For many years these memorials to CBS Old Boys who died in the two World Wars hung in the hall of the school, later named Clarence House, in Humberstone Gate, Leicester.
They were removed when the school moved to new premises in 1965, but were returned to Clarence House in March 2007. Old boy Brian Screaton was instrumental in rescuing the memorials & arranging for them to be restored and reinstated at Clarence House.A simple yet moving ceremony to rededicate the boards was conducted by the Rev Gerald T Rimmington, who is an Old Boy of the school. A wreath was laid by Ed Featherstone, a former Commander in the Royal Navy and also an Old Boy. We invited relatives and friends of those named on the boards and several came to the service.
Old boy Mike Ratcliff produced the superb photos of the memorials, along with a list of those who fell in the two great world wars
WWI Board
NOTE: The name of the school changed from Newarke, seen on the WW1 board, to City Boys' in 1919 when Leicester became a city.
Wording of the board is as follows:-
TO HONOUR THE MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING BOYS OF THE
NEWARKE SCHOOL WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 – 1918
Victor Palmer Bosworth (1912-1914) Rifleman, The King’s Royal Rifles.1917
Bertie Gilbert Boulter (1913-1915) Private, The West Yorkshire Regiment. 1918
Ronald Anderson Kerr (1911-1912) Private, The Leicestershire Regiment. 1917
Sidney George Marston (1908-1914) Private, The London Scottish. 1916
Lionel Nichols (1909-1913) Signaller, The Royal Sussex Regiment. 1917
William Duncan Squires (1909-1912) Corporal, R.F.A. 1916
Eric Rowland Thomas (1909-1911) 2nd Lieutenant, The Cheshire Regiment. 1917
Frank Meredith Tompson (1908-1914) Private, The Seaforth Highlanders. 1917
Herbert John Toon (1908-1911) Lance-Corporal, The Leicestershire Regiment. 1915
WWII Board
Full wording of the board is as follows:-
IN MEMORY OF THE OLD BOYS OF
THE CITY BOYS’ SCHOOL
WHO DIED IN THE WAR
1939-1945
Roy Addison
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Thomas Merrill Adlard
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Gordon Derrick Barnes
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Bertie Arthur Beeby*
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Roland Horace Bellamy
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Ben Bingley
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Clifford Willson Brant
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Frank Thomas Bown
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Roy Callis
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Ronald Victor Collington
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Leonard Court
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Benjamin Cox
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Harold Day
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Alan Dockerty
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Leonard Norman Drake
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Charles Frederick Ellis
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John Elton
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Henry Flavill
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John Horace Fletcher
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Kenneth Gamble
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John James Garner
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William Henry Glover
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Thomas Francis Michael Gowan
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Thomas Henry Grain
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Edward Francis Gregory
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Donald Leigh Griffiths
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Reginald Gordon Ashton Hand
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Philip Arthur Healy
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Edwin Henry Herbert
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Claude Lionel Geoffrey Hood
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Ronald Arthur Horton
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Kenneth William Hughes
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Alec John Jackson
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Cecil Tom Keates
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Tom William Kempin
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Maurice Henry Knowles
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Frederick Arthur Lancaster
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Leslie Thomas Lewin
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Douglas Charles Lord
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Cyril Walter Lovell
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Frederick Arthur Ernest Marshall
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Eric Anthony Martin
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Thomas William Mayes
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Angus John McDonnell
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John Edward Moss
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Philip Henry Moulton
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Harry Kenneth Mundin
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Harry Stockton Murby
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David Robert Neal
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Ernest Roy Neal
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Thomas Norman
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Vincent Edward Norman
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Brian Preston
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Frank Leslie Reynolds
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Ronald James Reynolds
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Sydney Riddington
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Edward Bonsor Riley
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Herbert Arthur Roberts
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Ronald Albert Rudkin
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Samuel Ivan Rudkin
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Thomas Herbert Saunders
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Denis William Sharpe
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Graham Frederick Simpkin
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Leo Lawrence Simpson
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Douglas Frank Smart
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Horace James Worthing Smith
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John Bryan Smith
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Philip Standley Smith
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Roland Tom Smith
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Wilfred Henry Speke
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Donald Edward Staniforth
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Leonard George Stone
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John Derrick Thompson
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Raymond Frere Waterman
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Vincent Owen Weston
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John Harold Wilson
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Norman Yates
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As part of the 75th Anniversary commemorations of D Day, in June 2019 Brian Screaton wrote an article as a tribute to those Old Boys who gave their lives in WWII. A copy of the article can be viewed HERE
* The following item (from our founder Dennis Duggan) appeared in issue 67 (Sept 2010) of our newsletter relating to Bertie Beeby named above:-
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* The following item (from our founder Dennis Duggan) appeared in issue 67 (Sept 2010) of our newsletter relating to Bertie Beeby named above:-
"Back in May I received an e-mail from one Diane Jones, whose
grandfather was called Bertie Arthur Beeby. He was killed in action in 1941, and the only known place
where his name is commemorated is on a plaque in Libya, and thus inaccessible to her mother (Bertie's
daughter) Diane's mother never knew her father, as she was a baby when he was killed, and her
mother died when Diane's mother was nine-years-old. Somehow their search for a memorial to Bertie in
the UK led to the Wyvernians web site, and her grandfather's name is on the memorial we had
restored, and installed in the Hall at Clarence House. As a result Diane and her parents visited Age
Concern, who were extremely helpful, and she tells me the occasion was very moving. Her mother thanks
Wyvernians for finding the memorial, and having it restored, and had no idea her father
attended CBS."
We received a further enquiry about Bertie Beeby from another relative via Facebook. They were attempting to compile a family tree. We were able to provide some facts gleaned from the pupil index cards (rescued from the Downing Drive clearout).
We received a further enquiry about Bertie Beeby from another relative via Facebook. They were attempting to compile a family tree. We were able to provide some facts gleaned from the pupil index cards (rescued from the Downing Drive clearout).
