The Old Bordenian Association

In establishing a Remembrance section of the website, the Association pays tribute to those pupils of Borden Grammar School who made the ultimate sacrifice to ensure the many freedoms we enjoy today, not least the freedom from tyranny. All of us will have glanced up at the names listed on the school’s war memorial boards but how much do we know about the men themselves? When, for example, did they attend the school and what were the circumstances of their deaths?

 As Old Bordenian Denis Jarrett MBE puts it: “These are not just names and numbers. These were individuals, each with a promising life cut short in the cause of securing our freedom. We must never forget them.”

Records in the Remembrance section (use the link at the top of this page or http://www.oldbordenians.co.uk/remembrance/) have been compiled separately by Marc Stewart, an Old Bordenian, and Keith Lainton and John Masters of the Borden Heritage Group (from the village of Borden) to whom we are indebted.

Marc Stewart (BGS, 1997- 2004) is researching the lives of those men commemorated on the school memorial boards and has already uncovered details of an additional seven Old Bordenians who were killed during the First World War and whose names were previously unrecorded by the school. Marc’s eventual aim is to produce a short booklet that provides biographical details of those Old Boys who lost their lives during the First and Second World Wars, and a copy of this work will be placed in the school library as a further memorial to these gallant men.

If you have any information relating to the men commemorated on the school memorial boards, please contact Marc Stewart via admin@oldbordenians.co.uk.