Memorial

Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Riverside

Felton

Memorial Name: Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Riverside (F14.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: F14.01

Parish: Felton

Original Location:

Riverside, near Felton Bridge

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

a. Unveiled 17th October 1920 by Col. E.P.A. Riddell, D.S.O.
b. Unveiled 10th July 1949 by John C. Riddell of Barrasford, Hexham.

Materials Used:

Aberdeen granite

Who Commissioned:

a. War Memorial Committee
b. War Memorial Hall Committee

Cost:

b. Estimated at £55 to raise 1939-45 plaque and to re-lead the names from 1914-18

How Money was Raised:

a. Public subscription
b. House-to-house collection

Ownership and Maintenance: The Village Memorial Hall Committee accepted the responsibility of maintaining the memorial at the time of its proposed erection.

Inscription:

a.
Pro Patria
1914-1919
A tribute of
reverent remembrance to
our glorious dead.

b.
1939-1945

Memorial Description:

Cross of Celtic type.

It is 16 feet 6 inches high (5m) with decorated slender tapering shaft standing in a railed enclosure, on a stepped base 66 inches x 56 inches (170cms x 145cms).

The dedication is at the foot of the shaft, the names from 1914-18 are on the front and sides of the plinth.

The names from 1939-45 are on a stone which leans against the foot of the main monument.

All lettering is of lead 1 inch high (2.5cms) using sans serif capitals throughout.

Names:

a. 14 full names divided into townships.
b. 12 full names divided into townships.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The Riddell’s had owned Felton for several generations, and were known as the Lords of the Manor. The man who unveiled the 1914-18 memorial was uncle to the man who unveiled the 1939-45 memorial.

2.  Restored 1995 for the 50th Anniversary commemorations. Trees were removed or judiciously pruned (rumour says that people were strategically placed around the area and indicating which branches should be moved). The area at the foot of the cross was cleared and reset.

 

External Links:

Some information on names
Historic England Listing

Sources:

Photos: J. Brown; P. Thirkell; old postcards: Tony Harding; F.A. Fletcher; John S. Perry

Alnwick & County Gazette
16/10/1920 reports proposed unveiling with list of subscribers;
23/10/1920 carries full report of unveiling.

Illustrated Chronicle
18/10/1920 reports unveiling with photos.

Morpeth Herald
06/06/1919 reports proposal to erect a monument as well as the hall;
15/10/1920 reports list of subscribers;
22/10/1920 gives full report of 1914-18 memorial unveiling ceremony;
04/05/1949 reports intention to raise 1939-45 memorial and to have a house-to-house collection throughout the parish;
27/05/1949 reports the raising of £51/7/5d in house-to-house collections;
10/06/1949 reports proposed unveiling;
15/07/1949 reports unveiling

Newcastle Daily Chronicle
18/10/1920 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
23/10/1920 reports unveiling with photos.

Northumberland Gazette
17/02/1995 reports state of memorial and proposals to restore it for V.E. 50th anniversary.
01/09/1995 carries letter from Charles Dick about vandalism at the monument.

Felton War Memorial – The Men behind the Names Eleanor Hall 2009

Felton War Memorial a paper by Roger Hawkins, Clerk to Felton Parish Council, about the state of the memorial and the improvements made.

Sources Link: Morpeth Herald 10 15 Fri -1920
Sources Link: Morpeth Herald 10 22 Fri -1920
Sources Link: Illustrated Chronicle 10 18 Mon -1920

Additional Research Documents

F14.01 Poem 50th VE Day

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Research Acknowledgements:

Robin Esslemont, Felton & Swarland Local History Society;
Charles Dick;
Philip Thirkell;
Ralph W. Gould;
George & Janet Brown;
C. Hudson;
Roger Hawkins;
Tony Harding;
Dorothy Hall

Research In Progress:

The names on this memorial are being researched by Eleanor Hall

Contact: eleanorhall468@btinternet.com

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Names Documents:

FELTON, by roadside.

Centre panel

  PRO PATRIA

  1914-1919

  A Tribute of

  reverent remembrance to

  our glorious dead.

    Felton              

  Frederick Lyons     

  Reginald Lord       

  Roland Lord         

  John Grey           

  Andrew Jeffrey      

  Joseph Holland      

  Leonard Short       

  Charles Yeaman      

  H. Ernest Robson    

  Martin Kelly        

  William Willis      

  Robert P. Wood      

  Michael Mallon      

  John W. Auldjo                           

  Joseph J. Tindall                        

  Robert Oubridge

———————————————————————————————————

Left hand side      Right hand side

     Thirston            Acton

  George Dixon        Thomas Campbell

  Thomas Bowie        Albert Smith

  Henry Smith            Eshott

  Thomas Wilson       T. Lindsay Bainbridge

  H. Norman W. Potts  Wilfred H. Bainbridge

  Wilfred Jeffrey     George Usher

  John Wilson         James Rutherford

  Arthur Cockburn     John Clough

  Robert J. Crisp     William Crisp

  Stanley Warham         Swarland

  Robert Gray         Douglas Aikman

  George C.B. Snowdon Albert Robson

  Joshua Graham       Francis P. Railson

———————————————————————————————————

In front of cross

     1939-1945

     Felton

  Edward Fenwick          

  John R. Oliver          

     Thirston

  Alex. D. Trotter         Swarland

     Acton              Tom Birkby

  Bernard C. Shewry     William M. Carrick

  Cyril J. Shewry       Norman Mason

     Eshott             Arthur J. Mitchell

  Robert F. Davison     Alex. Telfer

  John E. Guy  

———————————————————————————————————

The following list of men who served appeared in Alnwick and County Gazette, 13 March, 1915, p.5. and has been transcribed by Tony Harding.

  Felton.

  Roll of Honour.- The following is the list of young men who have

  enlisted from the parish of Felton:

 Felton: Sidney Lord, Roland Lord, Arthur Lord, Reginald Lord.

 Felton Park: Edward Welsh.

 Peth Foot: Lawrence Rochester, Frederick Lyons, Robert Mallon,  

    Michael Mallon, Geo. Douglas, John Douglas, John Kelly,

    Andrew Jeffrey, Joseph Holland, – Richardson; William Archbold,

    Edward Scott.

 West Thirston: Norman Potts, Laurence Potts, Matt. G. Dobson,

    John Smith, Robt. Crisp.

 Fox Hemel:

 East Thirston: John Hine, Edward Thain, James Bateman.

 Wintrick: James Cowie.

 Bockenfield: William Turnbull, John Wilson.

 Eshott: William H. Bainbridge, T.L. Bainbridge, E.M. Bainbridge,

    John Usher, George Usher, Frederick Ward.

 The Heugh: James Ferguson.

 S.E. Houses: Sam Ferguson, Robt. Ferguson, John Ferguson,

    Ernest Sykes, Walter Kennedy.

 N.E. Houses; John Morgan.

 The Brocks:

 The High Moor: Christopher Graham,

 North: John Graham, Henry Tate

 South: William Hutton.

 Swarland: C. Douglas Aikman, Robert Aikman, William Auldjo,

    Robert Auldjo, Frank Jermie, Thomas Jermie, Andrew Lowery,

    Dennis Merrick Robt. Robson.

 The Mill: John Robson.

 Burgham: Thos. Rutter.

 Shothaugh: Alexander Forsyth.    

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