Memorial
Aberdeen Grammar School
Current Location
Aberdeen Grammar School, Skene Street, Aberdeen, City Of Aberdeen, Grampian, AB10 1HT, Scotland
OS Grid Reference
NJ 93084 06234
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 78950
- Description
- [unknown] It is not known whether the memorials survived the 1976 fire which destroyed much of the school.
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 243
- Died
- 243
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Number Commemorated
- 194
- Died
- 194
- Maker(s)
Dr. William Kelly A.R.S.A., Designer
Ceremonies
Unveiled
08/05/1923
Lord Alness
Unveiled
27/10/1949
Lord ALness
Components
- Mural
Made from: Wood - Oak
Condition: Unknown
- Roll of honour
Made from: Unknown
Condition: Unknown
- Mention in report on memorial pavilionABERDEEN GRAMMAR SCHOOL WAR MEMORIAL PAVILION. The handsome war memorial pavilion, erected on the Rubislaw Field—the Grammar School recreation ground—where the school sports took place at the week-fend, was open for the inspection of visitors on Saturday. A large and representative company took advantage of the occasion. There was no formal opening ceremony, and tea was served in the main hall of the pavilion. It was intended that there should have been a ceremony appropriate to- the event, but the committee in charge had decided to dispense with this. In the scheme as originally outlined, the names of all the former pupils who fell in the war were to be inscribed on panels inside the pavilion, but in view of the erection by the Aberdeen Education Authority the very beautiful and elaborate memorial in the School .Hall, it, was obviously unnecessary repeat the names in the pavilion. It appeared to the committee that nothing should.be done either to add to, or possibly detract from, the impressive ceremony which accompanied the unveiling last year by Lord Alness of the memorial in the school. Aberdeen Press and Journal - Monday 23 June 1924 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19240623/049/0005
- Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 07 July 1949 Lord Alness to Unveil War Memorial LORD ALNESS, a distinguished "old boy," will unveil the memorial to the 194 former pupils of Aberdeen Grammar School who died in the recent war. Aberdeen Press and Journal - Thursday 07 July 1949 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19490707/102/0006
- Aberdeen Press and Journal - Wednesday 09 May 1923 ABERDEEN GRAMMAR SCHOOL WAR MEMORIAL UNVEILED. Lord Alness Pays Touching Tribute. REMINDER OF WHAT DEFEAT WOULD HAVE MEANT. With a ceremony impressive and dignified in its simplicity, and with many touching I moments in its course, the war memorial of Aberdeen Grammar School was unveiled by Lord Alness, Justice Clerk of Scotland, a distinguished former pupil, yesterday. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19230509/031/0005