Memorial Title

Ernest Bailey Grammar School - Bible (Old Baileans)

Summary

Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW2 war memorial Bible in St Giles's Church, Old Matlock, Derbyshire and commemorating the fallen Old Baileans of Ernest Bailey Grammar School.

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Locations

Last known location: St Giles's Church Church St Old Matlock Derbyshire	Nearest postcode: DE4 3BZ NGR: SK 30080 59772 (From online digital mapping.)	Location details: In the Guild Chapel at the eastern end of the north wall of the nave.

Previous location: Ernest Bailey Grammar School New St Matlock Bank Derbyshire	Nearest postcode: DE4 3FJ NGR: SK 30118 60425 (From online digital mapping.)	Location details: —

Type

Overall type: Bible

Overall condition: Fair. The inscription is legible.

Description:

A bound hardbacked Bible with a dedicatory page pasted into the front cover. The page has a cross within a bound wreath at the head in red, gold, green and blue and the inscription is in red calligraphy with names in black arranged in two columns.

Glossary

Components:

Component	Material	Height	Width	Depth	Condition
Bible	Paper, card	310	268	90	Fair
Dimensions in millimetres ±5mm unless stated otherwise.

Inscription

OLD BAILEANS KILLED DURING THE
1939 - 1945 WORLD WAR

Years at School

Kenneth Bachelor

12.9.29 - 16.7.35

Hubert R. McLean

14.2.29-18.12.31

Ronald Binks

11.9.34 - 22.7.38

Francis Millward

14.9.32 - 25.7.36

Stephen H. Briddon

12.9.31-22.7.33

Thomas R. Mowatt

11.9.34 - 22.7.38

Colin W. E. Broomhead

16.9.27 - 24.7.31

Frederick J. Owens

12.9.33 - 23.12.36

Donald Derbyshire

13.9.28 - 23.7.32

Herbert H. Pearson

3.3.32 - 26.7.35

Henry Derbyshire

17.9.24 - 22.7.29

Herbert Ricketts

11.9.30 - 21.12.34

Cyril R Edmonds

14.9.32 - 22.12.37

Godfrey T. Slater

11.9.34 - 27.1.41

Leslie Glasspool

19.4.32 - 18.11.37

Malcolm Thompson

19.4.32 - 20.12.35

Herbert Grimshaw

22.4.26 - 23.7.28

Cyril Watts

21.9.31 - 20.12.35

Francis J. Kennedy

5.1.32 - 22.7.38

Ralph N. Wherrett

15.9.26 - 27.3.33

Frank S. King

14.9.25 - 22.7.29

Brian H. Wildgoose

14.9.32 - 29.11.37

"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"

Conflicts and people named:
Conflict	Second World War (1939-1945)	Totals
Action	—
Number died	22	22
Number served and returned	0	0
Total names	22	22

Administration

Custodian: Presumed to be the parochial church council.

Local authorities:
From WW1: Matlock Parish Council; Matlock Urban District Council; Derbyshire County Council.
From 1974: Matlock Town Council; Derbyshire Dales District Council; Derbyshire County Council.

History

Unknown date: The Bible is presumed to have been provided and located in the Ernest Bailey Grammar School in New Road.

22nd June, 1950: St Giles's Church was listed Grade II*, Heritage List for England number 1247838.

October 1980: St Giles's Church lies within the Old Matlock Conservation Area first designated in that month.

c1982: The school merged with a nearby one and vacated the New St premises which ultimately became the Derbyshire Records Office. It is presumed that the Bible was moved to St Giles's Church at about that time.

8th September 2016: The memorial was surveyed by Anne Branson and Roy Branson. It was in fair condition.

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