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Birkenhead Institute Whetstone Lane Roll of Honour 1914-1919
Birkenhead Institute Whetstone Lane Roll of Honour 1914-1919
'TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF OLD BOYS OF THIS SCHOOL WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-1919' The names of the Fallen are followed by "These all died in faith...God is not ashamed to be called their God. He hath prepared for them a city." -Quotations from the Memorial Plaque that once graced the entrance hall of the School in Whetstone Lane. The Plaque was presented by Mr Solly and unveiled in March 1920 by Major-General Sir Reginald Barnes, K.C.B. The school building in Whetstone Lane was demolished in 1970. 'Birkenhead Institute' opened in 1889 and was originally and for many years a private boys school, with a reputation for standards and excellence. On the 22nd May 1908 due to changes brought to bear by The Education Act of 1902, the school passed from private ownership into the hands of the Birkenhead corporation. Later on it became a council grammar school which closed in 1970 and boys were then sent to 'Tollemache Road School' a council comprehensive with the reputation as the roughest school in Birkenhead, which then changed it's name to 'Birkenhead Institute High School'. This too the council later sold and was demolished to make way for a housing estate 'Wilfred Owen Drive' in the early 90s...even though Wilfred Owen did not attend nor have any connection to the comprehensive school that once stood on that site. When 'Birkenhead Institute' Whetstone Lane ceased to be a private boys school of repute, boys were then sent to 'Birkenhead School', Beresford Road to be privately educated. (There are 83 names on the memorial).-When the School was demolished the brass Memorial Plaque was transferred to Birkenhead Central Library, Borough Road along with the Memorial Book, where it remains on permanent public display.
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Born 1896
Died 1915
British Army 2325 Corporal Cheshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion
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Born 1893
Died 1918
British Army 312 Driver Royal Engineers Transport
British Army 446040 Driver Royal Engineers Transport
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 43rd Battery, 24th Brigade
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Born 1897
Died 1916
British Army R/15612 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps
British Army R/15612 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps
British Army R/15612 King's Royal Rifle Corps 21st Battalion
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Died 1916
British Army 16244 Lance Serjeant King's (Liverpool) Regiment 18th Battalion
British Army 16244 Staff Serjeant King's (Liverpool) Regiment 18th Battalion
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Born 1895
Died 1917
British Army 355817 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 1st/10th Battalion
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Born 1891
Died 1915
British Army 1049 Private Cheshire Regiment
British Army 1049 Lance Corporal Cheshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion
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Born 1894
Died 1918
Royal Navy 1/165 Lieutenant Royal Naval Division
Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve HMS Egmont
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Born 1889
Died 1915
British Army 3555 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 10th Battalion, (The Liverpool Scottish)
British Army 3555 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 10th Battalion, (The Liverpool Scottish)
British Army 3555 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment1 10th Battalion, (The Liverpool Scottish)
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Born 1897
Died 1917
British Army 242524 Lance Corporal The KIng's (Liverpool) Regiment 2nd/6th Bn.
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Born 1896
Died 1916
Canadian Expeditionary Force 475375 Private 4th Overseas Universities Corps
Canadian Expeditionary Force 475375 Private Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) 11th Battalion
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Born 1894
Died 1918
British Army G/41394 Private Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion
British Army 23232 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 15th Battalion attached 16th Battalion
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Born 1894
Died 1916
British Army 15918 Private King's (Liverpool) Regiment 17th Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1/5th Battalion
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Born 1892
Died 1917
Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant 5th Battalion
Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry Saskatchewan Rgmt, 5th Bn. 137th Battalion
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Born 1883
Died 1915
British Army 3406 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 10th Battalion (Liverpool Scottish)
British Army 3406 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 10th Battalion, (The Liverpool Scottish)
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Born 1895
Died 1918
British Army Lieutenant King's Liverpool Regiment
British Army Second Lieutenant King's Liverpool Regiment 18th Battalion
British Army Captain King's Liverpool Regiment 17th Battalion
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Born 1899
Died 1918
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 100034 Sergeant No. 1 School of Aerial Gunnery
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Born 1896
Died 1918
British Army 250843 Private 1st Lancashire Hussars
British Army 300199 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment
British Army 300199 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 18th Battalion
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Born 1894
Died 1918
Royal Navy Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force 1st School of Navigation and Bomb Dropping
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Born 1884
Died 1916
British Army 15887 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 17th Battalion
British Army 15887 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 17th Battalion
British Army 15887 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment
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Born 1895
Died 1917
British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry 4th Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry 1st Battalion
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