Memorial

Reigate Grammar School - WW1

Reigate Grammar School WW1 Memorial

Source: Copyright David Ayling

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Current Location

Located next to school library, Reigate Grammar School, Reigate Road, Reigate, Reigate And Banstead, Surrey, RH2 0QS, England

TQ 26070 50238

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 82916
Description: Large, wall-mounted bronze plaque on a wooden backboard. Shelf on the plaque at top above the school coat of arms. The names, in two columns, are below this between the two commemorations. All lettering is in white.
Inscription: 1914 1919/ SONS OF THIS SCHOOL LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID/ THAT YOU WHO LIVE ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD/ THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT YOU WHO LIVE MAY REAP/ A RICHER HARVEST ERE YOU FALL ASLEEP/ (Names)/ "AND SOME THERE BE WHO HAVE NO MEMORIAL."/ ERECTED BY PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERS/ OF REIGATE GRAMMAR SCHOOL IN MEMORY OF/ THE OLD BOYS WHO MADE THE SUPREME/ SACRIFICE FOR KING & COUNTRY

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 54
Served: 1
Died: 54
Information shown: Initials, surname
Order of names: Surname
Additional Information: F S Barnard is listed as having been killed but is believed to have survived the war.

Plaques / Panels with names

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good

The Pilgrim, Reigate Grammar School Magazine
"They Were More Than Just Names. The Reigate Grammar School WW1 Memorial" by John Rowlands, edited by Tony Morgan 2016
Surrey in the Great War, https://www.surreyinthegreatwar.org.uk/collections/getrecord/SHMEM_W_M_3618, accessed 13th October, 2024