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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Sunderland
- Town
- Houghton-le-Spring
- County
- Tyne And Wear
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 71195
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Current location
In a quadrant garden
which is to be transformed into a Garden of Remembrance for departed students of the school. As it is in a quadrant and attached to the exterior wall
to which there is no public access. It also means that it is quite safe from harm
Kepier Academy
Dairy Lane
Houghton-le-Spring
Sunderland
Tyne And Wear
DH4 5BH
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 33793 49535
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Grammar School
Houghton-le-Spring
Sunderland
Tyne And Wear
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Grammar School
- Description
- Brass Plaque with dome at centre top. There is a raised border. At centre top is the school badge. The names are listed in three columns. All lettering is in raised and burnished sans serif capitals.
- Inscription
- Houghton-le-Spring / Grammar School./In honoured memory / of the old boys of / this school who fell / in the World War / 1939-1945./[names]/At the going down of the sun and in / the morning, we will remember them
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alderson, E
Beer, N
Box, Jt
Charlton, J
Dawson, C
Draycott, F
Ellison, S
Fawcett, Ra
Galley, D
Goodfellow, Ta
See details for all 33 names - Commemorations
- Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 32
Served and returned: 0
Died: 32
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname
- Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
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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