Memorial Details
Memorial
Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Roadside
Reference
L68.01
Place
LUDWORTH
Original Location
Outskirts of village, on corner facing the Wheatley Hill-Haswell Road.
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
a. Unveiled February 1927 by Col. J.R. Ritson, service taken by Rev. A.C. Hague assistant curate Shadforth.
b. Unveiled September 1949 by Major General C.F. Loewens, dedicated by Canon R.H. Tillard.
b. Unveiled September 1949 by Major General C.F. Loewens, dedicated by Canon R.H. Tillard.
Memorial Description
Cross, plain, ‘rustic’, on rough pedestal with two steps. The dedication is on a smoothed panel on the front of the pedestal, whilst those for 1939-45 are on the riser of the top step. The names are listed in two columns in each case. All lettering is in sans serif capitals.
The whole monument was in a grassed area with low brick wall surround with stone copings, pillars and chain on the sides facing the road. The brick wall has been replaced with plain fencing decorated with roundels from which a cross has been cut out at centre.
On the gate posts is "Age shall not weary them" and "Nor the years condemn."
The whole monument was in a grassed area with low brick wall surround with stone copings, pillars and chain on the sides facing the road. The brick wall has been replaced with plain fencing decorated with roundels from which a cross has been cut out at centre.
On the gate posts is "Age shall not weary them" and "Nor the years condemn."
Materials used
Granite
Inscription
a. To the glory of God / and in honour of the brave men / who fell in the Great War / 1914-1918.
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Names
Who commissioned
War Memorial Committee
Cost
a. £70
Present condition
Major refurbishment took place in 2005
Notes
1. The grounds were laid out by voluntary labour.
2. Col. Ritson stated that 73 men from Ludworth had joined HM Forces.
2. Col. Ritson stated that 73 men from Ludworth had joined HM Forces.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: James Pasby; Simon Raine; C. Sanders
Durham Chronicle 04/03/1927 reports unveiling; 30/09/1949 reports unveiling.
The Employees and Residents of Thornley, Ludworth and Wheatley Hill. Their contribution in the Great War 1914-1918 Fred Bromilow and Owen Rowland. Wheatley Hill History Club, 2006
The Employees and Residents of Thornley, Ludworth and Wheatley Hill. Their contribution in the Second World War 1939-1945. Fred Bromilow, Owen Rowland. Tom Tunney Jnr. Wheatley Hill History Club, 2008
Durham Chronicle 04/03/1927 reports unveiling; 30/09/1949 reports unveiling.
The Employees and Residents of Thornley, Ludworth and Wheatley Hill. Their contribution in the Great War 1914-1918 Fred Bromilow and Owen Rowland. Wheatley Hill History Club, 2006
The Employees and Residents of Thornley, Ludworth and Wheatley Hill. Their contribution in the Second World War 1939-1945. Fred Bromilow, Owen Rowland. Tom Tunney Jnr. Wheatley Hill History Club, 2008
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; James Pasby; Margaret Hedley; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
Wheatley Hill Group have researched the names on this memorial see book details above.
Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Roadside (L68.01)
LUDWORTH Roadside
To the Glory of God
and in honour of the brave men
who fell in the Great War
1914 -1918
J. Astell R. Laing
B. Brown D. Moore
R. Cowie W. Pike
T.C. Cruddace J. Sedgewick
R. Cherry A. Sinclair
M. Cummings W. Sinclair
C. Eade G. Taylor
T. Ellwood J.G. Taylor
T. Hammond R. Willis
J. Husband F. Stephenson
1939 – 1945
R. Armstrong G. Templeton
J.J. Brain W.J. White
W. Lumsden
Names L68.01
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