Memorial
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Hexham - WW1
Current Location
Plaque was erected when the hall was part of the Queen Elizabeth Grammer School. When the Grammer School was moved to new premises in Whetstone Bridge Road, the plaque was left behind, in what is now known as Hexham Middle School., Hexham Middle School , off Wanless Lane, Fellside, Hexham, Tynedale, Northumberland, NE46 1DF, England
OS Grid Reference
NY 93895 63627
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 34136
- Description
- Brass Plaque with an additional strip added on the bottom border. The whole plaque is mounted on a black marble pattress. The individual dates of the years from 1914 to 1919 along the top are in Gothic script, three of each on either side of the school crest and motto. The names are written as a continuous script with a dot between each name using black sans serif lettering.
- Inscription
- (113 NAMES)/ TO THE GLORY OF ALMIGHTY GOD THE ONLY GIVER OF ALL VICTORY AND THE MEMORY OF THE FALLEN/ THANKFULLY DEDICATED
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 113
- Served
- 97
- Died
- 16
- Information shown
- surname, year died, place of death, forename, manner of death
- Order of names
- surname
- Maker(s)
Army & Navy Auxiliary Cooperative Society Ltd, Founder / Foundry
- Sponsor Type
- private
- Sponsored By
- The Queen Elizabeth Grammer School Old Boys' Association
- Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information
- by subscriptions from members of the Queen Elizabeth Grammer School Old Boys' Association
Ceremonies
Unveiled
25th July 1923
COL E P A RIDDELL CMG, DSO
Components
- Backboard
Made from: Marble - Black
Condition: Good
- Plaque
Height: 795mm
Width: 1420mm
Made from: Brass
Condition: Good
- http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7612. North East War Memorial Project ref: H51.22
- The Alnwick and County Gazette and Guardian reports the unveiling on 25/7/1923 of a memorial in Hexham Grammar School, by Col. E.P.A. Riddell, C.M.G. It was the gift of Col. L.C. Lockhart (Chairman of Governors) and his brother, H.F. Lockhart, and records 128 names of former pupils and masters who fell.
- On 31/7/1998, the Hexham Courant carried a feature about the unveiling of the memorial 75 years ago
- Alan Grint has researched the names on the Hexham memorials in his book The Faith and Fire Within, 2006, Ergo Press ISBN 0955275814
- Newcastle Weekly Chronicle reported the unveiling on 28/7/1923