Memorial

Cross 1914-18 1939-45 All Saints’ Churchyard

Hurworth on Tees

Memorial Name: Cross 1914-18 1939-45 All Saints' Churchyard (H134.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: H134.01

Parish: Hurworth on Tees

Original Location:

In All Saints’ Churchyard. The Green, Hurworth on Tees, Darlington, DL2 2AQ NZ 30765 10137

By north wall of the churchyard.

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Materials Used:

Rough hewn stone with granite panels.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

J. Johnson, Darlington.

Inscription:

1914-18
In proud
and loving
memory of
those who
died for
King and
Country
1914-1918

Lest we forget

Erected
by the
women and
children
of
Hurworth
and
Neasham

b.
1939-1945
We will remember them.

Memorial Description:

Cross, rough hewn on a tapering pedestal 32 inches (81 cm) high resting on a step 6 inches (15 cm), set in gravel inside a kerb.

Smoothed granite panels have been inserted to take the dedications on the tapering shaft of the cross, and to bear the names on the sides of the pedestal.

To the rear of the cross, an upright stone slab 30 inches high x 31 inches wide (76cms x 79cms) of the same design has been erected for the 1939-45 names, the names being listed in a single column

. Lettering is in sans serif capitals.

Names:

a. 38 names and ranks
b. 15 names and ranks.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The name of G.C. Stainthorpe was corrected to G.O. Stainthorpe in 1995. The mistake was discovered when William Stainthorpe, brother to the man named on the memorial, saw it when attending a funeral. His daughter approached Hurworth Parish council who paid for the alteration.

External Links:

Historic England Listing

Sources:

Photos: C. Sanders; Simon Raine

Northern Echo
18/02/1995 reports adjustment of name in Note 1 above.

Sources of quotations:
“Lest We Forget” : ‘Recessional’, Rudyard Kipling;
“We will remember them” : ‘For the Fallen’, Lawrence Binyon.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders

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Names Documents:

HURWORTH      All Saints’ Churchyard.  

On shaft of cross  

  In proud

  and loving

  memory of

  those who

  died for

  King and

  Country

  1914-1918

 

  Lest we forget

 

  Erected

  by the

  women and

  children

  of

  Hurworth

  and

  Neasham

———————————————

On front of pedestal

 

  Lieut. J. Appleby            

  Pte. B. Ankers               

  Pte. N. Anderson M.M.          

  Pte. J. Byrne                

  Pte. J. Colling              

  Pte. R. Craggs               

  Pte. G. Craggs               

  Lce.Cpl. A. Crooks           

  Pte. T. Davison              

  Pte. T. Eden                 

  Coy.Sgt.Major J. Farnsworth

  Pte. J. Forder               

                            

———————————————

On left side of pedestal

  Pte. J. Harrison          

  Pte. R. Harrison          

  Pte. T. Hodgson           

  Sgt. A. Howell            

  Pte. G. Howell            

  Bdr. H. Hutchinson        

  Pte. J. Hutchinson        

  Sgt. J. Milburn MM        

  Sgt. R. Newton            

  Pte. W. Patchett          

  Pte. A. Pettit            

  Pte. E. Richardson        

  Pte. W. Robson           

———————————————

On right side of pedestal

  Pte. R. Smith

  Pte. R. Smith

  Lce.Cpl. B. Simpson

  Chief Eng. R. Simpson

  Pte. J. Stubbs

  Pte. J. Temple

  Pte. E. Todd

  Sapper R. Towers  

  Pte. C. Vickers M.M.

  Pte. R. Wade

  Lieut. B. Wilkinson

  Pte. W. Winfield

  Sub Lieut. N. Wood

———————————————

On plaque at rear

  1939-1945  

  We will remember them.

 

  A/AB. G.J. Allenby    

  2nd Sto. L. Cairns    

  Flt/Sgt. M.A.W. Coatsworth    

  Sub/Lt. M.T. Edwards    

  Sgt.  D. Grant

  P.O.  F. Holloway    

  Flt/Sgt. R. Lawson

  L/Cpl. P. Phillips    

  Sgt. R. Porritt    

  Sgt. K.W. Porter    

  *Pte. G.G. Stainthorpe

  Tpr. H.S. Smithies    

  A/AB. J.W. Temple    

  Mjr. R.M.M. Tindall M.C.   

  M.N. S. Mitchinson

———————————————

  *The name of G.G. Stainthorpe was amended to G.O. Stainthorpe.

Names H134.01

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