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At the side of College Road, opposite what was Dakyns ' boarding house ( now East Town and North Town ), is the college's memorial arch designed by Charles Holden, which commemorates teachers and pupils who died in the two World Wars.

Traditionally, the removal of headgear is expected when walking through the arch.

There is also a school rule that states hands must be out of pockets when walking through the arch.

It is now grade II listed.

The college's buildings, mainly School House, were used as the main HQ where the D-Day landings were devised and planned.

The college played a major part in both World Wars ; Field Marshal Douglas Haig was an Old Cliftonian who went on to command the British armed forces in the First World War.

Through the memorial arch and in front of School House is a life-size statue of Haig.

At the edge of the quad is a memorial to those killed in the South African Wars.