Memorial Details
What type of memorial is it?
Window
How would you describe the memorial and its ornamentation?
Three stained glass windows, all composed of three lights.

Window 1: The two outer lights each have a coat of arms: Hastings on left and Chichester on right. In the centre light two angels in purple robes hold the ends of a scroll with the inscription. Above this is a heraldic design with a helmeted head surmouting the arms of Hove, Brighton and Sussex and the latin quotation. Two of the panes at the base of the window are inscribed.

Window 2: The two outer lights each have a coat of arms: Shoveham on left and Horsham on right. The centre light depicts two angels shrouded in blue robes flanking a memorial tablet with the inscription and names. Names in two columns.

Window 3: The two outer lights each have a coat of arms: Eastbourne on left and Worthing on right. The centre light depicts two angels shrouded in blue robes flanking a memorial tablet with the inscription and names. Names in two columns.
Location
Has this memorial been lost?
No
Location
Location
Is this the memorial's current location?
Yes
Building Name
Brighton, Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College
Street
Dyke Rd
Town
Hove
District
Hove
County
East Sussex
Country
England
Postcode
BN3 6EG
OS map ref
TQ 30280 05480
Other Details
Main Hall

Brighton and Hove Grammar School - WW2 Location

Commemoration
What words are inscribed on the memorial?
Window 1:
ABSQUE LABORE NIHIL

THOSE WHOSE NAMES ARE WRITTEN / ON THESE WINDOWS WERE SONS OF THIS SCHOOL / WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1939-1945 / THEY GAVE THEIR DEAR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND FOR THE / HIGH CAUSE OF FREEDOM AND HONOUR AND TO THE END THAT CRUELY, / TERRORISM AND AGGRESSION SHOULD CEASE FROM THE EARTH (...) THAT / FAIREST EARTHLY FAME OF FREEDOM IS INSEPARABLE FROM / THE NAME OF BRITAIN AND THIS HERITAGE IS OUR GLORY AND HAPPINESS / WE THEREFORE CAN BE HAPPY IN OUR SORROWS, HAPPY EVEN IN THE DEATH / OF OUR BELOVED WHO FELL IN FIGHT, FOR THEY DIED NOBLY AS GOOD / MEN DIE WITH HEARTS AND HANDS UNSPOTTED BY HATRED AND WRONG.

Window 1, pane at base, on left: REMEMBER / LOUIS GINNETT / DESIGNER OF THESE / WINDOWS WHICH / NOW COMPLETE HIS / SCHEME OF THE / ENRICHMENT OF / THE HALL OF HIS / OLD SCHOOL

Window 1, pane at base, on right: HIS DESIGNS / LEFT UNFINISHED / AT HIS DEATH WERE / COMPLETED AND THE / CARTOONS DRAWN / BY HIS FRIEND / CHARLES KNIGHT / AND THE WORK / EXECUTED BY / COX & BARNARD LTD.

Window 2:
Roll of Honour/ (Names)

Window 3:
Roll of Honour/ (Names
War
How many names are listed in total?
103
Which war or group does the memorial commemorate?
Second World War (1939-1945)
Is the total an exact count?
Yes
Of the names listed, how many served and returned?
0
Of the names listed, how many died?
103
What information is listed for those commemorated?
surname
How is this information ordered?
surname
Condition
Is the writing on the memorial difficult to read?
No
Components
Component Details
Which memorial component are you recording?
Window
What condition is this component in?
Good
What materials has this component been constructed from?
Stained Glass
Dimensions
How high is the component?
3050 mm
How wide is the component?
3960 mm
Listing Information
Does it have listed status?
No
History
Scholarship
Is there a trust or scholarship associated with it?
No
Maker
Maker
Person or organisation involved in the making of the memorial
Louis Ginnett ROI
What role did they have in the making?
Designer
Person or organisation involved in the making of the memorial
Charles Knight
What role did they have in the making?
Designer
Person or organisation involved in the making of the memorial
Cox and Barnard LTD
What role did they have in the making?
Builder
References
References
Encyclopedia of Hove and Portslade vol 50 w2