Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque 1914-18 Pity Me Community Centre
Reference
F40.04
Place
FRAMWELLGATE
Present Location
In former Reading Room in Community Centre, which had been the school.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 17th October 1919 by Mrs. T. Hindson of The Carrs.
Memorial Description
Plaque in Art Deco style. The name of the district is in gold letters shadowed in black at the top.
At centre is a panel bearing the names of those who died. Below the dedication is a painted laurel swag. The names are listed in a single column. Lettering is in sans serif capitals, in gold.
Down each side in two single columns are the names of those who served, incised and coloured black using Gothic lower case lettering.
At centre is a panel bearing the names of those who died. Below the dedication is a painted laurel swag. The names are listed in a single column. Lettering is in sans serif capitals, in gold.
Down each side in two single columns are the names of those who served, incised and coloured black using Gothic lower case lettering.
Materials used
Light oak
Inscription
Pity Me and District / 1914-1918. Great War / Those who served.
Roll of Honour / to / those who made the / supreme sacrifice.
Roll of Honour / to / those who made the / supreme sacrifice.
Names
How money was raised
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Fund.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Plaque was designed and made by Messrs. Gradon and Son; lettering and varnishing by T. Hopper and Son.
Notes
1. Mrs. T. Hindson was the wife of Mr. T. Hindson, managing director of the Framwellgate Coal Company.
2. The unveiling “could not have been in more appropriate hands for not only has that lady given frequent evidence of her appreciation of the spirit animating the lads who bravely went forth to take their part in the great world war but was herself personally interested in the memorial which bears the names of her two sons who served with distinction”. Mrs. Hindson was presented with a rose bowl in recognition of her work.
3. The area covered by Pity Me included New Pit, Old Pit and Low Moor.
4. A Soldiers and Sailors Fund set up by the end of the war had raised £233. 9s by weekly subscription and fund raising. Returning Soldiers were each given a gold medal and a ten shilling note. Dependants or next of kin of the fallen were presented either with a medal or brooch and ten shillings. Returning soldiers were entertained to dinner. The rest of the funds went towards the cost of the memorial plaque.
5. The memorial was in the Reading Room in the Community Centre, which is no longer used as such.
2. The unveiling “could not have been in more appropriate hands for not only has that lady given frequent evidence of her appreciation of the spirit animating the lads who bravely went forth to take their part in the great world war but was herself personally interested in the memorial which bears the names of her two sons who served with distinction”. Mrs. Hindson was presented with a rose bowl in recognition of her work.
3. The area covered by Pity Me included New Pit, Old Pit and Low Moor.
4. A Soldiers and Sailors Fund set up by the end of the war had raised £233. 9s by weekly subscription and fund raising. Returning Soldiers were each given a gold medal and a ten shilling note. Dependants or next of kin of the fallen were presented either with a medal or brooch and ten shillings. Returning soldiers were entertained to dinner. The rest of the funds went towards the cost of the memorial plaque.
5. The memorial was in the Reading Room in the Community Centre, which is no longer used as such.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders; Simon Raine; Dorothy Hall
Durham Chronicle 17/10/1919 reports unveiling.
Northern Echo 14/10/1919 reports unveiling.
Framwellgate Moor Parish George Brown
Durham City Remembered, Michael F Richardson – ISBN 1 85983 291 1, page 179 has a picture of wreath laying on 11th November 1957.
Durham Chronicle 17/10/1919 reports unveiling.
Northern Echo 14/10/1919 reports unveiling.
Framwellgate Moor Parish George Brown
Durham City Remembered, Michael F Richardson – ISBN 1 85983 291 1, page 179 has a picture of wreath laying on 11th November 1957.
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Additional Notes
who compared the names on the memorial
with the newspaper report.
Those who made the Supreme Sacrifice:
Joseph Hy. Coldwell; Jos. Kingsley; Wm. McGregor; Robt. E. Whitelaw; Wm. Newby; Thos. Exley; Isaac Golightly; John Hughes; Robt Straughair; Lionel Hudspeth; Jos. Taylor; Geo. Huntingdon; John Robt. Knox; Geo. Worthy; Thos. Snaith; Andrew Hope; Alfred G. Clement; Jos. Woodcock; Wm. Ramshaw; Thos. Luke; Robt. Wilson; Geo. Parkin.
Answered The Call:
Captain Geo. Hindson; Lieutenant Donald Hindson M. C.; Sgt. Robert Gibbon M.M., D.C.M.; Sgt. Frank O'Donnell; Cpl. George R. Hall; Cpl. William Thurlaway; Cpl. Ralph Hudspeth; Cpl. William Thompson M. M.
Privates John Reynolds M.M.; John Darlington M.M.; Thomas Henry Wilkinson; James Callaghan; James Black Reuben Thompson; James Thurkettle; John George Gibbon; Charles Graham; George Winter; William Paxton; Victor Lawson; Charles John; Joseph Smith; John Myers; William Knox; Thomas Harrison; Henry Harrison; Joseph William Cruddace; John W. Pallister; James Dixon; Arthur Cook; Edward Hall; John J. Cresswell; Robert Curry; William Appleton; George Eales; Thomas Leyburn; Robert Richardson; Bert Richardson; William Richardson; Fred Bulmer; Arty Thurkettle; Robert Paxton; Joseph Hird; William Hird; Ward Winter; William Golightly; Thomas Rosby; Henry Parr; John Parr; John Hood; William Parkin; Andrew Jones; Lowthian Copeland; George Copeland; Thomas Copeland; Ralph Ord; John Graham; Thomas Hook Snr.; Thomas Hook Jnr.; Herbert Hook; James Hook; John Rowe; Isaac Pope; Edward Stothard; William Snaith; George Snaith; Andrew Appleton; John William Patison; Robert Liddle; George Liddle; James Luke; Frank Whitfield; John Hall; William Lund; Thomas Batey; Abraham Bell; Walter Thurkettle; Ralph Johnson; William Hudspeth; Alfred Browell; George Young; Arthur Greeney; Joseph Potts; John Lumley; James Kitching; George Straughair; James Elliott; Robert Cargill; Frank Fiddler; Joseph Cruddace; Robert Henderson; J. McClintock.
W. Hook and J. Hook are missed off the list although they are on the photo;
Hall F.A. should be Hall E.A.;
Hoad J. should be Hood J.;
Appleton M. should be Appleton W.;
Lund M. should be Lund W.;
2) There are a number of discrepancies between the newspaper and the memorial as photographed:
Fallen
George Cresswell and William Underwood are on the memorial but not in paper
Joseph Hy. Coldwell and Geo. Parkin are in newspaper and not on memorial
Served
Cpl. Wm. Thirloway; Cpl. R.Hudspeth and Cpl. Wm. Thompson are in newspaper but are listed as privates on memorial
3) 2 privates awarded M.M. are not mentioned on memorial.
4) Crinson J.; Harrison J.; Pallister E.; Smith T.; Winskill B. are not in newspaper list.
Thomas Leyburn; Bert Richardson; William Richardson; William Parkin; William Snaith; Andrew Appleton; Robert Cargill and Robert Henderson are in newspaper but not on memorial
5) The newspaper report gives all the first names but not the Memorial
6) Variations on surnames:
Dickson/Dixon
Kitchson/ Kitching
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall; John and Mavis Dixon
Research In Progress
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Plaque 1914-18 Pity Me Community Centre (F40.04)
FRAMWELLGATE MOOR In Reading Room
Centre panel
Roll of Honour
To
those who made the
supreme sacrifice.
George Creswell.
Albert C. Clement.
Thomas Exley.
Isaac Golightly.
John Hughes.
Lionel Hudspeth.
George Huntingdon.
Andrew Hope.
Joseph Kingsley.
John R. Knox.
Thomas Luke.
William McGregor.
William Newby.
William Ramshaw.
Robert Straughair.
Thomas Snaith.
Joseph W. Taylor.
William Underwood.
Joseph Woodcock.
Robert E. Whitelaw.
Robert Wilson.
George R. Worthy.
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Pity Me and District
1914-1918. Great War
Those who served.
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Left hand column Right hand column
Hindson, G., Capt. Jones, A. Private
Hindson, D. Lt. MC Johns, C. “
Gibbons, R. Sergt. DCM MM Johnson, R. “
O’Donnell, F. Sergt. Knox, W. “
Hall, G.R. Cpl. Kitchson, J. “
Appleton, W. Private Lawson, V. “
Bell, R. “ Lumley, J. “
Black, J. “ Luke, J. “
Bulmer, F. “ Lund, W. “
Batey, T. “ Liddle, R. “
Browell, A. “ Liddle, G. “
Cook, J. “ Myers, J. “
Curry, R. “ McClintock, J. “
Callaghan, J. “ Ord, R. “
Crinson, J. “ Pope, I. “
Cruddace, G.W. “ Paxton, R. “
Cruddace, J. “ Paxton, W. “
Copeland, G. “ Parr, J. “
Copeland, L. “ Parr, H. “
Copeland, T. “ Potts, J. “
Cresswell, J. “ Pallister, E. “
Darlington, J. “ Pallister, W. “
Dickson, J. “ Pattison, J.W. “
Eales, G. “ Rosby, T. “
Elliott, J. “ Rowe, J. “
Fidler, F. “ Richardson, R. “
Golightly, J.W. “ Reynolds, J. “
Greeny, A. “ Straughair, G. “
Gibbons, J.G. “ Stothard, E. “
Graham, J.H. “ Snaith, G. “
Graham, C.J. “ Smith, J. “
Hook, T. Sen. “ Smith, T. “
Hook, T. Jun. “ Thurkettle, J.C.“
Hook, W. “ Thurkettle, W. “
Hook, J. “ Thurkettle, A. “
Hall, E.A. “ Thompson, W. “
Hall, J. “ Thompson, R. “
Hird, W. “ Thirloway, W. “
Hird, J. “ Wilkinson, J.H. “
Hood, J. “ Whitfield, F. “
Harrison, H. “ Winter, G. “
Harrison, J. “ Winter, W. “
Harrison, T. “ Winskill, B. “
Hudspeth, R. “ Young, G. “
Hudspeth, W. “
Names F40.04
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