Memorial Details
Memorial
Obelisk 1914-18 1939-45 Roadside
Reference
S146.01
Place
SHERBURN HILL
Map ref
324334
Original Location
In front of Community Centre on south side of Front Street.
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-1945
b. 1939-1945
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
a. Unveiled 21st October 1921 by Major Dorman. Dedicated by Rev. H.P. Boase.
Memorial Description
Obelisk on square base and granite step, 12 feet total height, with four further stone steps, bottom step being 8 feet square. 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.
Materials used
Granite, grey and pink
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"
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"
Names
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.
Notes
1. John Hunter, one of two of that name on the memorial, was in the Machine Gun Corps, and is buried near Cambrai, Northern France. There was also a stone plaque placed in the Methodist Chapel at Shotton Colliery , now demolished. The plaque has now been resited at the Methodist Church. See S125.10. (Letter from William Chalder Wood, great nephew)
2. This memorial appears to have been unveiled in 1921 but not handed over to the Parish Council until the following year.
2. This memorial appears to have been unveiled in 1921 but not handed over to the Parish Council until the following year.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders; James Pasby; Simon Raine; Ken Hornsby
Durham County Advertiser 28/10/1921
Durham Chronicle 17/11/1922 reports the service at which the memorial was handed over.
Source of quotation:
“They shall grow not old . .” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon
Durham County Advertiser 28/10/1921
Durham Chronicle 17/11/1922 reports the service at which the memorial was handed over.
Source of quotation:
“They shall grow not old . .” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders; William Chalder Wood; Ken Hornsby
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Obelisk 1914-18 1939-45 Roadside (S146.01)
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Front Third plaque
also World War 1939 – 1945
John B. Atkinson Thomas Dunn
James W. Dunning Rhoda Greenfield
Norman Hall Charles Hedley
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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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