Memorial details

Memorial type
Church Fabric / Fitting: Reredos or screen
District
Bristol
Town
Bristol
County
Avon
Country
England
Commemoration
Non-Combat Deaths, First World War (1914-1918), VC or GC Recipients, Second World War (1939-1945), Post-1945 war or conflict
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 5 October 1922
    Attended by: MR H E CHATTOCK (Chair of Governors), Dignitaries
  • Unveiled
    Date: 25 March 1991
    Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
7331

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Current location

In the Great Hall
Bristol Grammar School
University Road
Bristol
Bristol
Avon
BS8 1SL
England

OS Grid Ref: ST 58011 73422
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Gothic arcade and vaulted rood screen in oak with six bays: the central four panels carry the names on bronze plaques, the outer bays contain doorways to the east transept. Over the doorways are the mottoes 'Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori', and 'Ex spinis uvas celestes' (case unknown). Vine work on frieze. Bronze plaque to the right carries the background information: a second, WW2 brass plaque is rectangular with the School badge at the top and the dedication in black lettering below. A further WW1 plaque upon which are an additional 36 names was added in 2018.
Inscription
(1st plaque) - THIS SCREEN WAS ERECTED BY/ THE OLD BOYS' SOCIETY AND BY/ PARENTS AND FRIENDS OF THOSE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING/ AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"/ OVER 700 OLD SCHOLARS JOINED/ THE COLOURS AND AMONG/ DISTINCTIONS GAINED WERE/ VICTORIA CROSS 2./ COMPANION OF THE BATH 3./ DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER 5./ MILITARY CROSS 29./ DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL 4./ CROIX DE GUERRE 8./ LEGION D'HONNEUR, CROIX D'OFFICIER 1./ (2nd plaque) - "THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD"/ THIS PLAQUE IS DEDICATED/ TO THE MEMORY OF THE OLD BRISTOLIANS/ WHO DIED IN DEFENCE OF FREEDOM/ DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ AND LATER CONFLICTS/ THEIR NAMES ARE HONOURED/ IN THE BOOKS OF REMEMBRANCE
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Non-Combat Deaths
    Total names on memorial: 13
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 13
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, Forename
    Order of information: Surname
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 144
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 144
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, Forenames
    Order of information: Surname
  • VC or GC Recipients
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, Forenames
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: Undefined
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Post-1945 war or conflict
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: Undefined
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Screen
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood - Oak
  • Plaques
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Plaque
    Measurements: height 850mm, width 740mm
    Materials: Metal
Listing information
Condition
Costs

Comments: Memorial was designed by an Old Boy.

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Responsibility
Bristol Grammar School
Reference

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