Memorial Details
Memorial
Triptych 1914-18 Reading Room
Reference
N56.02
Place
NEASHAM
Map ref
3210
Original Location
Reading Room at Sockburn Lane Ends.
Present Location
Moved inside in the 1950s.
Which war
1914-18
Memorial Description
Triptych 4 feet high x 1 foot 8 inches wide with gable top containing the words “For / God, King and Country” painted in gold and shadowed in black. The doors are each 2 feet 6 inches high x 10 inches wide. On opening the doors, there is a central panel with a cross painted in gold, and the names of those who joined the conflict in 1914 painted on either side of the upright.
The names are in a single column on the inner doors and either side of the cross, in each case with the words “Roll of Honour” painted in red above.
The names of those who fought from 1915 and some of those who fought from 1916 are painted on the inside of the left hand door, and the remaining names from 1916, and those from 1917 and 1918 are painted inside the right hand door. Those who died are marked with a painted gold star.
Honours or medals achieved are painted in red. All lettering is incised using plain capitals throughout. There is a shelf below. Two small plaques tell the story of the makers of the memorial.
The memorial is built out from the wall on a dark varnished backing panel with moulded edges, approx. 6 inches deep, in shape echoing the shape of the triptych. Overall height estimated at 8 feet 6 inches.
The names are in a single column on the inner doors and either side of the cross, in each case with the words “Roll of Honour” painted in red above.
The names of those who fought from 1915 and some of those who fought from 1916 are painted on the inside of the left hand door, and the remaining names from 1916, and those from 1917 and 1918 are painted inside the right hand door. Those who died are marked with a painted gold star.
Honours or medals achieved are painted in red. All lettering is incised using plain capitals throughout. There is a shelf below. Two small plaques tell the story of the makers of the memorial.
The memorial is built out from the wall on a dark varnished backing panel with moulded edges, approx. 6 inches deep, in shape echoing the shape of the triptych. Overall height estimated at 8 feet 6 inches.
Materials used
Ship’s timbers. See Notes below.
Inscription
For / God, King & Country.
On doors
Roll / of Honour
On small brass plaque beneath names:
Made / from / H.M.S.Britannia / cadet training ship at / Dartmouth / 1869 – 1905
On small white plaque at left side of memorial:
Made from timber removed / from / H.M.S. “Britannia” / Cadet Training Ship at Dartmouth / 1869 – 1905
On small white plaque at right side of memorial:
Manufactured by / Hughes Bolckow & Co. Ltd., / Battleship Wharf / Blyth / 10 Dover St. / London
On doors
Roll / of Honour
On small brass plaque beneath names:
Made / from / H.M.S.Britannia / cadet training ship at / Dartmouth / 1869 – 1905
On small white plaque at left side of memorial:
Made from timber removed / from / H.M.S. “Britannia” / Cadet Training Ship at Dartmouth / 1869 – 1905
On small white plaque at right side of memorial:
Manufactured by / Hughes Bolckow & Co. Ltd., / Battleship Wharf / Blyth / 10 Dover St. / London
Names
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Hughes Bolckow & Co. Ltd.
Notes
1. In a booklet presented by Hughes Bolckow to their staff when the firm was taken over in 1961, there is a long piece about the break-up of the "Britannia". The salvaged material went to making up all kinds of things including a font made a from binnacle at Blyth. One sentence reads : "Folding chairs on offer were designed with wounded soldiers in mind ('their high back is very restful, but does not interfere with the hat when seated'); tea trolleys were advertised ('in hospitals and nursing homes they ease the extra work brought by the war'); and there were three patterns of memorial shrine with space for names of up to 150 dead; the names could be added 'in black at a halfpenny a letter, or in gold at a penny a letter'".
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders; Howard and Christine Jemmeson
Durham Villages. published by W.I., 1993
Durham Villages. published by W.I., 1993
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders; Howard and Christine Jemmeson
Research In Progress
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Triptych 1914-18 Reading Room (N56.02)
NEASHAM Reading Room
Centre panel
For
God, King and Country.
1914 1914
C.A. Wrightson C.B.E. R. Herring
Captain R.N. Cpl. L.G.
R.N. Thompson W. Kitchen +
Major R.G.A. Pte. N.F.
T.G. Wrightson J. Knight
Major D.L.I. Drv. A.S.C.M.T.
W.E. Rogerson + A. Lawson
Captain D.L.I. A.B. R.N.
A. Surtees J. Lawson
Captain N.F. Drv. R.F.A.
A. Surtees E. Manning
Captain N.F. Cpl. D.L.I.
F.M. Thompson E. Sanderson
Captain R.N.D. Cpl. A.S.C.
B. Surtees + J. Sanderson
Captain W.Yks. Pte. R.D.F.
J.W. Thompson W. Sanderson
Lieut. R.G.A. ? R.D.F.
B. Wilkinson + H. Slade
Lieut. E.Yks Pte. R.Wrk.
W.I. Wrightson G. Smith
Lieut. D.L.I. Pte. Yks.
J. Ainsley R. Smith
A.B. R.N. Pte K.O.Y.L.I.
A. Copsey D.C.M. A. Towers
Sgt. R.F.A. Sgt. D.L.I.
H. Cowell I. Towers
Pte. Husrs. Sap. R.E.
R. Harrison C. Wood
Pte. E.Yks Pte. D.L.I.
H. Henderson F. Wrightson
Pte. M.G.C. Sgt. M.G.C.
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Left inner door
Roll
of Honour
1915
H. Jolliffe Lieut. Yorks
C. Rutledge Lieut. N.F.
B. Wilkinson + Lieut. W.Yks
G. Wilkinson Capt. C.N.D.A.
H. Wrightson ARRC Lond. VAD
N. Anderson M.M. + Sap. R.E.
H. Bailey Pte. D.L.I.
R. Bowlby C.deG. Drv. A.S.C.M.T.
C. Bywater Trp. I.C.
A. Curran Pte. A.S.C.
W. Dayer Sgt. R.F.A.
A. Ford Pte. A.S.C.
J. Forder + Pte. R.Wks.
T. Foster Drv. A.S.C.M.T.
I. Jolliffe Nurse V.A.D.
E. Lawson Sgt. D.L.I.
E. Sanderson Cpl. A.S.C.
H. Sanderson Gun. R.F.A.
J. Smith Pte. D.L.I.
J. Soakell Pte. A.S.C.
H White Sgt. D.L.I.
W. Wrightson Pte. Blk.W.
1916
M. Wilkinson ? Yks.
P. Allison Pte. N.F.
W. Anderson Pte. A.S.C.
J. Atkinson Gun R.G.A.
J. Bailey Gun R.F.A.
J. Bell Pte. A.O.C
J. Burgess Gun. R.F.A.
A. Burton Sgt. Yks
A. Bywater Pte. D.L.I.
T. Chapman Pte. Yks.
I. Forder Gun. R.G.A.
R. Forster Pte. N.F.
A. Garbutt Pte. A.S.C.
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Right inner door
Roll
of Honour
1916
H. Goldsborough Cpl. D.L.I.
W. Haw Gun. R.G.A.
J. Henderson Pte. Yks.
S. Holland Drv. A.S.C.
A. Knight Pte. D.L.I.
A. Lawson A.B. R.N.
R. Lawson Sgt. E.Yks
H. Manning Pte. R.F.A.
E.R. Richardson + Cpl. Can.
E.H. Richardson Pte. D.L.I.
H. Roycroft Pte. Yks.
J. Ryan Pte. R.A.F.
R. Ryan Pte. D.L.I.
J.K. Sanderson Pte. D. of W.
F. Sanderson Pte. D.L.I.
T. Sharpe Pte. M.G.C.
E. Sidgwick Gun. R.F.A.
R. Towers + Sap. R.E.
R. Wilkinson Pte. Can.
A. Wood Drv. A.S.C.
T. Wood Gun. R.G.A.
G. Wood Sig. R.F.A.
J. Woollard Cpl. N.F.
1917
W. Dixon Drv. I.W.T.
A. Garbutt Drv. R.G.A.
E. Knight Pte. R.A.M.C.
W. Manning Pte. K.O.Y.L.I.
J. Sanderson Pte. K.O.Y.L.I.
F. Slade Pte. E.Yks.
W. Smith Gun. R.F.A.
B. Surtees Nurse V.A.D.
M. Wrightson Sgt. Q.M.A.A.C. wi
1918
P. Garbutt Sap. R.E.
J. Hughff Drv. A.S.C.
B. Jolliffe Drv. W.R.A.F.
NamesN56.02
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