Nottingham Boys' High School, Waverley Street, Nottingham. The memorial is a life-size figure in bronze of a young second lieutenant in service dress uniform leading his platoon in attack. The statue surmounts a pedestal of Portland stone set on three steps. On the front face is the inscription: 'To the Glory of God. In lasting and grateful memory of those former members of this School who by the sacrifice of their lives for the cause of their Country in the Great War 1914-1918 ennobled the traditions which they had here received.' On the reverse face is inscribed: ‘God gave them a great duty to do, and they did it. Te Deum Laudamus.’ The names of those who died are inscribed on bronze panels on the other two faces. The front of the pedestal bears a shield with the school motto and crest. The memorial was designed by a former Old Boy, Colonel AW Brewill DSO VD TD FRIBA, who commanded the 7th Battalion (Robin Hoods) Shewood Foresters Notts and Derby Regiment during the Great War. The sculptor was Henry Poole ARA (1873-1928) who also sculpted the memorial to Albert Ball which is in the grounds of Nottingham Castle. The stonework was by John Burton, mason of Nottingham, and the bronze figure was cast at the foundry of Messrs JW Singer & Sons Ltd, Frome, Somerset. The memorial cost about £2,500. The war memorial committee comprised Old Boys, parents and governors and the money was raised by private subscription. The memorial was unveiled on Saturday 11 November 1922 by His Grace The Duke of Portland KG GCV (Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire) and dedicated by the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Newcastle, Dr HL Wild. Contemporary photographs of the ceremony and the memorial are published on www.picturethepast.org.uk (photograph references: NTGM005308, NTGM005256 and NTGM005242). Over 1,000 Old Boys served in the Great War. A tablet inscribed with the names of Old Boys who died in the Second World War has been added to the memorial as has a tablet with additional names of Great War casualties. The school compiled a Book of Remembrance which has the names of those who died, giving rank, first names, surname, unit and date killed. It also includes a list of honours awarded to Old Boys. A Roll of Honour, designed and emblazoned by Mr EM Betts, the school’s art master, was unveiled in the school by the Mayor of Nottingham, Alderman EL Manning, on 12 July 1923. The ROH lists the names of over 200 Old Boys and masters who died in the war.
- Names on this memorial
- Photographs
- Abbott FW
- Aked G
- Allen LH
- Atherley CE
- Baker AL
- Ball A
- Ball O
- Ball W
- Ballamy HW
- Barrows MD
- Bavin W
- Birch WD
- Black EC
- Blandy FD
- Bostock AS
- Boyd CG
- Brett HS
- Bricknell T
- FA Bright
- Burrows GF
- Buxton DA
- Calvert AH
- Cairns SE
- Carter SC
- Cash WE
- Clarkson DJ
- Coleman JR
- Connop HA
- Cooper PN
- Cooper S
- Cowing RH
- Crane JR
- Crawford AB
- Crofts FW
- Cross WE
- Cullen WH
- Daft H
- Davis HR
- Dexter EI
- Dexter HV
- Domleo WG
- Douthwaite RCM
- Dunn W
- Eberlin FHM
- Elliott FW
- Ewart AJ
- Ferguson CE
- Forryan JO
- Fox CW
- Freestone WH
- Furley PHB
- Gant LJ
- Gascoyne C
- Gillott OC
- Given MD
- Goddard AE
- Goodall GP
- Gow RCA
- Grant DPC
- Green H
- Greenfield GH
- Hacking WW
- Hall AK
- Hardy TB
- Harper FHM
- Hart CC
- Heath LG
- Hemsley AH
- Hepburn G
- Herrick JRW
- Holroyd EJ
- Holroyd JI
- Hooton HH
- Hopewell RG
- Horlock AIW
- Howard WL
- Howett WF
- Howitt J
- Hoyte RW
- Hutchinson CD
- Jackson JE
- Johnson JH
- Johnson PN
- Johnson W
- Johnstone HA
- Johnstone JG
- Johnstone W
- Jones SC
- Jordan A
- Jowers JF
- Kellett LB
- Kerridge R
- King GE
- Laws BC
- Laws PU
- Leggett HA
- Levy AH
- Lewin JW
- Lotinga-Smith GLE
- Luscombe LA
- Mackay DA
- Malsom FG
- Maltby CR
- Marriott C
- Marrs ES
- Marrs FM
- Marshall W
- Mason C
- Mellard RB
- Mellor PW
- Melville SB
- Millar AL
- Miller TC
- Moore H
- Morris TH
- Mozley RI
- Newmarch GES
- Nicol GA
- Oakden AW
- Oakden ER
- Oldershaw M
- O'Rorke BG
- Oubridge DJA
- Parry F
- Paton MB
- Perry PVC
- Phethean T
- Pierce JB
- Piggin FPL
- Pratt FN
- Pratt NH
- Prosser CG
- Purdy AK
- Pyatt GH
- Pyatt RG
- Rees FE
- Rhodes HS
- Riddle A
- Ritter WH
- Robinson F
- Robinson JH
- Roe JG
- Rolling B
- Rushton WH
- Schroder HD
- Sergeant JF
- Shaw TCW
- Sheldon TE
- Shipstone FE
- Simpson AV
- Simpson HL
- Simpson JH
- Simpson LG
- Smallbones RWL
- Smith ED
- Spray A
- Stafford A
- Steedman VJ
- Stevens AL
- Stevens WD
- Stiebel EA
- Taylor ER
- Taylor GA
- Taylor GS
- Taylor P
- Thrale R
- Thurman EA
- Tinker FG
- Todd EF
- Tonkin FC
- Trease RE
- Trease SC
- Turner CEW
- Turpin JK
- Tweddle WG
- Wade H
- Walker HCS
- Walker WEG
- Watson HCS
- Watts RWA
- Wells LF
- Wesselhoeft FG
- Wesselhoeft GH
- Weston KV
- Weston MS
- Wheat LK
- Whiting O
- Whitlock EF
- Whitlock TO
- Whitworth CE
- Widdowson AD
- Williams AM
- Willoughby W
- Wilson TC
- Wood JG
- Woodward LC
- Wootton JW
- Wright CJS
- Wright EL
- Wright HG
- Wyld CG
- LE Schloss
- Senior HF
- Wade s
- F Turney