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Memorial details

Memorial type

Board / Plaque / Tablet

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

First World War (1914-1918)

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 19th September 1921
Attended by: Sir Hugh Bell, C. B., His Majesty's Lieutenant of the North Riding.

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

9704

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Current location

Main Entrance Hall on Main Campus
Middlesbrough College
Dock Street
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough
Cleveland
TS2 1AD
England

OS Grid Ref: NZ 50089 20784
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations

MARTON VI FORM COLLEGE
Marton Road
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough
Cleveland
England

OS Grid Ref: NZ 510 180
Denomination: Undefined
"A conspicuous place in the Boys' Assembly Rooms"
Middlesbrough High School for Boys
Albert Road
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough
Cleveland
England

OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
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Description

Elaborated Nowy headed plaque on a polished wooden backboard. At the top centre a school badge, flanked by scrolls, within laurel wreaths above a further scroll bearing the inscription "1914 Pro Patria Mortui 1918". The Plaque has a rope design border and the top inscription is in relief as are the inscribed names, the latter arranged in three columns.

Inscription

[School badge, flanking scroll]: HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLESBROUGH/ Motto Scroll: (Unknown...) [Top inscription in scroll]:1914 PRO PATRIA MORTUI 1918/ (Names...)

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Alexander, K
Ansell, F B
Appleton, S
Armstrong, F
Bearcroft, J L
Bigland, E H
Bloom, H
Brabyn, W A
Briggs, W
Brithwaite, A
See details for all 108 names

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 108
Served and returned: 0
Died: 108
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initials, surname
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname

Components

Plaque
Measurements: height c.1000mm, width c.750mm
Materials: Bronze
Backboard
Measurements: height c.1000mm, width c.750mm
Materials: Wood - Oak

Listing information

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Condition

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Responsibility

Middlesbrough College

Reference

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Tuesday 20 September 1921 MIDDLESBROUGH HIGH SCHOOL WAR MEMORIAL.
www.mbro.ac.uk/Home/index/collegeinfo/collegehistory/remembrance.aspx
Cleveland Standard - Saturday 24 September 1921 NEWS BRIEFLETS
North Star (Darlington) - Tuesday 20 September 1921 SIR HUGH BELL AND THE "OLD BOYS."

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