The sacrifice of two former pupils of Keswick School is to be commemorated at a ceremony to be held next month on the Newton Rigg College site at Penrith.
The two young men both went on to study agricultural subjects at what was then Newton Rigg Farm School but later lost their lives serving their country during the Second World War.
Their names will be on a plaque which is to be unveiled on the wall of a memorial garden on the Newton Rigg campus on Saturday, November 11, at 12-30pm.
The ceremony will be conducted by the Rev David Sargent, team rector at Penrith, while others attending will include a bugler, to play the Last Post and Reveille, and former Newton Rigg student and staff member John Rigg. Mr Rigg, of Penrith, has organised the plaque and was the driving force behind the creation of the garden itself.
One of the two names currently on the plaque is of Flight Sergeant John Clark, who attended Keswick School from 1931-33 and went on to study at Newton Rigg and also Armstrong College, Newcastle. He joined the RAF in the early years of the war and was reported missing in a raid over Germany in May, 1943.
The other name is of Lance Bombardier Jack Davidson, who went to Newton Rigg in 1931 after attending Keswick School. He went on to join the army and was last seen manning a gun during the evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk in the summer of 1940.
Mr Rigg said little more was known about the two men and he would like to receive any information about them that family members might be able to pass on.
He would also like to hear about any other former Newton Rigg students who gave their lives for their country in any conflicts, so their names can be added to the plaque. He can be contacted on 01768 863137.
