Memorial

Statue 1914-18 1939-45 Village Green

Billy Row

Memorial Name: Statue 1914-18 1939-45 Village Green (B159.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: B159.01

Parish: Billy Row

Original Location:

Billy Row Green/B6298, Billy Row, Crook.

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

a. 11th November 1921 by Hon. Joseph Pease,
dedicated by Rev. C.S. Wilson of Stanley.

b. Unveiled 25th September 1949 by Lieut.Col. W.I. Watson, T.D.D.L., 6th D.L.I.;
dedicated by Rev. F. Clifford.

Materials Used:

Portland stone

Who Commissioned:

War Memorial Committee

How Money was Raised:

Public subscription

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Mr. J. Palmer of Crook added the names from 1939-45.

Inscription:

a.
Erected by the inhabitants
of
Billy Row and District
in memory of the men
who fell in the Great War
1914-1918.

The souls of the righteous
are in the hands of God.

God made trial of them
and found them worthy of Himself.

Greater love hath no man
than this that a man lay
down his life for his friend.

Memorial Description:

Statue of soldier leaning on reversed rifle with head bowed.

He stands on a large pedestal which has a rounded pillar at each corner with decorated capitals.

At the top of the sides of the pedestal is a laurel wreath carved in three quarters relief.

The inscriptions are sunken on the sides and front of the pedestal, between the pillars, below the name of the place : Billy Row; Grahamsley; Roddymoor and Whitelea.

The names for 1939-45 are below those for 1914-18 under the place name.

Quotations are on panels below.

Lettering is incised using sans serif capitals coloured black throughout.

Names:

a. 17 names, ranks, regiments and districts.
b. 6 names, ranks, regiments and districts.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The 1939-45 unveiling took place on the same day as that at Stanley using the same Order of Service.

External Links:

Historic England Listing

Sources:

Photos: C. Sanders, Simon Raine; John and Mavis Dixon; Dorothy Hall; Lonely Tower

Auckland & County Chronicle
16/11/1921

Darlington & Stockton Times
18/11/1921 page 4.

Sources of quotations:
“The souls of the righteous . . . ” Apocrypha: Wisdom of Solomon 3 v 1;.
“God made trial of them and found them worthy of Himself” Apocrypha Wisdom of Solomon 3 v 1.
“Greater love hath no man . . .” St. John 15 v 13.

Additional Research Documents

B159.01 Unveiling programme 1949

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Research Acknowledgements:

C. Sanders;
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
Durham County Council;
John and Mavis Dixon;
Dorothy Hall

Research In Progress:

The names on this memorial are being researched by Glenys Coote.

Contact gbkhome@hotmail.co.uk

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Names Documents:

BILLY ROW   

 

Front face:

  White-Lea District

  +

 

  L.Cpl. Wm. Halladay         K.O.Y.L.I.   

  Pt. A.R. Simpson                D.L.I.      

  Pt. C.J. Whitton                D.L.I.      

  Pt. J. Lonsdale                 R.N.L.      

  Ap.S  T. Mulligan                 R.N.      

  Pt. J. Jackson                  D.L.I.      

  Sergt. T. Rigg M.M.             D.L.I.      

  2nd Lieut. T.W. Stansfield M.M. D.L.I.      

  Spr.   E.F. Nicholls              R.E.               

  ————————————-

  Erected by the inhabitants

  of

  Billy Row and District

  in memory of the men

  who fell in the Great War

  1914-1918

———————————————————-

Second face:

  Billy Row District

  +

 

  D.  J.H. Craggs          R.F.A.

  Pt. W. Hodgson             E.Y.

  Pt. G. Phillips          D.L.I.

  Pt. G.W. Brook             W.Y.

  Pt. H. Moore             L.N.L.

  Pt. A.E. Gaddas        R.A.M.C.

  Gn. J.H. May             M.G.C.

  Pt. S.C. May               E.Y.

 —————————–

On pedestal

  The souls of the righteous

  Are in the hands of God

———————————————————-

Third face:

  Grahamsley District

  +

 

  Pt. R. Stothard         D.L.I.      

  Cpl. R.L. Pinkney         E.Y.      

  Pt.  M. Hall              E.Y.      

  Pt.  T.W. Chapman       D.L.I.      

  Art.  C. Gibson         R.F.A.      

  Pt.  Ed. Brown          D.L.I.      

  Cpl. J. Britton         D.L.I.   

  Able Seaman  J.W. Box     R.N.    

  

  1939-1945

  A/C.   J. Crow          R.A.F.

—————————–

On pedestal

  God made trial of them and

  Found them worthy of himself

———————————————————-

Fourth face:

  Roddymoor District

  +

 

  Pt. Joseph Richardson   D.L.I.

  Pte. G.W. Hardcastle    D.L.I.

  L.Cpl. Wm. Rowe         D.L.I.

  Pt. J.E. Rowe     Gren.Guards.

  L.Cpl. J. Clark         D.L.I.

  Cpl. W.P. Moses         M.G.C.

  Pt. J.E. Smith            W.Y.

  Pt. C.R. Hunt             S.R.  

 

  1939-1945

  Sergt. J.F. Fothergill    R.A.

  Pt. N. Pedelty          D.L.I.

  Pt. W. Pears            D.L.I.

  Sergt. T. Collingwood   R.A.F.

  A/C. R. Moses           R.A.F.

 —————————–

On pedestal

  Greater love hath no man

  than this that a man lay

  down his life for his friends.

NamesB159.01   

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