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Roll of Honour 1914-18 Ex-Servicemen's Institute

Reference

M34.06

Place

MARLEY HILL

Original Location

Ex-Servicemen’s Institute
(Marley Hill Branch of National Federation of
Discharged and Demobilised Soldiers and Sailors) now British Legion Institute.

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Unveiled 23rd April 1922 by Major W. Waring, M.P.

Memorial Description

Roll of Honour framed in fumed oak

Materials used

Oak

Inscription

(Dedicated to local men from Marley Hill, Andrew's House, Sunniside and Byer Moor who fell)

Names

69 full names and regiments.
See transcript.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

Mr. W.S. Stark, of The Whaggs, Whickham. Frame by Mawson Swan and Morgan of Newcastle.

Notes

1. From the district, 607 men had volunteered, 317 from Marley Hill; 70 from Andrew’s House; 139 from the Coke Works; 81 from Byer Moor. 15 gained distinctions.

2. A collection taken at the dedication service which resulted in £4. 6s being sent to St. Dunstan’s Hostel for Blind Sailors and Soldiers, after defraying the costs of the service.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Illustrated Chronicle 24/04/1922 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo 19/04/1922 reports proposed unveiling; 24/04/1922 reports unveiling.

Stanley News 20/04/1922.

Blaydon Courier 29/04/1922 reports unveiling.

External web link

Durham at War

Links to Source Material :

Northern Echo 1922 04 19 Wed
Northern Echo 1922 04 24 Mon

Research acknowledgements

Dorothy Hall; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale

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Roll of Honour 1914-18 Ex-Servicemen's Institute (M34.06)

 
MARLEY	HILL Ex-Servicemen’s Institute 
   
The layout of this memorial is not known.
The following has been extracted from a newspaper report 
and has not been compared with the original nor a 
good photograph.
   
     John W. Armstrong, R.N.D.             Matthew Holmes, R.E.
     John Arnold, N.F.                     Jos. M. Hutchinson, R.N.D.
     Joshua Arnold, R.N.D.                 Benjamin Huxley, R.F.A.
     Alex. Bainbridge, R.N.D.              Walter Lawson, R.N.D.
     Thomas Bainbridge, R.N.D.             George Layton, R.N.D.
     Richard Baker, D.L.I.                 John Letch, N.F.
     Andrew Batey, R.N.D.                  Peter Lynch, N.F.
     William Bell, D.L.I.                  John T. Mason, R.F.A.
     William A. Best, R.N.D.               Francis Murray, R.F.A.
     Thomas Briggs, Grenadier Guards       James Nasby, N.F.
     Stephen W. Brown, R.N.D.              Timothy Oliver, Coldstream Guards
     John Cairns, R.N.D.                   Humphrey Ord, N.F.
     George Charlton, N.F.                 John W. Pescod, D.L.I.
     George Chisholm, N.F.                 Alfred Pharoah, D.L.I.
     Robert Chisholm, R.F.A.               Robert S. Porter, N.F. 
     Matthew L. Clark, N.F.                Joseph Pryde, R.E.
     Thomas Clifton, N.F.                  Alfred Raynor, Royal Fusiliers
     John Collingwood, N.F.                Jos. E. Reay, R.E.
     John Cranney, D.L.I.                  Joseph Reid, 8th Yorks.
     William Cranney, D.L.I.               John W. Roberts, D.L.I. 
     Edwin Davison, R.N.D.                 John H. Robinson, N.F.    
     John Davison, A.S.C.                  Wm. D. Robson, N.F.
     Robert Davison, D.L.I.                Hugh F. Rowell, N.F.
     Thomas S. Dent, Canadian Infantry     Robert E. Rowell, R.N.D.
     George H. Dryden, R.N.D.              James Shearlaw, Cameron Highlanders
     Robert Dryden, R.N.D.                 Robert Smailes, R.N.D. 
     John C. Ekin, N.F.                    John Stewart, Remounts
     Frederick Ellis, Suffolk Regt.        Thomas Wm. Stirrup, R.G.A.     
     Robert W. Ellis, Coldstream Guards    John Thirlwell, R.F.A. 
     Thomas W. Ellison, 5th Yorks.          Ralph Thompson, R.N.D.
     George B. Gilhespy, N.F.              Norman Tucker, N.F. 
     John Halley, R.N.D.                   Frank Weddell, D.L.I.
     Charles F. Harm, N.F.                 David Walsh, Irish Fusiliers.
     James Hinds, D.L.I.                   John L. Wilkinson, Royal Inniskilling 
     John Hodson, N.F.                          Fusiliers.                     
NamesM34.06

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