Morgan Academy FPA

The Morgan Academy Former Pupils’ Association, with generous support from The Nine Incorporated Trades of Dundee, commissioned the reproduction of the School’s Book of Remembrance for those who fell in the Second World War.

In 2001, the School (a grade A listed building) suffered a major fire which destroyed much of the building and its artefacts. The School, fortunately, has now been rebuilt and very successfully too.

The fire also claimed the School’s Book of Remembrance for The Fallen of World War II which was displayed in a cabinet in the vestibule. It was a work of art beautifully created by the Art Department in the 1950s; it was bound in dark blue goatskin and drawn in full colour and richly illuminated and gilded (Recreation Shown).

There was a page for each of the fallen – 102 from the School made the supreme sacrifice – all laid out in exactly the same design showing the branch of the service, then the name of the casualty followed by the years at the School and the circumstances of death. Each page also bore the badge of the appropriate service or regiment.

The FP Association determined to reproduce the book. It proved a daunting task made particularly difficult by the fact no copy of the book existed. However, the team charged with the book’s re-creation bent to their task and the work was completed in time for a formal hand-over to take place at a rededication service held in the School on 9 November 2018.

A various array of names that attended the rededication ceremony for the Remembrance Book including: Captain James Pointon, Royal Army Medical Corps Commodore Bob Anstey, Royal Navy Squadron Leader Sohail Khan, Royal Air Force Major Colin Gray, President of Dundee Branch of the Black Watch Dr Joseph Morrow, The Lord Lyon Kind of Arms David Adam, Immediate Past Lord Dean of Guild Robert Dunn, Deacon Convener of the Nine Incorporated Trades of Dundee Ian Borthwick and the Lord Provost of Dundee.

List of the Fallen

Below Lies a List of the Fallen contained in the Book of Remeberance, Organised By Regiment.