Memorial Details
Memorial
Plaque Wearmouth Colliery 1914-18 Miners' Hall
Reference
S130.10
Place
SOUTHWICK
Map ref
3859
Original Location
Monkwearmouth Miners' Hall, Roker Avenue
Present Location
Wearmouth Welfare Ground, Thompson Road. Just inside the grounds to the left of the entrance. Moved several times. See Note 2 below.
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 18th March 1921 by J.E. Parrington
Memorial Description
Plaque 2 feet 4 inches high x 4 feet 9 inches wide on a base 2 feet 10 inches high x 5 feet 2inches wide. The names are listed in five columns. The lettering is incised and blackened using Roman capitals.
Materials used
Marble plaque on marble pattress on brick base.
Inscription
Pro Patria / Erected in memory of the miners of Wearmouth Colliery who / gave their lives for their country in the Great War 1914-19
Names
How money was raised
Given by the Directors of Wearmouth Colliery
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Designed by Mr G.T. Brown
Notes
1 This memorial lay for some years on the grassy corner of a car park of Wearmouth Colliery Welfare Sports and Social Club near part of an old wall. The Welfare Ground was part of J.E. Parrington’s property which included his family home. The site of the Wearmouth Colliery is now a football stadium.
2. Originally placed in the Miners’ Union Hall, Roker Avenue, where it was at the back of the stage where meetings were held. British Coal built a new baths and offices complex, and the former building was sold by the NUM. The plaque was taken to the colliery and placed on the ground outside the colliery canteen. It was finally moved to its last location. Following the erection of the new memorial, S130.16, the old one disappeared, reputedly broken up and used in the foundations of the new.
3. There was a proposal to resite it at the Stadium of Light football ground, but the Welfare Committee were firm in their decision that the Memorial should remain in its current location where it could be accessed by people who worked in the mines.
4. Following several years of requests for its repair from various sources, the memorial was considered to be beyond repair. An appeal was launched by Michael Murphy, Secretary, Wearmouth Colliery Miners Welfare to raise £3,000 towards the cost of a new memorial in its place, and to preserve the original under glass.
5. As well as cricket, there is also a very active bowls group meeting at this ground.
6. When the Great War started, 2560 men and boys of all classes were engaged at the colliery. By the time the war ended, 1,330 had seen service of some kind. 175 were killed.
2. Originally placed in the Miners’ Union Hall, Roker Avenue, where it was at the back of the stage where meetings were held. British Coal built a new baths and offices complex, and the former building was sold by the NUM. The plaque was taken to the colliery and placed on the ground outside the colliery canteen. It was finally moved to its last location. Following the erection of the new memorial, S130.16, the old one disappeared, reputedly broken up and used in the foundations of the new.
3. There was a proposal to resite it at the Stadium of Light football ground, but the Welfare Committee were firm in their decision that the Memorial should remain in its current location where it could be accessed by people who worked in the mines.
4. Following several years of requests for its repair from various sources, the memorial was considered to be beyond repair. An appeal was launched by Michael Murphy, Secretary, Wearmouth Colliery Miners Welfare to raise £3,000 towards the cost of a new memorial in its place, and to preserve the original under glass.
5. As well as cricket, there is also a very active bowls group meeting at this ground.
6. When the Great War started, 2560 men and boys of all classes were engaged at the colliery. By the time the war ended, 1,330 had seen service of some kind. 175 were killed.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders
Sunderland Echo 19/03/1921 reports unveiling. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 26/03/1921 page 7 reports unveiling.
Illustrated Chronicle 21/03/1921 reports unveiling.
Northern Echo 13/01/2007 reports launch of new appeal; 30/03/2007 gives a report with photos.
Colliery Chronicle Issue 18 Summer 2007 carries an article about this memorial and the men named on it, and the search for information on the names; Issue 19 Autumn 2007 reports that information for names sought by Pam Tate is coming in. Issue 20 will contain original letters relating to the names on the memorial.
Sunderland Echo 19/03/1921 reports unveiling. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 26/03/1921 page 7 reports unveiling.
Illustrated Chronicle 21/03/1921 reports unveiling.
Northern Echo 13/01/2007 reports launch of new appeal; 30/03/2007 gives a report with photos.
Colliery Chronicle Issue 18 Summer 2007 carries an article about this memorial and the men named on it, and the search for information on the names; Issue 19 Autumn 2007 reports that information for names sought by Pam Tate is coming in. Issue 20 will contain original letters relating to the names on the memorial.
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders; Arthur Youern; Pamela Tate Southwick History and Preservation Society; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Plaque Wearmouth Colliery 1914-18 Miners' Hall (S130.10)
SUNDERLAND Carley Hill Cricket Ground
PRO PATRIA
Erected in memory of the miners of Wearmouth Colliery who
gave their lives for their country in the Great War 1914-1919
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Sgt. J. Abbott Cpl. H.S. Cowie Pte. J.T. Harrison
Cpl. A. Adams L/Cpl. G.B. Crosby Signr. D. Harrison
Pte. J.R. Adamson Pte. W. Cuthbertson Pte. G. Havey
Cpl. J. Allen Pte. J. Cutter QMS. J. Herd
Pte. W. Allen Cpl. S. Cutting Pte. P. Hill
Pte. A. Atkinson Pte. T. Davis Pte. R. Hird
Pte. W.E. Atkinson Sgt. R.A. Davison Pte. R. Hockridge
L/Cpl. T. Baggott Drvr. H. Davison Pte. J. Holyoak
L/Cpl. C. Bell L/Cpl. W.S. Derby Pte. J. Hogg
Pte. W. Bell Sgt. T. Dixon MM. Pte. A.E. Hughes
L/Cpl. J.W. Bell Pte. G. Dorward Pte. C. Hughes
Pte. C.E. Blake Pte. W. Dorward Pte. F. Hull
Pte. T. Boggan Pte. G. Doyle Pte. J.W. Hunter
Bomr. W. Boggan Spr. D. Dryden Pte. M. Huntley
Pte. G. Boggan Drvr. T. Duffy Pte. A. Hodgson
Signr. J.F. Boyd Pte. T. Duffy L/Cpl. A. Irwin
Pte. W. Boyle L/Cpl. W. Dyer Sgt. G. Jacobs DCM.
Pte. E. Bowen L/Cpl. J. Elliott Pte. F. Jennings
Pte. W. Buckley Pte. R. Fairbairn Pte. W. Johnson
Pte. F.W. Bunton Pte. E. Farrell Drvr. J.T. Jones
Pionr. E.B. Burnett Pte. N. Farrow Sgt. R. Kirton
Drvr. W. Burn L/Cpl. J.L. Ferguson Pte. T. Kisby
Drvr. J.W. Burnett Pte. B. Finn Gnr. R.W. Knox
Pte. J.M. Brodie Capt G.K.T. Fisher Pte. M. Lawther
Sgt. R. Cain Drvr. W.T. Fisher Pte. J.J. Lay
Cpl. J. Carrighan MM Pte. J.F. Fleming Gnr. W.E. Liddle
Pte. N. Cartwright Drvr. J. Forster Pte. R.H. Lodge
Pte. J. Chisholm Pte. J.R. Frankland Cpl. A. Madden
Spr. J.H. Child Pte. A. Gettings Sgt. J. Madden
Pte. G. Clark Pte. W.H. Godfrey Pte. T. Malaburn
Pte. R. Cockburn Pte. R. Gordon Pte. P.G. Mearns
Pte. E. Collins Pte. F. Grady Cpl. J.W. Milburn
Pte. W. Connolly Pte. J. Grieveson Pte. G. Miller
Pte. J. Cowie Bomr. M. Glancy MM Pte. J. Moore
Pte. J. Hall Pte. R. Murray
Pte. E. Browning
--------------------------------------------------
Column 4 Column 5
Cpl. W. McDonald Pte. J. Smart
Lieut. J. McCormack (Italian war medal) Pte. J.J. Smith
Pte. J.W. McFarlane Pte. H.S. Smith
Gnr. J.W. McGory Pte. J.J.Smith
Pte. J. McGill Pte. J. Smith
Pte. A.J. McGough Pte. J.W. Smith
Cpl. J. McGreavy Gnr. J. Southern
Pte. J. McGuire Pte. J.S. Spence
Bomr. G.W. McMillan Cpl. J.W. Stobart
Pte. R. McQuillan Pte. R. Stoker
Pte. M. Nightingale Stoker (Navy) J. Stoker
Pte. H.O‘Donnell Pte. J. Storey
Pte. A. Orton Pte. R. Stott
Pte. W. Raine Pte. W. Strong
Pte. J.W. Reed Dvr. J.S. Taylor
Sgt. F. Reeves L/Cpl. L. Thorn
Sgt. H.J. Reynolds Cpl. G. Trevor
Pte. W. Roberts Spr. ? Urwin
Pte. E.G. Roberts Sgt. H. Vasey
Pte. J. Robinson Cpl. C. Walton
Pte. A. Robinson Pte. J.B. Watson
Pte. I. Rogers Pte. N. Webster
Pte. J. Rodgers Pte. J. Webster
Pte. J. Rushforth Pte. R. Wigham
Pte. T. Reay Pte. J.Y. Wilkinson
Pte. J. Sanderson Gnr. C.S. Wilson
Sgt. W. Scott Gnr. P. Wilson
Pte. J. Scott Pte. T. Winter
Pte. A. Scott Pte. J. Woodward
Gnr. G. Scott Pte. J. Wright
Sgt. A. Scott MM. Pte. R.G. Wrightson
Drvr. M. Sheridan Cpl. A. Youern
Drvr. F.Sheridan Pte. W. Youern
L/Cpl. R. Shield Pte. J. Young
L/Cpl. J. Young
NamesS130.10
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