Memorial
Blackpool Grammar School - WW1 Board
The Memorial Board
Source: Copyright Mike Coyle
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Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 18622
- Description
- Wooden panel set into wall. Names in two columns in relief. Inscription above in white lettering. Laurel garland in relief surrounds inscription at top, a raised border all around. School coat of arms at top, centre. The Memorial Board is also associated with the Assembly Hall in the original school building.
- Inscription
- SO THEY GAVE THEIR BODIES TO THE/ COMMONWEALTH AND RECEIVED/ EACH FOR HIS OWN MEMORY PRAISE/ THAT WILL NEVER DIE AND WITH IT/ THE GRANDEST OF ALL SEPULCHRES/ NOT THAT IN WHICH THEIR MORTAL/ BONES ARE LAID BUT A HOME IN THE/ MINDS OF MEN/ Thucydides II. 43./ (Names)/ 1914 - 1919/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 37
- Died
- 37
- Information shown
- surname, initials, civilian qualification
- Order of names
- surname
Components
- Board
Made from: Wood
Condition: Unknown
- Blackpool Evening Gazette, 27 May 1924, details of dedication of the School Hall and the Memorial Board
- School History, https://www.collegiateweb.co.uk/history.html, accessed 31st January 2024