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    Memorial

    Harrow School - WW1 Shrine

    Names - Panels 1-3 (Surnames A-De)

    Source: Copyright Harrow School

    1/7

    Current Location

    Harrow School War Memorial Building, Harrow School, Grove Hill, Harrow, Harrow, Greater London, HA1 3HP, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 15349 87370

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    Type of Memorial
    Composite
    WMR Reference Number
    11322
    Description
    Stone cenotaph with dedicatory incription on the front face and carved wreaths on the side ends, set at the centre of an arched stone niche. The names of those commemorated are carved into eleven surrounding wall panels. Above the panerls runs an inscription in gold lettering.
    Inscription
    On wall above cenotaph: O VALIANT HEARTS WHO TO YOUR GLORY CAME THROUGH DUST OF CONFLICT AND THROUGH BATTLE FLAME,/ TRANQUIL YOU LIE YOUR KNIGHTLY VIRTUE PROVED, YOUR MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED. Side of Cenotaph: IN MEMORY OF THE / SONS OF HARROW/ WHO DIED IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ MCMXIV MCMXIX Wall Panels 1-3 (Surnames A - De): BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE BE NOT AFRAID NEITHER BE THOU DISMAYED/ (Names) Wall Panels 4-6 (Surnames Dr-La) - BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE/ (Names) Wall Panels 7-11 (Surnames La-Z) - REMEMBER THOSE WHO DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR AND SEE YE TO IT THAT THEY SHALL NOT BE FORGOTTEN/ (Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    647
    Died
    647
    Information shown
    surname, initials, rank, regiment, year entered the school, decorations
    Order of names
    surname
    Additional Information
    These men are also named on IWM 11328, the Chapel Crypt, which gives some forename information and lists them by month of death.
    War
    Military Service
    Number Commemorated
    5
    Died
    5
    Information shown
    Surname, Initials, Rank, Regiment, Honour, Year entered school
    Order of names
    Surname
    Additional Information
    The VC was awarded to Messrs Colyer-Fergusson, Milbanke, Rhodes-Moorhouse, Stone and Walford.
    Maker(s)
    • Sir Herbert Baker, RA, Architect

    • Holloway Brothers, Builder

    • Mr A Brockett and Mr W Penfold, Joiner

    Ceremonies

    Opened

    3 June 1926

    Rt Hon Stanley Baldwin, PC, MP

    Dedicated

    3 June 1926

    Archbishop of Canterbury

    Custodian
    Harrow School

    Components

    Cenotaph

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Wall

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Arch

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Report a Concern

    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    112268

    To report a concern about the condition of this memorial, visit War Memorial Trust.

    Help update these details if the condition is wrongWar Memorials Register Logo
    • "A Century of Remembrance: One Hundred Outstanding British War Memorials" by Derek Boorman p.164 Published:Pen and Sword Military 2005
    • Carter Postcard Collection
    • BRITISH PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAR MEMORIALS by KERNOT, C F pp.140-141 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:ROBERTS AND NEWTON 1927 LONDON The War Memorial Building took five years to construct, and includes an inscription from J S Arkwright's hymn, 'O Valiant Hearts'. Joiners were A Brockett and W Penfold. Opened by the Prime Minister. He and the Archbishop of Canterbury were both Old Harrovians.
    • Harrow School, https://www.harrowschool-ww1.org.uk/authenticated/Browse.aspx?SectionId=1, accessed 5th March, 2024
    • "Harrow and the War. Proposed memorial to the fallen." The Times, 19 May 1917, p.3. col. F.
    • "Harrow School. The War Memorial." Harrow Observer, 11 Jul. 1919.
    • "The Harrow School Memorial. A cross on the hill." Harrow Observer, 25 Mar. 1921.
    • "Harrow School Memorial. Cross, shrine and loggia." Harrow Gazette, 25 Mar. 1921.
    • "Harrow School War Memorial. Archbishop of Canterbury lays the stone." Harrow Observer and Gazette, 14 Oct. 1921
    • "Harrow School War Memorial. Progress of new buildings." Harrow Observer and Gazette, 1 Sep. 1922.
    • "Encroachment on Church Hill. To the Editor of the "Observer"." Harrow Observer and Gazette, 24 Nov. 1922.
    • "Harrow School War Memorial. Opened by the Premier. Great homage by old Harrovians." Harrow Observer and Gazette, 4 Jun. 1926.
    • Laborde, E. D.. Harrow School, Yesterday and Today. Winchester Publications, 1948. p.159.
    • "Harrow Memorials of the Great War." Book of Remembrance printed by the Medici Society for Harrow School in 6 volumes published 1918-1921. Contains brief biography and photograph of 631 Old Harrovians killed in the Great War. 1000 copies printed.