Greet County Primary School, Birmingham - WW1 Plaque (Lost)

• GREET PRIMARY SCHOOL
  Birmingham
  Birmingham
  West Midlands
  England
  
  OS Grid Ref: SP 090 870
  Denomination: Undefined

• First World War (1914-1918)
  Total names on memorial: 526
  Served and returned: 478
  Died: 48
  Exact count: yes
  Information shown: Rank, initials, surname, whether died or survived, Regiment, Honours
  Order of information: Grouped by whether died or survived, then alphabetical by surname.

• Plaque
  Measurements: height 8FT, width 5FT 9IN
  Materials: Copper

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Comments: 'THE CHILDREN PAID FOR THE MEMORIAL BY DONATING 1D EACH AND ANY HP SAUCE BOTTLES AND JAM JARS THEY HAD. THE HEADTEACHER THEN SOLD THE THE BOTTLES AND JARS BACK TO THE FACTORY AND THE PROCEEDS WERE PUT TOWARDS THE MEMORIAL'. (REF: VOICE, P13)

• Birmingham Daily Gazette Saturday 23/10/1920 reported: 'IN MEMORY OF OLD BOYS. A large handsome beaten copper tablet, erected in the large hall of Greet Connell School in memory of 523 old boys who served in the war (35 of whom paid the supreme sacrifice) was unveiled last night by Alderman Sir William Bowater'. www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000669/19201023/055/0003
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• British History Online's entry for Greet School reads: 'GREET COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, Warwick Road.(27) Greet Bd. Sch. opened 1892 by Yardley Sch. Bd.(22) Accom. 1,035 M, I.(21) The boys were transferred from Bard St. Bd. Sch., q.v.(22) Accom. in Friends' Institute, Warwick Rd. used 1904–10. Bd. of Ed. demanded minor improvements in premises 1912. Reorganized 1932 for JM, I.(21) Depts. united 1941. Damaged by enemy action and repaired 1942, 1947. Tyseley Temporary Cty. Primary Sch. became an annexe of this sch. 1954. Accom. 1961: 13 classrooms, 2 halls, nursery (28)'. [Figures in brackets are the footnote numbers re British History Online's source of the relevant information, which can be found on their website]. www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol7/pp501-548
• War Memorials Trust's record of the replica (painted) Roll of Honour includes the following information re this original memorial: 'No-one is sure when the memorial was removed. However it is thought that it may have been removed for safe keeping after part of the hall was damaged when a bomb hit the school in WW2. It's whereabouts are unknown. During the school's Centennial celebrations in 1992 an ex pupil asked where the memorial had gone. The current staff had not known there had ever been a war memorial! Another ex pupil then furnished the school with a photo of the memorial sited as the backdrop to the stage in the large school hall. It was from this photo that a painted copy of the memorial was made by a former pupil. It is understood that the original Roll Of Honour was made by the Birmingham Branch of Lord Roberts memorial workshop and was unveiled at the school by Sir William Bowater on the 22nd October 1920. It was 8 feet by 5 feet 9 inches and made from 14 gauge copper sheet mounted on oak. The Roll contains the names of 526 Greet Old Boys who joined His Majesty's Forces, including 48 killed of which 3 were members of staff'. www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/223115/