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The photograph below appeared in the Summer Term 1951 issue of The Thorntonian.  Despite exhaustive enquiries it has not been possible to trace the plaque, which may have been removed when the main building was demolished in 2003 to make way for the construction of the Lambeth Academy.

At the 2007 reunion those present expressed a clear preference for having a replacement plaque in wood,  modelled as closely as possible on the layout and text of the original, OTs felt that an appropriate location would be the new Sixth Form Centre now under construction at  Lambeth College (which stands on the site formerly occupied by South Lodge); the College is also the custodian of the HTS pupil honours boards spanning the years 1918-68 inclusive.

A costed scheme was prepared and presented to the first AGM, held at The Windmill on 22 March 2008, when it was agreed that an appeal fund be launched.   Also, the Association Secretary had been in touch with  Richard Chambers, the College Principal, letting him know the outcome of the discussions at the 2007 reunion.  In reply Mr Chambers  confirmed that the Governors had agreed that the replacement plaque could be housed  in the Centre,  due to be completed during the 2009-10 academic year. 

At its meeting on 9 May 2008 the Management committee aproved the wording of the appeal letter, which was subsequently sent to all OTs who have an entry on the database maintained by Ted Hayward.

Thanks to the number and value of donations received the order was placed for the new plaque, which was delivered in July;  it was displayed at the fourth reunion on 20 September 2008, and is show in in the second photograph below. 

Ted Hayward has been able to trace, where applicable, the summary Service histories of most of the OTs concerned.  The current exceptions are:

GRAY, J, 1931-7; HARRIS, W C F, 1932-7; PATON, R H, 1935-9; WEAVER, J H, 1924-9;  WELFARE, H, 1917-23; and  WRIGHT-LAURENCE, R, 1931-6.

Contact Ted if you'd like to have a copy of the schedule he has compiled and/or if you can provide any additional information (eg, first name(s)), which might help to identify more fully these remaining former pupils.  Searches of the database of WW2 civilian and miltary casualties held by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission have yielded no matches for them.   Note:  the original plaque omitted the name of JACKSON, D G, 1922-9, although it appears in the Roll of Honour list in one of the wartime magazines.  He has therefore been included as the 54th entry on the replacement plaque. 

For ease of reference a transcription of the entries is given below.

 











































               
A copy of the original plaque is also displayed on tthe following website http://www.roll-of-honour.com/  Point the mouse at the "England N-Z" button and select "Surrey" from the resulting drop down list. On the "Surrey" page select either the reference to "Clapham, Henry Thornton School" from the drop down window labelled World War 1 & 2 - others selection  or "Clapham Henry Thornton School, WW2"  listed below the Pre-1914-Memorial Selection section to find the Henry Thornton page. (The plaque entries on this website have been updated to show the additional information recently obtained on Service histories, as mentioned above.)


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The replacement plaque:

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