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The War Memorial in the grounds of the Sir William Turner
block of the Redcar and Cleveland College on Corporation Road, Redcar.
(Photo : Stan Grosvenor,<csstan@mametz.fsnet.co.uk>)
Stan Grosvenor (<csstan@mametz.fsnet.co.uk>) has kindly photographed the memorial and provided the following information on the War Memorial that stands in the grounds of the old Sir William Turner Grammar School.
“The Great War Memorial was erected in 1922, and unveiled on Founders Day of that year. It is an Ionic Cross on a pedestal of red granite, 17 feet from ground level. It was dedicated by the Rev A Pryce.
It occupied a commanding position overlooking the green in front of the school
on Coatham Road until 1932 when it was moved, ironically enough by ropes attached
to a German Trench Mortar, to the centre of the cloisters between the newly
built School hall and the old building of 1868. There it remained until October
12 1965, when it was moved to a position on the grass outside the Headmaster’s
Room in the Corporation Road Building. When that School ceased to exist as
a Grammar School, it was moved again to the front of the Sir William Turner’s
Sixth Form College in Redcar Lane.”
[Extracted from Sir William Turner and his School by HE Elliott, 1983]
The memorial now stands in front of the Sir William Turner block of the Redcar and Cleveland College on Corporation Road, Redcar. The WW2 Memorial plaque is located on the wall in the entrance hall to that block.
The names on the memorial are;-
| R E BRYANT H DE C CASLEY J COUTTS J J CLOUGH J L DERRICK S DOUGLAS I ELLIS W FEATHERSTONE J H FOXTON A E GIBSON L GIRY R H GOLDSBOROUGH A E HALL T HEATHCOCK J W S HIRD C K HOLMES |
E HORNSBY G HUNT A HUNTER A JERVELUND F JERVELUND T KIDD R C LENNARD C MAUDE E A MORRISON H P NICHOLSON W NIXON G A PAXTON F S PHILLIPS R RAPP G ROBINSON R G SHAW |
F S SCOTT F L SHIRLEY J SMITH F O SPEIGHT P G H STANTON G E STEPHENS J O STUBBS O SVENSSON H M THOMAS F E THOMAS F G WALKER H N WALKER J P WATSON L R V WILCHER L WRIGHT C WYCHERLEY |
Lieutenant Hugh De Chastelai Casley. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Mrs. E. Casley, of 5, St. Vincent Terrace, Coatham, Redcar, Yorks,
and the late Mr. W. J. B. Casley. Killed 7 August 1915. Aged 28.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, Helles Memorial.
Captain John Leslie Derrick. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of the Rev. J. G. and Edith Derrick, of 2, Royal Crescent, Cheltenham. Enlisted
in Public Schools University Bn. Royal Fusiliers in 1914. Gazetted 2nd Lt.
Dec., 1914. Served in Egypt Jan.-July, 1916; France and Flanders July, 1916-Aug.
1917. Promoted Capt. July, 1917. Killed 27 August 1917. Aged 27.
Commemorated Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, Tyne Cot Memorial.
Private Sydney Douglas. 2168. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Mr. John Douglas, of 4, Granville Terrace, Redcar, Yorks. Killed 14
February 1916. Aged 24.
Born Redcar, Enlisted Redcar.
Buried RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND.
Lieutenant William Featherstone. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of John and Mary Ann Featherstone, of Redcar; husband of Ella Featherstone,
of 56, Newcomen Terrace, Redcar. Killed 13 September 1916. Aged 33.
Buried FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ.
Lieutenant Arthur Ernest Hall. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Arthur Malthouse Hall and Edith Ada Hall, of 20, Albert Rd., Middlesbrough.
Killed 22 August 1915. Aged 21.
Commemorated Panel 55 to 58, Helles Memorial.
2nd Lieutenant Frank Stewart Phillips. 13th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Killed 23 November 1917.
Commemorated Panel 5, Cambrai Memorial (Louverval).
Private George Robinson. 15346. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 10 July 1916.
Born Kirleatham (Redcar), Enlisted Redcar.
Commemorated Pier and Face 3 A and 3 D, Thiepval Memorial.
2nd Lieutenant Harold Morris Thomas. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of the late Elizabeth Thomas. Killed 10 November 1916.
Buried WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY.
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The names on the War Memorial in the grounds of the Sir William Turner
block of the Redcar and Cleveland College on Corporation Road, Redcar.
(Photo : Stan Grosvenor,<csstan@mametz.fsnet.co.uk>)
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