REMEMBERING THE FALLEN
REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE, 11th NOVEMBER 2009
The annual Service was held, as usual, in the Entrance Hall at the old School Building at 11 o’clock on Wednesday 11th November 2009. The Chairman, Gwyn Thomas, welcomed everyone and opened the proceedings by referring to the purpose of the gathering and introduced Mrs. Jill Wright, Lay Minister from Christ Church, Higher Bebington, who then led the Service, supported by the local Parish vicar, Rev. Henry Corbett. |
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The former Headmaster and currently President of the Association, Ellis Clarke, laid a wreath at the World War 1 Commemoration Plaque and Roy Whipple (pictured right), a D.F.C. and former Squadron-Leader navigator in RAF Bomber Command during World War 2 placed a wreath at the
World War 2 plaque.
The attendance, about 22 members and wives, was somewhat less than some previous events but more than enough to give a rousing rendition of the hymn ‘Eternal Father, strong to save…..’.
This superb performance was most opportune as the CD player, hurriedly pressed into service in the unfortunate absence of our organist Paul Goulden due to illness, failed. |
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After the Service, all enjoyed some light refreshments whilst talking to each other and no doubt reminiscing about our school years.
In the future, please bear in mind :-
ALL ARE WELCOME ! |
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NAMES OF THE FALLEN
During the Great War from 1914 to 1918, in common with other schools throughout the Country, senior pupils from the Liverpool Collegiate, on leaving their academic years, volunteered for service in the armed forces. Many from the school fell on the battlefields of France and Belgium and elsewhere; of these 188 men suffered the ultimate sacrifice. The names of these men were recorded on a large bronze plaque which was fixed to a wall in the entrance hall at the main doors of the school building. It remained there until the school closed. Since then the plaque survived two serious fires in the building which also endured years of constant vandalism.
When members of the Old Boys' Association learned of the proposals to convert the wrecked building to residential use, they were delighted to learn, following enquiries from the Developers, Urban Splash, that the plaque would be retained and re-installed in the refurbished front hall. In addition, Urban Splash confirmed that the original black and white tiled floor in the hallway, inset with the school motto, was also to be retained.
For the 100 former pupils who died in the Second World War (1939 to 1945) a memorial plaque had been affixed in 1951 to the magnificent School Organ in the Assembly Hall. Unfortunately this plaque was destroyed during one of the severe fires that completely gutted the Hall. The Council of the Association in 2003 determined that another plaque should be commissioned and, with the permission of the Developers, erected in the entrance hall to recognise those former pupils who sacrificed their future for us. The Council met the total cost from current funds. It was also agreed that this plaque should recognise those pupils who had died on active service in other conflicts since 1945. The plaque was erected in 2004.
1914 to 1918
ACKERLEY R.
AITKEN W.A.
ALDERSON R.H.
ALSOP L.
ANDERSON W.
ASHCROFT E.
BANN E.J.
BARKER H.A.E.
BARLOW F.N.
BARLOW G.H.
BARNARD N.J.
BARNEY G.M.
BARTLETT A.
BARTLETT E.
BECKETT G.H.
BELL D.
BEVAN A.W.
BIBBY J.H.V.
BIRCH H.L.
BIRCHALL H.
BLEASE R.M.S.
BLOORE R.H.
BOWE S.G.
BRIGGS E.
BROWN G.C.
BROWN J.
BURGESS H.
BURNET F.
CALVEY J.V.
CANDELAND W.G.
CHADDOCK H.B.
CHADDOCK J.D.
CHESHIRE R.B.
CLOUGH G.
CLOUGH W.N.
COLE G.S.M.
COLE M.H.
CONNOLLEY T.
C OPELAND D.M.
CORLETT A.G.
CORMODY A.F.
CRAFTER R.A.
CRELLIN J.S.
CURRAN H.
DALTON G.S.
DAVENPORT J.
DAVIES T.P.
DIXON G.H.K.
DIXON H.O.
DOBBS A.S.
DODD F.J.
DOWNES G.G.
ECKETT T.M.
ELLIS E.W.
ELLIS H.O.
ESSLER A.
EVANS G.L.
EVANS O.
EVANS W.A.
EVANS W.D.
FELLOWES E.E.
FELTON F.
FLENLEY E.B.
FORBES W.C. |
FORSTER H.K.
FOWLER A.
FURLONG F.J.
GASKILL E.C.L.
GAW W.C.
GEDDES D.S.
GERRARD W.E.
GOWLAND E.W.
GRAFTER R.A.
GRAVES J.S.
GRAY D.H.
GREAVES R.
GREAVES V.
GREENER A.S.
GREENWOOD W.E.
GRIFFITHS T.A.
HALFPENNY W.H.
HALSALL E.
HARRISON W.R.
HARTLEY W.N.
HEWITT J.
HILTON J.C.
HINDS A.
HINTON H.P.
HIVEY C.H.
HODGSON E.E.
HOGGAN T.A.H.
HOLDING R.
HOLME B.L.
HOOPER S.D.
HUDSON C.N.
HULME H.
HUNTLEY T.E.
IRELAND E.E.
JACKSON W.A.
JERMY A.W.
JESSOP H.
JOHNSTON H.J.
JONES Geo.
JONES H.
JONES H.R.
JONES P.G.
JONES T.R.
JONES W.G.
KING R.S.
LAMMIE J.H.
LAMONT A.
LANCASTER T.S.
LAWTON S.
LEATHERBARROW A.
LINDSAY F.T.
LLOYD F.P.
LOMAX E.H.
LYTHAM E.R.
MACE A.B.S.
MACMILLAN D.
MAHON J.H.
MARSHALL W.E.
MARTIN H.S.
McROBIE H.D.
MOESH-JONES R.C.
MORRIS G.H.
MUTTER J.G.
MYLCHREEST J.E. |
NEVINSON W.S.
MORRISON S.
NICHOLLS F.C.
NORRIE T.P.
OLDRIDGE P.H.
OXTON T.L.
PARKINSON O.W.
PEASTON F.
PODMORE E.G.
POOL S.
PORTER T.E.
PRATT E.L.
PRESTON H.
PRICE C.
RATCLIFFE W.
RAWSTHORNE W.T
RELPH F.
REYNOLDS H.R.
ROBERTS J.P.
ROBERTS P.F.
ROBERTSON D.R.
ROUSE F.
ROWLANDS A.W.
SHARPE R.D.
SHEPPY A.
SIMPSON J.W.
SLATER T.F.W.
SMITH G.
SMITH H.J.
SNEDDON J.
STEVENS D.E.
SWALL W.W.
SYMINGTON H.
THOMAS F.
THOMAS Gwyn
THOMPSON V.
TODHUNTER W.
TOOLE D.F.G.
TOOLE E.T.
TREVITT T.H.
VENMORE F.
WAINWRIGHT H.S.
WAKEFIELD L.J.
WEBB J.L.
WEST L.T.
WESTON H.A.
WILKINS J.C.M.
WILKINSON C.
WILLIAMS C.G.
WILLIAMS D.R.
WILLIAMS H.S.
WILLIAMS Richd.G.
WILLIAMS Robt.Glyn
WILLIAMS R.T.
WILSON C.L.
WISSET J.N.
WOOD F.J.
WOOD G.
WOOD J.A.
WOOD L.W.
WRIGHT A.W.
WRIGHT N.G.
YOUNG H.G. |
1939 to 1945
ACHESON J.M.
ALIEN H.
ARNEY G.J.
ATHERTON A.T.
BALE N.H.
BARISH W.
BEAVEN J.A.D.
BLACKMAN J.
BONE D.M.
BRADBURN L.S.
BRADLEY P
BRANNIGAN J.
BRIGHT P.
BURRAS C.E.
CAIN T.L.
CHADWICK E.
CHRISTIE R.D.
CLARKE H.V.
CLOSE A.C.
COLLISTER G.B.
CONDY D.W.
CRAIG R.H.
CURRAN J.
CUSSON T.F.
DAVIDSON A.F.
DAVIES C.J.P.
DAVIES J.O.
DAVIS N.C.
DEVONPORT J.J.
DICKINSON E.
DICKSON D.
DURINGER C.H.
EDWARDS J.F.V.
EVANS C.
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FOGGO E.E.
FORREST H.
GIBB A.G.
GREEN L.D.
GREIG J.F.J.
GUY W.A.
HANNETT J.
HARRIS T.E.
HASTINGS W.
HAYES J.F.
HILL H.T.
HOBSON F.
HODGSON W.
JACKSON H.
JOHNSON A.
JONES C.S.
JONES H.
JONES H.O.
JONES J.D.
JONES S.
JONES W.S.
JOYNER C.M.
KEEBLE K.S.
LEATHER J.S.
LEDSON J.H.
LEWIS G.D.
LLOYD Kenneth
LLOYD K.
LOCKWOOD C.E.
MacDOUGAL C.W.
MANN K.W.M.
MAYERS G.H.E.
McCRICK R.E.
MOUNT L.B.
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MUDGE K.
O’DONNELL W.V.
OWEN T.H.
PARRY R.A.
PRITCHARD J.P.
RAW E.H.
READ W.M.
RELPH E.W.
ROONEY .W
ROSS K.
ROWLAND E.N.
SHEPHERDS H.B.
SOUTHWORTH J.
STOTT J.
TAYLOR A.H.K.
THOMAS H.O.
THOMPSON A.
TOWERS J.A.
TUNSTALL E.T.
WADSWORTH K.W.
WALKER J.
WARHAM A.S.
WEST P.
WHEAT W.J.
WILKINS L.G.
WILLIAM S.
WILSON R.J.
WILSON W.
WOODS L.R.
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Whilst the Council has endeavoured to be as accurate as possible in recording the names of those who died, any more information about former pupils’ involvement in the two world wars and other conflicts would be most welcome. Please send all information and/or photographs to our Secretary.
A bound Book of Remembrance containing all the names has been passed to the Liverpool Record Office for posterity.
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BRAVERY AWARDS
The Association has little information on awards to servicemen in the various conflicts and would welcome details.
Please send any information to David Wright, at david.wright3@homecall.co.uk |
