life

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 75
Served: 13
Died: 62
Information shown: surname, initials, honours, regiment
Order of names: surname
Additional Information: Those listed on the Honours board are not listed on the memorial to the dead and so are assumed to have survived.

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 60
Served: 3
Died: 60
Information shown: surname, intials
Order of names: surname

War: Korean War (1950-1953)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Surname, Initials

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King Edward VI Grammar School, Morpeth - WW1, WW2 and Korea

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