Memorial

Obelisk 1914-18 1939-45 Roadside

Sherburn Hill

Memorial Name: Obelisk 1914-18 1939-45 Roadside (S146.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: S146.01

Parish: Sherburn Hill

Original Location:

In front of Community Centre on south side of Front Street.

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-1945

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

a. Unveiled 21st October 1921 by Major Dorman. Dedicated by Rev. H.P. Boase.

Materials Used:

Granite, grey and pink

Cost:

£300

How Money was Raised:

Public subscription

Ownership and Maintenance: The War Memorial was formally handed over to the Parish Council at a Remembrance Day ceremony held on 11th November 1922.

Inscription:

a.
To the glory of God and in proud memory
of the men who left Sherburn Hill
and made the supreme sacrifice in the
Great European War 1914-1918.
Erected by the inhabitants of
Sherburn Hill.

b.
also World War 1939-1945

“They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old
age shall not weary them nor the years condemn
at the going down of the sun and in the morning
we will remember them”

Memorial Description:

Obelisk on square base and granite step, 12 feet total height (3.6m), with four further stone steps, bottom step being 8 feet square (2.4m).

Surrounded by a narrow flower bed and low iron railings.

Names are in a single column on the left side and back, the dedication is on the front.

A pink marble slab has been fixed to the front of the bottom two risers which carry the dedication and names from 1939-45.

Lettering is incised and blackened using sans serif capitals.

Names:

a. 50 full names
b. 15 full names.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. This memorial appears to have been unveiled in 1921 but not handed over to the Parish Council until the following year.

External Links:

Historic England Listing

Sources:

Photos: C. Sanders; James Pasby; Simon Raine; Ken Hornsby

Durham Chronicle
17/11/1922 reports the service at which the memorial was handed over.

Durham County Advertiser
 28/10/1921

Source of quotation:
“They shall grow not old . .” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
William Chalder Wood;
Ken Hornsby

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Names Documents:

SHERBURN HILL

 

Front face          

  

  Robert Adair        

  Matthew Adamson     

  George Allanton     

  Thomas Allanton     

  Robert Barnett      

  Thomas Baxter       

  James Bowtell       

  Alfred Carman       

  John Carr           

  Daniel Chatt        

  Andrew Craggs       

  Edward Dawson       

  George Dodds        

————————————————

Right face

  

  John T. Dodds

  Thomas Dunn  

  Frederick Dunning    

  Henry G. Fox  

  James Graham

  Albert Griffith

  William Harper

  John Hinds

  William Horner

  Richard Humes

  John Hunter

  John Hunter

  Jonas Hylton  

————————————————

Rear

  

  John Iveson         

  Thomas Jacques      

  Douglas Jopling     

  John Johnson        

  Joseph Kell         

  Thomas Kellett      

  Harry Kitchen       

  Arthur Law          

  Nichol Lawson       

  Sidney Luke         

  Edward McDonald     

  William Palmer      

  George Parkin       

————————————————-

Left face

  

  Stanley Phillipson   

  William Robson       

  Thomas Ryans         

  Arthur Scott         

  John Smith           

  John Strong          

  John Thompson        

  Thomas Wallace       

  William Wetherell    

  Edward Wild          

  George Williams      

  James Wood           

  John A. Joicey        

————————————————

Front Second plaque    

  

  To the glory of God and in proud memory

  of the men who left Sherburn Hill

  and made the Supreme Sacrifice in the

  Great European War 1914-1918.  

  Erected by the inhabitants of

  Sherburn Hill

————————————————  

Front Third plaque

  

  also World War 1939 – 1945

 

  John B. Atkinson    Thomas Dunn         

  James W. Dunning    Rhoda Greenfield          

  Norman Hall         Charles Hedley

————————————————

Front Lower plaque 1939-45 continued.

  

  Sydney Kyle         William Petty      Raymond Short     

  William H. Smith    John H. Tennick    John Williamson      

  Thomas Winn         Gilbert Wilkes     Lesley Walters

 

  “They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old

  Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn

  At the going down of the sun and in the morning     

  We will remember them”                

NamesS146.01  

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