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Malton Grammar School
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The Malton Grammar School War Memorial The Malton Grammar School War Memorial
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Photo : The Maltonian Web

Malton School is an 11-18 mixed comprehensive school of some 760 pupils (2010), serving the market town of Malton and the surrounding area in Ryedale, North Yorkshire, England.
Malton Grammar School was one of three grammar schools founded in 1547 by the Archbishop of York.
The Grammar School existed in Old Malton until 1904, when it closed temporarily, reopening in new buildings on Middlecave Road in 1911l. These 1911 buildings are still in use and are now referred to as the East Wing of the current school.
Malton County Modern School was built on land adjacent to the Grammar School in 1959.
The County Modern and Grammar School merged in 1971 to become Malton School, a comprehensive school.

in 2014, the centenary of the start of the First World War, the possibility of a memorial to the former Malton Grammar School students who fell in the two World Wars was proposed. The foyer area at East Wing was also being enclosed at the time, and it was felt it would be appropriate to have a memorial plaque placed on the wall inside this new area, next to where these old students would have entered their school.

A special War Memorial was designed and created by Steve Fearnley of the Ryedale Woodturners, and was unveiled at a ceremony in the school on 6 November 2015.

28 former pupils and staff of the Grammar School, who lost their lives in the two World Wars, are commemorated on this memorial.
1 soldier who served in the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on the memorial.

Private John Turnbull Binnie, 36004. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Edith Binnie, of Wold House, Norton, Malton, Yorks. Killed on 12 May 1917. Aged 19.
Born Malton, Enlisted Malton.
Commemorated on Bay 5, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
(Shown on the Malton Grammar School Memorial as "Jack Binnie". SDGW give number as 26004)

The Malton School Website's Report on the Unveiling of the Malton Grammar School War MemorialThe Malton School Website's Report on the Unveiling of the Malton Grammar School War Memorial

The Entrance Foyer, Malton School, Inside which the Malton Grammar School War Memorial is located.The Entrance Foyer, Malton School, Inside which the Malton Grammar School War Memorial is located.
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Malton School, located North of Malton's Middlecave RoadMalton School, located North of Malton's Middlecave Road
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