Timaru Boys' High School Memorial Library
A magnificent memorial.
The Timaru Boy's High School, North Street, Timaru has one large, 1750mm X 3570 mm stained glass memorial window, New Zealand designed and executed. The final "cartoon" was designed and painted by F.V. Ellis of Wellington and approved on the 17th Dec. 1954 by the Executive of the TBHS Old Boys Association as "The Memorial Window" to be manufactured under his supervision by Messrs J.W. Brock and Company of Dunedin, [??Execution Roy Miller / Milller Studios, Dunedin]. The Executive on the 29th July 1954 requested Mr Ellis to submit a design. "To consist of a centre panel symbolic of 'Sir Gawin' with two side pieces to include the New Zealand Coat of Arms and the School Coat of Arms, and to incorporate native flora." The extensions to the Memorial Library, and including the new stained glass window, were dedicated on Easter Sunday 1955 during the 75th Jubilee Celebrations. The window was donated by the Old Boys. The cartoon was acquired by Returned Servicemen on the Executive, framed and presented to the school on 28 March 1990 by B.J. Petrie.
The two outer panels display the arms of the Dominion of New Zealand on the left and the School on the right. The central figure depicts Sir Gawain seated on his war horse, Gringalet, and bearing his shield and lance. On the left is the archangel, Michael, angel of battles and, on the right is the Angel of Justice, blindfolded for impartiality and carrying the scales of justice. Looking on are four figures representing the Army, Air Force, Royal Navy and Merchant Navy. The rainbow above is an emblem of hope and, the skyline of Four Peaks and the outline of Mount Cook establish the location as South Canterbury.
| G. Alexander S.H. Ashwell R.R. Bowie S.J. Bowker R.S.L. Calvert D. Cray, M.M. N. Crawford H.F. Cotter J. Dalgleish E.J. Dennehy N. Dunsford G. Divan W.A. Dunn G.C.C. Ferrier D.P. Fraser G.E. Fraser R.H. Fergusson E. Gabites F.H.B. Guinness G. Guinness J.M. Hogben W.E.R. Hind W.H. Hay V. Hawkes F. Hutton L. Light N.S. Joyce |
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W. Keen M.A. Knubley D.P. Macfarlane N. Marchant K. McD.Maben W. Menzies A. Mee N. Maze D. O'Connor B. Pelvin M. B. O'Connor L. Penrose R. S. Priest W.H. Rawston H.J. Radcliffe L.S. Serpell, M.C. W. Seyb W.W. Simmers, M.M. J. Strachan A. Talbot K.W. Tennant C. Tennant A. Wagstaff C.H. Wright C.F.W. Ziesler R.D. Copland |
| D. A'Court E.A. Allchurch W. Andrew B. Appleby R.W. Askin S.E. Askin G. Baillie W.R. Baillie A. O. Baker W.H. Bannerman W.S. Beattie J.S. Bergin M.J. Berry A.W.P. Bird T.L. Bowker D.G. Buchanan A.M.S. Burnett A.L. Burns J.S. Buxton C.C. Cameron J.S. Cartwright J.E. Chapman W.D. Clark R.H. Clifford J.A. Cole M.W. Cosgrove R.C. Cox W.R. Cresser L.T.M. D'Auvergne D.A.M. Davidson T.L. De Clifford J. Dempsy D.T. Drennan D.B. Giles B.H. Gillies R.J. Gillingham R.T. Gilmore L.D. Glenday N.M. Glenday C.D. Griffiths D.F.G. Hall K.W. Hall R.A. Hamilton E.R. Harper J.W. Clark J.R. Coath D.G.A. Ritchie |
A.J. Hayhurst L.E. Hayhurst J.W. Henderson J.W. Hetherington F.W. Hooke M.J. Horler T.R. Horne V.C. Howes H.W. Hughes C.I. Humphrey H.E. Hunter B.L. Jackson T.G. Jacobs K.N. Johnstone B.V.A. Jones W.M. Kelman J.R. Kemp A.A. Kingsbury P.T. Knowles D.P. Kyne J.A. Lamb R.O. Lawry J.W. Lillico D.P. Lindsay J.D. Lindsay A.H. Lister A.T. Little W.D.M. Lory J.B. Lovelock G.H. Low G.E. Macdonald G.R. Macdonald T.G. McCone D.H. McKenzie J.A. McKerchar J.A. McMamson? D.G.McNab J.C. Martin R.C. Mathieson A.L. Meikle D.W. Monaghan G.C. Monaghan A.F. Morris A.W. Morris Malayan campaign - P. Margest - G.L. Bonham |
A.R. Morrison L.B. Morrison B.N. Murdoch G.E. Murdoch D.M. Murray H.J. Murray D.G. Newlands R.K. Nederer R.H. Nuttall R.F. O'Rourke R.G. Parry D.B. Paterson H.M. Pawson H.G. Pearce W.A. Pelvin H.S. Rendall C.M. Robertson G.F. Robins R.J.L. Roscow F.G. Sanders N.T. Satterthwaite F.N. Smallcrass D.M.P. Shea F.G. Shears I.J. Shepherd E.P. Smith W.B. Smith R.J. Sotham W.F. Sotham W.J. Southworth M. Tavener H.M. Thomson F.S.R. Thomson J.W. Thomson F.R. Wallis B.J. Walsh W.P. Walsh M.D. Ward D.R. Wilkes A.D. Willcox H.R. Willis J. Winterbourn D.E. Wood |
2007 2006
A significant acknowledgement to old boy servicemen and
their families.
South Canterbury NZGenWeb Project
TBHS
names
Norman Guthrie Chalmers
DUNSFORD died May 2nd 1915, Gallipoli. Age: 23
Rank: Serjeant Regiment/Service: Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
Service No: 8/35
Son of Fannie Elizabeth Dunsford, of 60, Wai-iti Rd., Timaru, and the late
William George Dunsford. Native of Invercargill. Before enlisting he was 2nd
Lt., Senior Cadets, Timaru.
Grave/Memorial Reference: 75. Memorial: LONE PINE MEMORIAL. Has a
headstone in the Dunsford family plot at the Timaru Cemetery.
15 Dec. 1981: Timaru Boys High School's oldest building, Thomas House, is demolished. The boarding house had been built in 1908 and at its height in the mid-1960s had accommodated 218 pupils.
"Families back in Scotland seemed to
sometimes mention other family members on headstones even if they aren't in that
particular grave."
Looks like it is done in New Zealand as well.