Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District
Carlisle
Town
Carlisle
County
Cumbria
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), First World War - civilians
Ceremony
  • Presented
    Date: 1923
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
76533

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Current location

Carlisle Archive Centre
Petteril Bank Road
Carlisle
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA1 3AJ
England

OS Grid Ref: NY 41669 53652
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Trinity School (formerly Carlisle Grammar School)
    Strand Road
    Carlisle
    Carlisle
    Cumbria
    CA1 1NB
    England

    OS Grid Ref: NY 40558 56211
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Richly Illuminated Book of Remembrance on parchment with leather binding.
Inscription
ROLL OF HONOUR/OF THE OLD BOYS/OF CARLISLE/GRAMMAR SCHOOL/[school badge]/M.D. CCCCXIV/M.D. CCCCXVIII; Poem on the front inside page-Death, men call thee hard/of heart and blind,/And weeping go/Railing at thee for ever/but I know,/Death, thou art kind.//The quiet of thy halls,/where is surcease/Of the world's gain,/Where is not any pleasure;/no, nor pain./But only peace.//H.L. Simpson, O.C./Carlisle/February 1916; Title Page-ROLL OF/HONOUR/OLD BOYS/OF CARLISLE/GRAMMAR/SCHOOL/Who fell in the war of/1914 1918/PRO PATRIA; Pages 1 to 45- [names, 2 per page with much biographical detail]
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Abram, Robert
Atkinson, Reginald John
Ballantine, George Newell
Barton, Bertie Bowman
Batey, James Herbert
Beeby, Richard
Bell, Francis Lowry
Bott, George
Bremner, Alastair Bruce
Bremner, Huntley William Bruce
See details for all 89 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 87
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 89
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, name of father, address, years attended the school, date of birth
    Order of information: surname
  • First World War - civilians
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, name of father, address, years attended the school, date of birth
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Book
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Leather
  • Book
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Parchment
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Carlisle Journal 16/3/1923 page 4 for photos of the title page and 2 sample pages
  • Carlisle Archives reference DS 4/14/13
  • www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/259480/
  • School Memorial Page for details about each casualty-trinity.cumbria.sch.uk/warmem/

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