Memorial

Malmesbury and District Secondary School - WW1

Mark Newton 02.06.2017

Source: Copyright Mark Newton 02.06.2017

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Current Location

It is adjacent to IWM 109294, Malmesbury School, Corn Gastons, Malmesbury, North Wiltshire, Wiltshire, SN16 0DF, England

ST 92443 87411

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 24202
Description: STONE TABLET, MOUNTED ON A STONE BACKBOARD ON AN EXTERNAL WALL. TOWN CREST ENGRAVED AT TOP, CENTRE ABOVE THE ENGRAVED INSCRIPTION WITH ENGRAVED WREATHS AT EACH CORNER. NAMES ARE IN A SINGLE COLUMN. THERE IS A SMALL, METAL PLAQUE BENEATH OUTLINING THE UNVEILING.
Inscription: Tablet - KEEP EVER IN MIND THE HONOURED/ AND GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE/ PUPILS FROM THIS SCHOOL WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER THEM IN/ THIS PLACE STRIVE ALWAYS TO LIVE/ WORTHY OF THEIR GREAT SACRIFICE/ AND EMULATE THE EXAMPLE FOR/ THEIR COURAGE AND SELF-DEVOTION/ "BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND/ I WILL GIVE YOU A CROWN OF LIFE"/ DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI Plaque - This Tablet/ was erected by students of the school/ and unveiled on Decr 18th 1920 by/ Rear Admiral John Luce, CB/ of Malmesbury, who commanded/ HMS Glasgow at The Battle of/ The Falkland Isles Decr 8th, 1914

Tablet

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good