Memorial

Sherborne School - WW1 and WW2, Chapel

Tablet

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Current Location

In the school Antechapel, Sherborne School, Abbey Road, Sherborne, West Dorset, Dorset, DT9 3AP, England

OS Grid Reference

ST 63765 16545

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Chapel or Church: Restoration or extension
WMR Reference Number: 65814
Description: A 1922 extension that forms the West end of the school chapel: a white, marble tablet commemorates the extension and the names of the WW1 and WW2 dead are engraved into the walls.
Inscription: Tablet - THIS CHAPEL WAS ENLARGED/ AND THIS ANTECHAPEL ADDED/ IN 1920-22 IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF THOSE SHIRBURNIANS/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ NOR LOVE THY LIFE NOR HATE BUT WHAT THOU LIV'ST/ LIVE WELL, HOW LONG OR SHORT PERMIT TO HEAVEN.

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 221
Died: 221
Information shown: surname, intials, year died
Order of names: Date of Death
Additional Information: The same names appear on the Roll of Honour kept at the same location (IWM 65815) and The Old Shirburnian website (see References) carries the service and death details of every casualty.

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 243
Died: 243
Information shown: Surname, Initials, Year Died
Order of names: Date of Death
Additional Information: The same names appear on the Roll of Honour kept at the same location (IWM 65815) and The Old Shirburnian website (see References) carries the service and death details of every casualty. The list includes J H Grayburn who was awarded the VC.

History

Maker(s): Reginald Blomfield, Architect

Ceremonies

Dedicated

5th July 1922

The Bishop of Madras

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Sherborne School - WW1 and WW2, Chapel

Current Location

OS Grid Reference

Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

Ceremonies

Conservation

Components

Sherborne School - WW1 and WW2, Chapel

Current Location

OS Grid Reference

Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

Ceremonies

Conservation

Components

Further Information