Sedbergh School

liverpool annie · Nov 23, 2009

I came across this War Memorial looking for something else .... thought this maybe of interest .... hope it helps somebody !

The Cloisters at Sedbergh are an impressive and fitting monument to old boys and masters of the School who gave their live for their country during the Great War and the Second War. The Cloisters were dedicated in 1924 and then re-dedicated after the Second World War. The hostile north Yorkshire weather however, took their toll of the Cloisters, wearing down the slabs of stone with the names on of those who died. The Cloisters were therefore restored and partially rebuilt in 2005 and on Remembrance Day again re-dedication after an appeal had raised over £130,000 for the necessary work.

The School also has a separate memorial for Old Sedberghians awarded the Victoria Cross, of which there are four. Brigadier Jock Campbell who won the Military Cross in the First World War and the Victoria Cross at the battle of Sidi Rezegh in the Second and was a member of Evans House. Three of the Old Sedberghian winners of the Victoria Cross were Old Sedgwickians, RJT Digby-Jones at Wagon Hill in 1900 in the Boer War, George Ward Gunn at Sidi Rezegh in 1941 and Kenneth Campbell over Brest Harbour, also in 1941.

It is also notable that four Battle of Britain pilots attended the school. Plt Off Desmond Kay DFC & Bar, Plt Off Noel Benson were sadly killed during the war, but Flt Lt Kenneth Stoddart AE, and Fg Off Alec Worthington survived.
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