Stanley School War Memorial

Stanley Primary School, Strathmore Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 8UH

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War memorial, unveiled 1920, in the form of a Portland stone pillar set on a plinth. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1444687
Date first listed:: 03-Jul-2017
List Entry Name:: Stanley School War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Stanley Primary School, Strathmore Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 8UH

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1444687
Date first listed:: 03-Jul-2017
List Entry Name:: Stanley School War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Stanley Primary School, Strathmore Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 8UH

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Stanley Primary School, Strathmore Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 8UH

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Greater London Authority
District:: Richmond upon Thames (London Borough)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: TQ1505671848

Summary

War memorial, unveiled 1920, in the form of a Portland stone pillar set on a plinth.

Reasons for Designation

Stanley School War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the school, and the sacrifices it made in the First World War; * Design: as a poignant and imposing Portland stone pillar war memorial.

History

The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across the country. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also the official policy of not repatriating the dead, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.

One such memorial was raised at Stanley School in Teddington as a permanent testament to the sacrifices made by pupils and Old Boys of the School. The idea of a memorial began to be discussed in February 1917; eventually a memorial was designed by Captain WT Curtis, Architect with Middlesex County Council, and executed by Messrs. Keates and Co. at a cost of £100. It was unveiled on 27 October 1920 in a ceremony attended by Headmaster GH Orton, Reverend Jackson Bush and many of the parents of the Fallen.

The names on the memorial were re-engraved in the early 2000s.

Details

Tall, octagonal Portland stone pillar with a rounded finial, resting on a Portland stone plinth; near the top of the shaft is a band of Xs, and to the bottom a band of lozenges. The front face of the plinth is inscribed: TO THE OLD BOYS OF THIS SCHOOL / WHO ON THE THRESHOLD OF MANHOOD / GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 / LEAVING A GLORIOUS MEMORY AND AN / UNDYING EXAMPLE / THEY 'PLAYED THE GAME' TO THE END. The right and left faces bear the names of the Fallen. The plinth rests on a stone base.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 20 July 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 20 July 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/63127
War Memorials Register, accessed 9 February 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/63332

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.