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    Memorial

    Lancing College Memorial Cloister

    Cloister west

    Source: Copyright Susan Featherstone

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    Current Location

    External access on the south side of the chapel., Lancing College Chapel., College Drive, Lancing, Adur, West Sussex, BN15 0RW, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 19606 06595

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Chapel or Church: Restoration or extension
    WMR Reference Number
    16575
    Description
    100 ft long memorial cloister with seven bays. Vaulting ornamented with fan tracery. The dedication stone is in the east wall below a single light window WMR 101457.
    Inscription
    Dedication: A.M.D.G. / LAID ON JUNE 25 1921 / AS THE FOUNDATION STONE OF / THIS CLOISTER COMMEMORATING / THE OLD LANCING BOYS / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR // THEIR SEED STANDETH FAST / AND THEIR CHILDREN FOR THEIR SAKES / THEIR GLORY SHELL NOT BE BLOCKED OUT // ECCLUS XLIV. //
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    179
    Died
    179
    Information shown
    forename, surname, decorations, rank, service,
    Order of names
    surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    138
    Died
    138
    Information shown
    forename, surname, decorations, rank, service,
    Order of names
    surname
    Maker(s)
    • MR TEMPLE LUSHINGTON MOORE, Designer

    Costs
    c £10,000

    Ceremonies

    Foundation Stone

    June 1921

    UNKNOWN

    Consecrated

    25 June 1925

    Bishop of Chichester

    Unveiled

    25 June 1927

    HRH Prince Henry

    Dedicated

    25 June 1927

    Bishop Southwell CMG

    Custodian
    Lancing College

    Components

    Memorial

    Depth: 100 Foot


    Made from: Stone - Sandstone


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: I

    List Entry: 1286548

    Listed 12 October 1954

    Tablets

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    • Lancing College War Memorial: http://www.hambo.org/lancing/ - Accessed 24 April 2022
    • BRITISH PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAR MEMORIALS by KERNOT, C F 203-207 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:ROBERTS AND NEWTON 1927 LONDON
    • The Times 27 June 1927 p.19 col.b