Memorial Details

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Photo: Sunniside Local History Society

Memorial

Plaque Marley Hill Mine 1914-18 St. Cuthbert

Reference

M34.03

Place

MARLEY HILL

Map ref

NZ 204581

Original Location

St. Cuthbert’s Parish Church, St. Cuthbert’s Road. In the nave.

Present Location

Moved to the back of the church in order to keep all memorials together.

Which war

1914-18

Memorial Description

Plaque 18 inches high x 12 inches wide set on a wood pattress. In both top corners is a wreath raised in half relief, in which are the dates “1914” and “1918”. Between is the dedication in elongated Roman capitals. The names are listed in three columns using sans serif capitals.

Materials used

Brass

Inscription

These are the names of the men / who fell in the Great War / from Marley Hill Mine.

Names

Sculptor, Artist or Designer

Thomas Fattorini (Birmingham) Ltd., Trafalgar Works, Hockley Str., Birmingham.

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: Ron Carson; Mr. and Mrs. M. Garfoot

The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101

External web link

Research acknowledgements

Ron Carson; Errol Broomfield; Mr. and Mrs. M. Garfoot, Marley Hill Church; Dorothy Hall

Research In Progress

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Plaque Marley Hill Mine 1914-18 St. Cuthbert (M34.03)

 
MARLEY HILL St. Cuthbert’s Church

    

    
   These are the names of the men 
   who fell in the Great War 
   from Marley Hill Mine.
   George Miller       James Shearlaw     Robert Chisholm
   David Welsh         Anthony Hedworth   George Chisholm
   George Pearson      William Best       George Gilhesphy
   Goel E. Kitchenman  Joseph Hutchinson  Walter Lawson
   Robert Melton       Jos. L. Wilkinson  Anthony Cafferty
   John Davison        James Hinds        Francis Murray
   Daniel Arthurs      James Naisby       William Cranney
   R.W. Rowell         Matthew Clark      Alex Patterson
   Robert Drydon       John Leitch        Henry Forrest
   Frederick Ellis     Edwin Taylor       Matthew Duffy
   Henry Atkinson      James White        John Hally
   William Ellis       Thomas Gaul        Charles Harm
   John Cranney        Arthur Mann        George Hilton
   J.W. Scott          Stephen Brown      J.W. Stirrup
   Robert Porter       Edwin Davison      J.W. Armstrong
   John Cairns         Matthew Finlay     J.W. Pescod
                       Alex Finlay        Fred. Masland.
NamesM34.03

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Parish Notes

Every Name A Story