Memorial Title
Netherthorpe Grammar School - WW2
Summary
Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW2 war memorial book of remembrance at Netherthorpe School commemorating the fallen of Netherthorpe Grammar School.
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Locations
| Last known location: Old School Netherthorpe School Ralph Rd Netherthorpe Staveley Derbyshire |
Nearest postcode: S43 3PU NGR: SK 44167 74672 (From online digital mapping.) |
Location details: The Old School is at the southwestern corner of the school campus, at the junction of Ralph Rd and Netherthorpe. The case and plaque are on a bookcase on the east wall. |
Type
| Overall type: Book of remembrance |
Overall condition: Fair The inscription is legible and the memorial is cared for. |
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| Description: A hardback book of remembrance in a case and accompanied by a plaque. The oblong book has a green buckram cover with a thin, gold tooled border and a gold tooled hollow cross at the centre. The opening page bears the badge of the school and a delicate border of foliage in pastel greens over the epitaph "Went the day well?" composed by John Maxwell Edmonds and written in black calligraphy with a rubricated initial. The next page bears a moving tribute in black calligraphy with an illuminated initial in red and blue. The third page bears the title, and each subsequent page bears one name, all in a similar style to the first page. The name pages each bear the name at the centre, the years of school attendance at the top and the service or unit at the foot. The book is displayed in oaken case with a glazed hinged lid and a small plaque is attached to the bookcase immediately below it. Glossary |
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Inscription
| "Went the day well? we died and never knew: But well or ill, England, we died for you." |
This book, a tribute from students past and present of Staveley-Netherthorpe Grammar School, is dedicated to the memory of those of a second generation of their number whose lives were scarificed while serving with the British Forces from 1939 to 1945. To us, their contemporaries, they are still living in our memories with all their qualities and characteristics. To the future generation, who may have helped civilization to scorn the barbarity of war, they will be names only, but we of the present ask them to feel with us sorrow for their sacrifice and a gentle pride in belonging to the same community which nurtured them. |
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| Roll of Honour | 1934 1939 Lewis Randall Barber Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
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| 1932 1936 Dennis Barker Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
1921 1926 George Francis Barlow Royal Tank Corps |
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| 1932 1934 Sydney Bramley Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
1926 1930 Thomas Crehan Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
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| 1929 1933 Reginald Flood Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
1934 1939 John Gordon Fry Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
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| 1935 1941 James Arthur Edward Gadsby Sherwood Foresters |
1925 1931 John Havenhand Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
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| 1926 1933 Philip Hicken Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
1931 1937 Harold Huddless Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
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| 1932 1937 Kenneth Hunter Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
1937 1938 Ivor Armstrong Jervis Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
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| 1932 1939 Herbert Sydney Keeton Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
1922 1926 Frederick James Kerry Royal Corps of Signals |
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| 1932 1937 Alan Marsh Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
1932 1940 John Clifford Otter Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
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| 1923 1926 William Grainger Parry Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
1936 1940 Charles Arthur Peel South Staffordshire Regiment |
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| - - George Edward Mitchley Royal Navy |
1933 1939 Arnold Edward Pigott Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
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| 1930 1937 Roger Hayden Smith Ghurka Rifles: Indian Army |
1933 1939 John Victor Stretton Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
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| 1934 1936 Geoffrey Symonds Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
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| IN MEMORY OF THOSE OLD STUDENTS OF NETHERTHORPE GRAMMAR SCHOOL STAVELEY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR 1939 - 1945 |
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Administration
Local authorities:
From WW2: Staveley Parish Council; Staveley Urban District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Staveley Town Council; Chesterfield Borough Council; Derbyshire County Council.
History
19th October, 2016: The memorial was surveyed by Roy Branson and Alan Willmot. It was in fair condition and cared for.
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