Memorial

Crypt Chapel, Harrow School - WW1

Memorial

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Harrow School Chapel, High Street, Harrow, Harrow, Greater London, HA1 3EA, England

TQ 15586 87325

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Chapel: Dedicated within church building
WMR Reference Number: 11328
Description: Names of fallen cover 34 wooden panels printed on paper. The names are in black lettering, the months of their death and their honours in red. There is a quote from the Epistle to the Hebrews along the panels, again in red and black lettering but set on a painted gold scroll.
Inscription: 1914-1919/ (Names) WHEREFORE SEEING WE ALSO ARE COMPASSED/ ABOUT WITH SO GREAT A CLOUD OF WITNESSES/ LET US LAY ASIDE EVERY WEIGHT AND RUN WITH PATIENCE THE RACE THAT IS SET/ BEFORE US LOOKING UNTO JESUS THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH HEB XII.I.2. THESE ALL DIED IN/ FAITH HEB XI. 13/ WHEREFORE GOD IS NOT ASHAMED/ TO BE CALLED THEIR GOD HEB XI. 16

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 639
Died: 639
Information shown: Surname, year and month died, forename, decorations
Order of names: Month of death
Additional Information: The total number of names is not clear: the school website says 642 died but list 3 names that do not appear on the memorial.

Number Commemorated: 5
Died: 5
Information shown: Surname, Forename or Initials, Honours, Month of Death
Additional Information: The VC was awarded to Messrs Colyer Fergusson, Milbanke, Rhodes-Moorhouse, Stone and Walford

Maker(s): SIR CHARLES A NICHOLSON, Architect
Maintenance History: 2009: The peeling and damaged panels have been restored and the plaster statues of an officer and a sergeant at the entrance to the Chapel have been replaced by bronze resin replicas. 2009: The Chapel at Harrow is shared by the Roman Catholic community at the School. The Crypt is used for a daily Anglican Eucharist. 1990: Two of the panels are in a poor condition and peeling. One name has been lost and there is a duplicate name which brings the total of names listed to 643.