Memorial

Carlisle Grammar School - WW1 - Roll of Honour

Carlisle Grammar School

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Current Location

Carlisle Archive Centre, Petteril Bank Road, Carlisle, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA1 3AJ, England

NY 41669 53652

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Type of Memorial: Roll of honour or book of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 76533
Description: Richly Illuminated Book of Remembrance on parchment with leather binding.
Inscription: ROLL OF HONOUR/OF THE OLD BOYS/OF CARLISLE/GRAMMAR SCHOOL/[school badge]/M.D. CCCCXIV/M.D. CCCCXVIII; Poem on the front inside page-Death, men call thee hard/of heart and blind,/And weeping go/Railing at thee for ever/but I know,/Death, thou art kind.//The quiet of thy halls,/where is surcease/Of the world's gain,/Where is not any pleasure;/no, nor pain./But only peace.//H.L. Simpson, O.C./Carlisle/February 1916; Title Page-ROLL OF/HONOUR/OLD BOYS/OF CARLISLE/GRAMMAR/SCHOOL/Who fell in the war of/1914 1918/PRO PATRIA; Pages 1 to 45- [names, 2 per page with much biographical detail]

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 87
Died: 89
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, name of father, address, years attended the school, date of birth
Order of names: surname

War: First World War - civilians
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, name of father, address, years attended the school, date of birth