Memorial Details
Memorial
Monument 1914-18 1939-45 Roadside
Reference
H138.01
Place
HELMINGTON ROW
Map ref
NZ 179350
Original Location
Corner site at the junction of A690 and Holy Well Lane, east of Crook.
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 15th October 1927 by Mr. N. Greener of Willington.
Memorial Description
Monument of plain square stone 9 feet 5 inches high on three increasingly large bases and a stone step. At top of the front face is a wreath carved in half relief. Names for 1914-18 are on a raised panel at the front, those for 1939-45 are on the right side. The dates “1914-1919” are on the front of the second highest step, raised in a sunken panel. The dedication is incised on the third highest step. All lettering is in elaborate Roman capitals for the dedication and sans serif capitals for the names. The quotation at the bottom is in italic.
The whole is set in an irregular shaped site with crazy paving.
The whole is set in an irregular shaped site with crazy paving.
Materials used
Sandstone
Inscription
a. “They died that we might live. May / we be worthy of their sacrifice.”
1914-1919.
Erected in grateful remembrance of the men / of Helmington Row and Sunnybrow / who gave their lives in the Great War.
Their name liveth for evermore.
1914-1919.
Erected in grateful remembrance of the men / of Helmington Row and Sunnybrow / who gave their lives in the Great War.
Their name liveth for evermore.
Names
Notes
1. The name of William Porteous was added in 2008.
2. 'There was a large attendance at the unveiling of the War Memorial at Helmington Row on Saturday by Mr N Greener of Willington. The memorial has the names of 69 men from the Helmington and Sunnybrow Districts who lost their lives in the War. The Sunnybrow Band accompanied the singing and the Reveille was sounded by the buglers of the 6th DLI.'
2. 'There was a large attendance at the unveiling of the War Memorial at Helmington Row on Saturday by Mr N Greener of Willington. The memorial has the names of 69 men from the Helmington and Sunnybrow Districts who lost their lives in the War. The Sunnybrow Band accompanied the singing and the Reveille was sounded by the buglers of the 6th DLI.'
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders, James Pasby; Dorothy Hall
Auckland & County Chronicle 20/10/1927 reports unveiling quotes in Note 2 above.
Sources of quotations
"They died that we might live" Hail! and Farewell! John Oxenham
“Their name liveth for evermore” Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44
Auckland & County Chronicle 20/10/1927 reports unveiling quotes in Note 2 above.
Sources of quotations
"They died that we might live" Hail! and Farewell! John Oxenham
“Their name liveth for evermore” Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders, James Pasby; Peter Lane; Dorothy Hall; John A.H. Porteus; Tony Young
Research In Progress
The names on these memorials are being researched by Aaron Cowen
Contact: cowenaaron@hotmail.com
Also Glenys Coote. Contact gbkhome@hotmail.co.uk
Also Glenys Coote. Contact gbkhome@hotmail.co.uk
Monument 1914-18 1939-45 Roadside (H138.01)
HELMINGTON ROW, Roadside.
W.A.Allan G.Ashmore On side (1939-45)
H.Atherton J.Atherton
E.Barlow H.Barwick T.Barron
T.Bateman J.Bell J.Charlton
M.Bell W.Bently R.Claxton
A.G.Burnip J.H.Calvert L.Dent
F.C.Cook J.W.Coulson G.Emmerson
S.R.Croudace W.Curron W.Harris
F.Curl M.Cunningham J.Harland
P.Danbrook E.A.Dixon J.Hartley
J.Dodds J.W.Etherington B.Hopwood
J.W.Fowler W.Goldsboro G.Howe
F.Greenbank J.W.Grimstone A.Jackson
A.Hall J.C.Hemmingway W.Jackson
J.Henderson W.Henry F.Kasher
J.Hodgson J.Hope K.Kyle
E.Hudson J.Johnson S.Kyle
G.Kyle P.Lane J.Lumley W.Longstaff
C.Lumley T.Marshall J.Palliser
E.Mangles F.Mangles K.Prest
W.Mason C.Moore J.Moore K.Rowley
T.Moses A.Newton S.Scott
W.Newton J.E.Pearson W.Smith
J.Phillips G.W.Richardson J.W.Thompson
J.W.Richardson T.Robinson T.Wanless
S.Rudkin M.Shaw D.Smith W.Porteus
R.Stevenson J.Stocker
T.Stoker E.Tobin I.Taylor 1939-1945
J.J.Towland E.Walker
R.Walker B.Walker
W.E.Walker E.Walker
J.Wharton G.T.Wilkinson
J.Yates J.R.Hauxwell
“They died that we might live, may
we be worthy of their sacrifice”
1914 - 1919
Erected in grateful remembrance of the men
of Helmington Row and Sunnybrow
who gave their lives in the Great War
“Their name liveth for evermore”.
NamesH138.01
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