Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Horsham
Town
Storrington
County
West Sussex
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), First World War - civilians
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: May/June 1917
    Attended by: Miss Petre unveiled the Roll of Honour, which at that time listed 13 casualties who were associated with the village, plus 19 of the former pupils from Storrington College.
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
58659

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Current location

Storrington and District Museum
School Lane
Storrington
Horsham
West Sussex
RH20 4LL
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 08550 14085
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Next to the White Horse Hotel
    Assembly Rooms
    High Street
    Storrington
    Horsham
    West Sussex
    RH20 4DJ
    England

    OS Grid Ref: TQ 080 140
    Denomination: Undefined
  • 9
    Horsham Museum
    Causeway
    Horsham
    Horsham
    West Sussex
    RH12 1HE
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
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Description
Set of three panels that comprise the WW1 Roll of Honour. The glazed-framed first panel, depicting St George in armour, holding the scroll bearing the names of the Fallen, was erected in May/June 1917, at which time it listed the names of 32 casualties. As the war continued, the names of further casualties were added to that panel until it was full; two further panels were subsequently added to accommodate the names of additional casualties. (Of the three panels that were removed their original site in the 1970s, two later came to light in Horsham Museum in 2013. As the original third panel did not resurface, a research team from Storrington and District Museum created a replacement for it, using casualty data from photos, local press reports, military records etc).
Inscription
(Panels 1 AND 3): STORRINGTON/ (Names)/ THE COLLEGE/ (NAMES) Panel 2): STORRINGTON/ (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Anderson, Ernest L
Aslett, A.e.
Atfield, George J
Atkinson, J. Broadwood
Austin, Frank E
Austin, Harold
Ayling, Sydney
Barnes, James
Baxter, Ralph F
Beevor, Frank C
See details for all 89 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 88
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 87
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, forename and initial, surname, unit, date of death
    Order of information: Undefined
  • First World War - civilians
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Occupation (VAD Nurse), Unit and service number, date of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Roll of honour
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Paper
  • Frame
    Measurements: height c900mm, width c600mm
    Materials: Wood - Oak
Listing information
Condition
History
2013: Two of the original three panels came to light and were transferred to Storrington and District Museum, where they were restored. A research team from Storrington and District Museum constructed a replacement for the missing third panel, using data from other records. Those three panels are now in Storrington and District Museum. (In 2014 two duplicate sets of the three-panel memorial were made: on 11/11/2014 one set was erected on the outer wall of the White Horse in High Street, Storrington, i.e. where the original panels had once hung; the other set was placed in St Mary's Church, Storrington)./ 1970s: All three original panels were taken down during the redecoration of the wall of the Assembly Rooms, and were taken to Horsham Museum.
Costs

Comments: Mrs Powell and her sister Miss Petre, of Mulberry House, gifted the first panel of the Roll of Honour to the village in 1917. It had been created by local artist Paul Hardy, and depicted the armoured figure of St George holding the scroll bearing the names.

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Reference
  • Worthing Gazette 6/6/1917 (page 7) reported the unveiling of the Roll of Honour, which listed 13 casualties who had been residents of or associated with Storrington, plus 19 former pupils from the College who had died. (Further names and two additional panels of the Roll of Honour were subsequently added, re later casualties)
  • West Sussex Gazette 19/11/2014 (www.westsussextoday.co.uk/news/roll-of-honour-restored-to-original-site-1-6424827 ). Detailed report of the rediscovery of two of the original panels of the Roll of Honour at Horsham Museum in 2013, and the research that had been done by Storrington and District Museum to recreate the original third panel (which was lost in the 1970s). The report stated that the original Roll of Honour panels are at Storrington and District Museum, and that duplicate sets of them had been erected at both on the outer wall of the White Horse Hotel and an inner wall at St Mary's Church in Storrington.

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