Memorial

Middlesbrough High School For Boys - WW1

Memorial

Source: The Yorkshire Regiment

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Current Location

Main Entrance Hall on Main Campus, Middlesbrough College, Dock Street, Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough, TS2 1AD, England

NZ 50089 20784

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 9704
Description: Nowy-headed plaque on a wooden backboard. At the top centre is the a school badge, raised and flanked by raised scrolls, set within a raised laurel wreath. Below this is a scroll bearing the the commemoration and below that, the names in three columns, again all raised. The plaque has a rope design border. It is near-identical in design to IWM 9705, the school's WW2 memorial at the same location.
Inscription: 1914 PRO PATRIA MORTU* 1918/ (Names...) Translation - He died for his country

Plaque

Height: c.1000mm

Width: c.750mm

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good

Backboard

Height: c.1000mm

Width: c.750mm

Made from: Wood - Oak

Condition: Good

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Tuesday 20 September 1921 MIDDLESBROUGH HIGH SCHOOL WAR MEMORIAL.
North Star (Darlington) - Tuesday 20 September 1921 SIR HUGH BELL AND THE "OLD BOYS."
Cleveland Standard - Saturday 24 September 1921 NEWS BRIEFLETS
http://www.mbro.ac.uk/Home/index/collegeinfo/collegehistory/remembrance.aspx