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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Leeds
- Town
- Leeds
- County
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 14th November 1999
Attended by: Rev M B Hanson (former school chaplain) - Unveiled
Date: May 1999
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 22073
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Current location
The memorial is built into the wall at the main entrance
Leeds Grammar School
Harrogate Road
Leeds
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS17 8GS
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 31760 41077
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- PLAIN RECTANGULAR STONE TABLET WITH INSCRIPTION IN GOLD LETTERING. CRESTS IN THE UPPER CORNERS OF THE TABLET. SCHOOL CREST AND LEEDS CREST ARE IN THE UPPER CORNERS OF THE PLAQUE. AT THE HEAD OF THE MEMORIAL IS A CARVED STONE CREST TAKEN FROM THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL BUILDING AND DATING FROM ABOUT 1828.
- Inscription
- LEEDS GRAMMAR SCHOOL / 1914 - IN MEMORIAM - 1918 / (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Andrews, C N
Andrews, R F
Appleyard, G S
Barker, F E
Barrett, A
Becker, J E
Benton, G C
Benton, J W
Brayshay, W S
Briggs, R C
See details for all 128 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 128
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 128
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename initials
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 1100mm, width 1400mm
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- History
- The memorial replaced one that was in the former premises of the Leeds Grammar School which could not be moved when the former location was closed. The Grammar School moved out of a Leeds City Centre site to the current site, north of the city centre, in September 1999. The original memorial consisted of a swimming bath with a shrine attached. The names of the fallen from WW1 were recorded on 3 stone tablets. It was opened by Viscount Lascelles of Harewood and dedicated by the Bishop of Ripon on 21/5/1928. WMR 22078.
- Costs
Site: £12000
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Responsibility
- The Leeds Grammar School
- Reference
- "Leeds Grammar School - A Pictorial History" by J G Davies (1999)
- gsal.org.uk/alumni/archive-room/gsal-roll-of-honour/
- "Floreat Per Saecula - a history of Leeds Grammar School" by J W D Marshall (1997)
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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