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Burnt Yates

In the 1970s an unusual war memorial was installed at Burnt Yates primary school: a swimming pool. In the late 1990s the pool was decommissioned and the school sought to redevelop the area as an outdoor classroom and area for quiet refelction and study for use by students and the local community. This was perceived as a means of keeping in line with the war memorial element of the space.

The conversion plan involved removal of the old pool, lowering the floor area to make it accessible, installation of a waist high dipping pool planted with wildlife friendly plants, installation of planters planters with multi-sensory plants, creation of a covered area to give the space all year round use and outside 'windows' on the wall covered with decorative metal grills made by the local High School and thus involving the wider community in the project. War Memorials Trust suported the scheme with a grant of £250. In 2006 the new Garden of Peace and Reflection was unveiled and the war memorial rededication on 9 November.

The memorial was installed by the Trustees of The Admiral Long Foundation as a tribute to local people who fell in both the World Wars. The Foundation constitutes the original endowment of the School.

The inscription and names read:

This Swimming Pool 
was installed by
the Trustees of
the Admiral Long Foundation
in memory of local people
who gave their lives
on two World Wars

1914 - 1918 War

J. Bryant
F.H. Dobby
S.O. Dobby
C. Dinsdale
W.E. Flowers
A. Falkingham
Joseph Grange
N. Johnson
W Mawson
F.H. Miller
G.H.D. Pearson
L. Smith
P. Smith

1939 - 1945 War

Alfred Francis Hill
John Brewster
David Holmes
Edward Atterby
Basil Henry Bottomley

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM1519
UK National Inventory of War Memorials:

If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org

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