Memorial Title
Central School for Boys - WW2 (Lost)
Summary
Derbyshire War Memorials: a description of a WW2 war memorial lectern for the Central School for Boys, originally at Henry Cavendish School, Derby.
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Locations
| Last known location: Henry Cavendish School St Andrews View Breadsall Hilltop Derby |
Nearest postcode: DE21 4ET NGR: SK 37310 38229 (From online digital mapping.) |
Location details: The building was demolished c2007. |
Type
| Overall type: Furniture. |
Overall condition: Lost. |
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| Description: A wooden lectern in the shape of a desk with a sloping top. The front face has a 75mm deep frieze at the top with carved floral scrollwork continued around the top edge and tapering back at each side. On the front centre face is a 150mm high carving of a centaur facing to its left on a shield. Each side has an incised decorative panel. The inscription and names are incised on the front face. |
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Inscription
| TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE OLD BOYS OF THE CENTRAL SCHOOL WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945 |
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| N BATCHELOR A S BENNETT S M BENTLEY K H BRAILSFORD H BUXTON A CHAMBERS H COWLEY H A DOLEMAN E FITCHETT J T FROST R J GARDENER R E HENSON K G HODNETT J HOLLAND C H HOLLINGSWORTH G JACKSON F JOHNSON R H JOHNSON E W LABAN E LANCASTER D W MACDONALD |
L C C MARIEN H G MEPHAM A R MERRY M R MORLEY A F PUGH W ROBERTS C ROGERS K L ROWLEY D SLATER H SMITH S A SMITH J T TOPLIS R E WHEATLEY A WHEELDON A WHITBREAD J E WHITE S WHITTINGHAM C R WINTERBOTTOM G R WOOD C G WORRALL L A YOUNG |
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| WE WILL REMEMBER THEM DONATED BY THE OLD CENTAURS ASSOCIATION |
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Administration
Custodian: Presumed to be the School Governors in association with the Old Centaurs Association.
Local authorities:
From WW2: Derby County Borough Council (Derby Corporation).
From 1974 to 1997: Derby District (later Borough and from 1977 City) Council and Derbyshire County Council.
From 1997: The unitary authority has been Derby City Council.
History
29th October, 1958: The Lectern was installed in the Henry Cavendish School, St Andrews View, Derby when the school moved there.
1989: The school name was changed to High View School but remained at St Andrews View.
2007: On occupying new premises on the same site the school was renamed Da Vinci Community School.
5th January 2010: This history was compiled by Eric Naden.
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