Memorial Details
Memorial
Book of Remembrance 1914-18 Town Hall
Reference
S131.11
Place
SPENNYMOOR
Map ref
2533
Original Location
Town Hall, High Street, DL16 6DG
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled Sunday October 15th 1922.
Memorial Description
Book of Remembrance 9 inches high x 6 inches wide bound in dark paper. There are 18 printed pages
Materials used
Paper
Inscription
Spennymoor Urban District.War Memorial / A Book of Remembrance / 1914-1919
"Those who with fame eternal their own dear / land endowed / Took on them as a mantle the shade of death's / dark cloud; / Yet dying thus they died not, on whom is glory shed / By virtue which exalts them above all other dead." -Sir Rennell Rodd
"Those who with fame eternal their own dear / land endowed / Took on them as a mantle the shade of death's / dark cloud; / Yet dying thus they died not, on whom is glory shed / By virtue which exalts them above all other dead." -Sir Rennell Rodd
Names
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Unveiling programme
Source of quotation
“Those who with fame eternal . . .” Sir Rennell Rodd, source Not ascertained.
Source of quotation
“Those who with fame eternal . . .” Sir Rennell Rodd, source Not ascertained.
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Research acknowledgements
C. Sanders
Research In Progress
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Book of Remembrance 1914-18 Town Hall (S131.11)
SPENNYMOOR Town Hall
Front cover
Spennymoor Urban District
WAR MEMORIAL
A BOOK OF
REMEMBRANCE
(wreath)
1914 - 1919
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Fly leaf:
"Those who with fame eternal their own dear
land endowed
Took on them as a mantle the shade of death's
dark cloud;
Yet dying thus they died not, on whom is glory shed
By virtue which exalts them above all other dead."
-Sir Rennell Rodd
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Page 1
Foreword
The exact number of men from the
Urban District of Spennymoor who
served in the Great War is not accur-
ately known, but the roll of the dead
is abundant testimony of the magni-
ficent response they made to the
Nation's call. The names of 360 men,
whose bodies lie wherever fighting
took place, are inscribed on the panels
of the Memorial erected to their immortal memory by the
people of the district in which they dwelt.
The task of compiling this list has not been light, but
the War Memorial Committee have spared no effort to ensure
that it is accurate and complete.
The site on which the monument is erected was given
by the Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Company, Limited,
whose generous help in this and in other directions, the
Committee, on behalf of the people of the Urban District,
desire to acknowledge. They consider it very appropriate
that the task of unveiling the Memorial should be entrusted
to J.H.B. Forster, Esq, J.P, the Managing Director of the
Company.
The Memorial was designed by E.C. Kenmir, Esq, of
Spennymoor, who has also acted as Honorary Architect.
The design has been carried out in Greenlaw stone by Messrs.
Lowes & Sons, Ltd, Durham.
The Committee further desire to record in this book the
names of two women and fifty-six men who gained
distinctions in the War.
T.WARD, J.P, Chairman of the
War Memorial Committee.
F.E.HAMILTON, Hon. Sec.
J.WHITE, Hon. Treasurer.
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Page 2
THE FALLEN
Hereafter are inscribed the names
of those men from the Urban District
of Spennymoor, who, obeying a mag-
nificent instinct, went forth in perfect
simplicity to fight and die for a great
ideal. "In the hot-fit of life, a tip-
toe on the highest point of being, they
passed at a bound to the other side." Their bodies lie on
foreign soil, hallowed by their Sacrifice, their memories
dwell for ever in our hearts, and the monument that has
this day been unveiled in our Market Place will inspire us
to hold our heads high and look fearlessly into the future
remembering that, in the hour of trial, the men whom we
knew and believed in, were not found wanting and turned not
back in the day of battle. We cannot fail them. The burden
they laid down we must take up, and so strive that the
wounds of war may be healed, and peace and goodwill dwell
once more among the nations.
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Page 3
NAMES OF THE FALLEN.
I. Abley 14 June 1918 M. Boyle 27 Feb. 1918
S. Abley 28 Nov. 1918 W. Brabban 23 Aug. 1917
F.W. Adams 15 Oct. 1917 W. Bracegirdle 10 May 1915
B. Alderson 17 Aug. 1916 Arthur Bradley 30 Sep. ‘16
G. Alderson 20 July 1916 Austin Bradley 1 Mar. 1917
M. Alderson 28 May 1918 J.W. Broadley 1 July 1916
E.W. Anderson 15 July 1916 M.H. Broadley 13 Apl. 1918
F. Anderson 26 Sept. 1917 J. Brooks 22 Mar. 1915
J. Anderson 21 Aug. 1918 C.H. Broome 23 July 1918
T. Anderson 24 Sep. 1916 A. Brown 7 Aug. 1917
W. Angus 12 Feb. 1916 G. Brown 25 Mar. 1918
J. Armstrong 1 Oct. 1916 G.W. Brown 20 Nov. 1917
C. Bainbridge 15 Oct. 1916 J. Brown 9 Aug. 1915
R.E. Bainbridge 25 Sep. 1918 W. Brown 22 July 1916
T. Bainbridge 26 Mar. 1918 W. Brown 10 June 1917
W. Baines 26 Mar. 1918 W.H. Brown 19 July 1918
W. Baker 21 Sep. 1917 W.L.G. Brown 12 Sep. 1918
D. Ballantyne 1 Dec. 1916 F. Brunskill 31 July 1917
W. Bamlett 2 Sep. 1915 N. Bulmer 25 Mar. 1918
W. Banks 1 May 1917 W. Bulmer 15 Nov. 1916
J. Bannister 21 Jan. 1916 H. Bundy 31 Dec. 1916
C. Barker 7 Oct. 1916 E. Burke 25 May 1915
T. Barlow 29 Sep. 1916 W. Burns 8 Apl. 1917
H. Barrass 10 May 1917 J. Burton 2 July 1916
J. Barrett 1 July 1916 A.J.T. Bussey 27 May 1918
G. Beal 17 Aug. 1917 F.T. Butterfield 15 Sep. ‘16
J.G. Bell 19 Aug. 1916 J. Cadman 13 Nov. 1916
J.S. Bell 1 July 1916 E. Cameron 3 June 1916
N. Benson 1 May 1917 A. Campbell 18 Aug. 1917
H. Bethell 25 Oct. 1918 J.F. Cheesewright 29 Nov. ‘17
T. Bishop 7 July 1916 J. Clarke 25 May 1915
W.G. Blackbourne T. Claughan 11 May 1917
5 Aug. 1917 W.H. Close 15 Sep. 1916
F. Blackett 27 May 1918 J.R. Cockfield 31 July 1917
J. Blackett 27 Sep. 1917 T. Conn 16 Aug. 1916
W. Blackmore 5 Mar. 1917 G.T. Cook 27 Sep. 1918
T. Blair 18 Sep. 1918 W. Cooper 30 Sep. 1918
J.T. Blenkin 11 Nov. 1918 A. Corbett 15 Jan. 1919
W.H. Blood 22 Aug. 1915 R. Cornish 1 July 1916
J. Boden 6 Feb. 1916 W. Coulthard 27 May 1918
J. Bonson 23 June 1917 J. Cowens 16 Aug. 1916
A.E. Bottoms 28 Feb. 1919 A. Cowley 1 July 1917
W.E. Bowman 28 Mar. 1918 H. Craddock 20 Sep. 1917
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Page 4
B. Craig 25 Mar. 1918 A. Gibson 26 Apl. 1918
W.A. Craig 27 July 1916 T.A. Goundry 16 Feb. 1918.
J. Cross 13 Oct. 1918 B.R. Graham 18 Nov. 1916
F.W. Cummins 3 July 1915 G. Graham 9 Oct. 1917
C.D. Cummings 23 Mar. 1918 J. Grainger 10 Aug. 1917
J. Cummings 16 June 1917 N. Gray 27 May 1918
J. Cunningham 25 Oct. 1916 G. Green 26 Oct. 1917
J.H. Curle 31 Mar. 1916 A. Greenwood 27 May 1918
G.E. Curry 10 June 1918 R. Greenwood 15 May 1915
F. Dalkin 6 Aug. 1916 R. Greig 7 Oct. 1918
J.T. Davies 7 June 1917 A. Hall 12 Sep. 1916
W. Davies 19 June 1916 C. Hamer 1 Oct. 1916
J. Davison 12 Apl. 1918 H.E. Hamilton 20 Aug. 1917
J.R. Davison 13 Feb. 1916 J.G. Hamilton 14 Aug. 1915
T. Dixon 3 Mar. 1917 G.H. Hardy 1 July 1916
J.H. Dodds 8 June 1917 B.G. Harker 24 Oct. 1918
J.R. Dodds 24 Aug. 1918 W. Harland 16 June 1917
J.L. Dodshon 1 Mar. 1916 H. Hart 22 Mar. 1918
G.W. Dowson 1 July 1916 T. Hartley 6 June 1917
J.W. Draycott 15 Sep. 1916 B. Harwood 21 Mar. 1918
G. Dunn 22 Apl. 1917 N. Henderson 20 July 1917
R.G. Dunn 21 Nov. 1918 T.O. Herring 25 July 1916
W. Ebden 27 Sep. 1916 B. Hetherington 6 July ‘19
Rd. Edwards 12 Mar. 1916 L.H. Hewick 21 Sep. 1914
Rt. Edwards 7 Aug. 1916 T. Hindmarch 21 Mar. 1918
J. Egglestone 29 Jan. 1916 T. Hodgins 5 Feb. 1917
T. Egglestone 13 Oct. 1916 J.R. Hodgson 5 Dec. 1916
E. Eldrett 6 June 1915 T. Hodgson 18 Sep. 1916
J. Elliot 4 Apl. 1918 R. Holland 17 Dec. 1917
C. Ellis 18 Sep. 1916 W. Hood 3 July 1916
F. Elves 16 Aug. 1916 F.W. Hopper 16 Jan. 1918
R. Elves 27 May 1918 T. Houston 21 Oct. 1918
S. Elves 4 Aug. 1916 S. Howard 1 Nov. 1918
R.H. English 16 Sep. 1916 H.D. Howe 22 Aug. 1918
J.H. Evans 9 Apl. 1917 R. Howe 16 Sep. 1916
E. Farthing 24 Mar. 1918 J.H. Hughes 2 July 1916
F.N. Featherstone G.P. Hunter 17 Sep. 1916
26 Apl. 1918 E. Hutchinson 4 June 1915
J. Finley 1 June 1916 G.W. Hutchinson 11 Oct. ‘16
T. Forrest 12 Apl. 1918 R. Hutchinson 3 Nov. 1918
E. Foster 6 Sep. 1918 J.H. Ingram 3 Dec. 1917
J.J. Foxcroft 30 Sep. 1916 J. Jackson 31 Dec. 1917
J. French 18 May 1915 R. Jackson 24 Aug. 1916
R. Garbutt 13 May 1918 F. James 31 July 1917
H. Gardener 22 Aug. 1915 J. Jefferson 4 Oct. 1917
J. Gash 4 Nov. 1916 P. Johnson 17 Apl. 1915
Geo. Gee 26 Apl. 1915 T. Johnson 9 Aug. 1915
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Page 5
J. Jones 4 Dec. 1917 E. Nelson 17 July 1918
J.E. Jones 4 Nov. 1918 J. Nichol 18 Sep. 1918
Rt. Jones 18 July 1916 A. Nichols 12 Apl. 1916
R. Jones 26 Sep. 1918 W.H. Northcote 28 Sep. 1916
S.G. Jones 27 June 1917 J.W. O’Hara 27 Oct. 1918
T.H. Jones 26 Mar. 1918 P. O’Neil 15 Aug. 1915
W. Jones 4 Nov. 1915 W. O’Neil 23 Apl. 1916
C.R. Keirl 10 Feb. 1919 A.W. Orton 22 Jan. 1917
J.W. Keirl 2 Nov. 1918 J.A. Osguthorpe 31 May ‘16
G.H. Kendall 23 Apl. 1917 J.R. Parrott 13 Sep. 1916
F. Kenmir 15 Jan. 1917 H. Parry 17 July 1916
A.T. Kitching 5 Apl. 1918 T. Pattison 29 Oct. 1915
G. Knaggs 26 Dec. 1916 J.E. Payne 13 Aug. 1916
R. Langley 14 Sep. 1918 A. Pearce 24 Apl. 1917
H. Lawson 24 Oct. 1918 F. Perry 10 Apl. 1917
P.F. Lawson 6 July 1916 J. Perry 15 Dec. 1917
W. Lawson 14 Dec. 1917 J.H. Perry 15 Feb. 1916
G.W. Layton 16 Mar. 1916 J. Petch 27 Apl. 1918
R. Lidster 3 July 1916 T.P. Phillips 28 Mar. 1918
J. Linsley 10 July 1916 E. Pickering 26 Apl. 1915
W.H. Linsley 3 Oct. 1918 E.E. Pigg 20 Nov. 1918
C.S. Littley 11 Aug. 1917 A.C. Plews 19 Apl. 1918
J. Littley 17 Jan. 1916 J.W. Pope 10 Apl. 1917
J. Livett 27 Oct. 1917 J.T. Powell 26 Sep. 1915
F. Lodge 24 Feb. 1917 R.R. Pratt 11 Aug. 1916
J. Lowe 6 July 1916 F. Prest 21 Aug. 1918
R.R. Lowery 23 Apl. 1918 J. Procter 13 Nov. 1916
J.W. Lumsden 26 Nov. 1915 J. Raitt 27 May 1918
J.G. Lunn 23 Apl. 1917 T.W. Raitt 24 Oct. 1918
J. Malloy 5 Aug. 1915 E. Ramage 23 Aug. 1915
J.W. Malpas 8 Mar. 1918 W.F. Randall 22 Feb. 1916
J.V. Martin 25 Nov. 1918 E. Reeves 7 Sep. 1917
W.H. Maughan 2 Oct. 1916 H.L. Rex 21 Mar. 1918
J. McAdam 23 Apl. 1917 J. Rhodes 5 May 1917
J. McCormack 27 Aug. 1916 E.W. Rhymer 8 Oct. 1917
T. McCrone 1 Apl. 1918 H. Richardson 7 Nov. 1917
L. McGowan 21 Sep. 1918 T. Richardson 2 Oct. 1916
C. McKenzie 2 Jan. 1918 J. Richmond 7 June 1917
J.L. Mercer 22 Apl. 1917 T. Rivers 4 Nov. 1918
E. Metcalfe 26 May 1915 T.N. Robinson 25 Sep. 1916
J. M’Gahan 27 July 1917 P. Rocks 27 Sep. 1915
A. Miller 2 Oct. 1917 T.F. Roper 22 June 1917
G.B. Miller 25 July 1915 J. Rose 21 Nov. 1914
J.W. Moan 18 Sep. 1916 W. Roseman 27 Sep. 1915
E. Moore 19 May 1918 J. Ryan 1 Oct. 1918
R. Mortimer 3 Aug. 1917 J. Ryder 2 Aug. 1916
A.G. Naisbitt 27 Oct. 1918 R. Ryder 26 Mar. 1918
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Page 6
C. Sanderson 18 June 1917 B. Wardle 17 Sep. 1915
W. Sanderson 19 Oct. 1917 J. Waters 22 Aug. 1917
W. Scotson 20 Mar. 1918 R. Waters 23 July 1916
J.G. Seymour 4 Sep. 1918 J. Waterson 31 July 1918
A.D. Sharp 24 Sep. 1918 J. Watson 30 July 1916.
J.W. Simpson 4 June 1916 C. Waugh 10 Apl. 1918
J. Sinclair 1 Jan. 1917 N. Waugh 5 July 1917
G.E. Smith 9 Nov. 1916 F. Weldon 3 Nov. 1914
P.B. Smith 20 July 1916 A.H. Welford 22 Mar. 1918
P.A. Snow 1 July 1916 R.B. Welford 7 June 1916
F.W. Snowball 4 May 1917 Jas. Welsh 21 Sep. 1917
J. Snowball 30 Sept,1916 Jas. Welsh 28 Mar. 1918
T. Snowball 7 Nov. 1918 John Welsh 5 July 1915
A. Spence 13 Aug. 1918 T.A. Welsh 1 Oct. 1916
J.W. Stephenson 9 Apl. 1917 M. West 24 July 1916
G. Stones 25 Sep. 1917 R.W. Wheatley 22 Aug. 1915
A. Stott 23 Apl. 1917 C. White 16 June 1917
R. Stott 1 May 1916 G.P. White 23 Aug. 1916
A. Stout 27 Nov. 1918 J. White 22 Aug. 1915
R.S. Strathern 12 Feb. 1918 J.D. White 8 July 1916
H. Stuart 3 May 1916 J.T. White 1 Oct. 1916
R. Sugden 24 Dec. 1916 W. White 13 Nov. 1916
R.D. Telfer 5 June 1918 D. Whitehead 21 Nov. 1916
B. Thomas 28 Oct. 1918 C. Whitehouse 25 Oct. 1918
J. Thomas 18 July 1916 S. Wiggington 25 Mar. 1917
T. Thomas 25 July 1915 J.J. Wigham 31 July 1917
W. Thompson 26 Mar. 1918 J. Wilkin 5 Sep. 1916
A.C. Tighe 28 Sep. 1918 G. Wilkinson 18 May 1915
S.A. Tolmie 28 Sep. 1916 J.W. Wilkinson 9 Sep. 1918
G.F. Tomlinson 26 Sep. 1915 R. Wilkinson 13 Feb. 1916
R. Turnbull 1 Oct. 1916 E.W. Williams 21 Feb. 1919
R. Tweddle 7 Apl. 1918 F.J.H. Williams 20 July 1918
B. Varvill 7 Nov. 1917 H. Williams 2 Dec. 1918
A.W. Verrell 15 Nov. 1917 J. Williams 11 Aug. 1917
M. Vickerstaff 6 Jan. 1916 R.C. Willis 4 Aug. 1916
R. Vickerstaff 7 June 1918 C.T. Wilson 27 May 1918
J.H. Walker 31 July 1917 E.J. Wilson 16 July 1916
J. Wallace 23 Apl. 1917 J. Wilson 16 Sep. 1915
E.H. Walls 19 Apl. 1918 W. Wilson 6 Dec. 1915
A. Walsh 5 Nov. 1916 J.J. Winde 8 Oct. 1918
A.R. Walters 5 Nov. 1916 G.E. Wood 4 Sep. 1917
W. Walton 26 July 1915 J.M. Woodhall 5 July 1916
J. Ward 25 Sep. 1916 M. Woodhall 16 May 1918
W.L. Ward 17 Jan. 1917 W. Young 14 July 1916
"Conquer ye by living as we have conquered
by dying."
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Page 7
THE LIST OF DISTINCTIONS
Nurse Elsdon Medical Service R.R.C.
Nurse Maxey Medical Service R.R.C, M.M.
Pte. E. Airey R.A.M.C. M.M.
Pte. L. Allport K.O.Y.L.I. M.M.
Pte. C. Barker 2nd Bn Yorks Regt M.M.
Pte. J. Batey The Durham L.I. D.C.M.
Pte. G. Bews The Durham L.I. M.M.
L/Cpl. T. Blair The Durham L.I. D.C.M.
Cpl. B. Bott R.A.M.C. M.M.
Sergt. J. Carney The Durham L.I. M.M.
Pte. G. Carr The Durham L.I. M.M.
Sgt.-Inst. T. Clough The Durham L.I. M.S.M. the Italian
Croix de Guerre
Sergt. H. Cradock The Durham L.I. D.C.M.
Pte. W. Davies Northumberland Fus. M.M.
Pte. E. Dodshon The Durham L.I. Certificate
Cpl. W. Fenwick The Durham L.I. D.C.M. the Italian
Croix de Guerre
Pte. G. Ferguson Northumberland Fus. M.M.
Sergt. T. Fitzpatrick The Durham L.I. M.M.
Sergt. G. Galley R.A.M.C. Certificate
Pte. A. Greenwell The Durham L.I. M.M.
A.B. W. Hamer RN Certificate
Pte. W. Hamilton The Durham L.I. M.S.M
Pte. W. Harper The Durham L.I. D.C.M.
Pte. A. Healey The Durham L.I Italian Croix de Guerre
Q.M.S. T. Hodgson K.R.R. M.S.M Twice
Mentioned in Despatches
C.S.M. R. Holland The Durham L.I. M.M.
Sergt. O. Hughes Northumberland Fus. M.M.
Sergt. T. Hughes Northumberland Fus. M.M.
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Page 8
Gnr. E. Hutchinson R.F.A. M.M.
Gnr. W. Hutchinson R.F.A. D.C.M.
Cpl. A. Ingleby Northumberland Fus. M.M.
Pte. J. Jefferson The Durham L.I. M.M.
Pte. J. Jenkins T.M.B. M.M.
Pte. W. Jobling The Durham L.I. M.M.
Pte. D. Kelsey R.A.M.C. M.M.
Sgt. R.R. Lowery The Durham L.I. M.M.
Gnr. R. Lowson R.F.A. M.M.
Pte. B. McLinden The Durham L.I. M.M.
C.S.M. C. Miller The Durham L.I. D.C.M.
C.S.M. J.W. O'Hara The Durham L.I. M.M.
Pte. H. Pattison The Durham L.I. D.C.M.
Pte. T. Phoenix R.A.M.C. M.M.
Sgt. T. Phillipson The Durham L.I. M.M.
Gnr. J.H. Pinkney R.F.A. M.M.
Sergt. R.R. Pratt West Yorks Regt D.C.M.
Lieut. Raine R.A.M.C. M.C.
Cpl. J.J. Robinson The Durham L.I. D.C.M. Russian
Croix de Guerre
R.S.M. J. Taylor The Durham L.I. M.C. M.S.M.
2nd Lieut. E. Troupe Lincolnshire Regt M.C.
Pte. W. Turnbull The Durham L.I. M.M.
Sergt. A.L. Walters The Durham L.I. M.M.
Capt. T. Welch The Durham L.I. MC Twice Mentioned
In Despatches
Pte. J.J. Wigham Yorks Regt M.M.
Pte. T. Wilkes RE M.M.
Sgt. E. Wilkinson The Durham L.I. M.M.
Pte. J.E. Wilkinson East Yorks Regt M.M.
Cpl. C.T. Wilson The Durham L.I. M.M.
Cpl. F. Wood The Durham L.I. Italian Croix de Guerre
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