Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District
Blackpool
Town
Blackpool
County
Lancashire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Lost
WM Reference
18623

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Current location
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Previous locations
  • Aspire Academy
    Blackpool Old Road
    Blackpool
    Blackpool
    Lancashire
    FY3 7LR
    England

    OS Grid Ref: SD 33211 38397
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Book of remembrance. Hand written lettering in black, red and gold. Illuminated pages. Border of Tudor Roses.
Inscription
HONOURS/ BOOK/ THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL. BLACKPOOL. On another page: ROLL OF HONOUR/ The Great War. 1914-1918./ “So they gave their lives to the commonwealth and/ received each for his memory praise that will never/ die and with it the grandest of all sepulchres not/ that in which their mortal bodies are laid but a/ home in minds of man.”/ Thucidides [sic] II. 43./ (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Anderson, J T
Andrew, S
Beaumont, H S
Beverley, J
Bolton, S
Brown, H
Burns, J P
Cox, H
Davies, A
Firth, E
See details for all 28 names
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 13
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 13
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Surname, forename, decorations
    Order of information: Surname, forename, decorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 39
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 39
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forename or initials
    Order of information: Surname
Components
  • Scroll
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Paper
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Blackpool Gazette, 09 March 03 2015.

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