Memorial
Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Korea 1951 Ainsley Terrace
Consett
Memorial Name: Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Korea 1951 Ainsley Terrace (C101.01)
NEWMP Ref No.: C101.01
Parish: Consett
Ainsley Terrace
Moved from Ainsley Terrace in 1958 to Civic Centre car park
In Consett Leisure Centre car park
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
c. Korea, 1951
a. Unveiled Sunday September 30th 1923 by Maj.Gen. F.A.Dudgeon, C.B.;
dedicated by Rev. W.C.D. Fedden, M.A., Vicar of Consett.
b. Rededicated Sunday 15th June 1958 at 3pm by Major the Earl Haig of Bemersyde DL
War Memorial Committee
Public subscription
Designed by Mr. H.S. Knopp, architect, Neville’s Cross;
made by Messrs. J.G. Gradon and Sons, Durham.
Ownership and Maintenance: Deed of site handed over to Cllr. Carruthers, Chair of Consett Urban Council at the unveiling.
a.
To the glory
of God and
in memory of
the men of
Consett
who gave their lives in
the Great War 1914-1918
Their name liveth for evermore.
b.
1939-1945
c.
Korea 1951
Cross of wheel type on tall slender octagonal column.
The column rests on a platform which has a wreath raised in half relief on all four sides.
The names are carried in four columns on each face of the pedestal.
The names for 1939-45 are carried in four columns on each face of the lower pedestal.
The one name for Korea is added to those for 1939-45 on the front face of the pedestal.
All lettering is in Roman capitals.
a. 301 surnames and initials.
b. 175 surnames and initials.
c. 1 name.
See transcript.
1. The site of this memorial was to be sold by Derwentside Council. A call from War Memorials Trust indicated that the memorial was to be demolished
(a) on the advice of a local mason who said that it would not survive shifting and
(b) more names were required to be added and there was no room. Derwentside Council say they are proposing to build a brand new memorial, which allows for more names, to be placed in the park. W.M.T. are suggesting that it be moved to a local park, with a surrounding wall to bear any further names. (before 2009)
In 2023 the War Memorial has not been moved but is now in the car park of the newly built Consett Leisure Centre.
2. The final balance sheet showed that individual subscriptions with bank interest raised £305 2s 4d; Consett Iron Co. Ltd. donated £284 10s. Costs of erection was £498 12s 6d; architect’s fees £31 11 6d; advertising, printing etc. raised the total expenditure to £589 12s 4d.
3. Consett had a loss of 292 men from a town population of 12,151
4. The following has been submitted by Dorothy Hall, who has compared the names on the memorial with those on:
a. The Order of Service for the unveiling of Memorial 1923
Gibson, C.R. is Gibson, C.E. in Programme
Hope, I.W. is Hope, J.W. in Programme
Johnson, F.C. is Johnson F.G. in Programme
McGarth, P. is McGrath, P. in Programme
Slagar, H. is Seagar, H. in Programme
Stoddart, N. is Stoddart, H. in Programme
Welford, T. is Welford, T.H.B. in Programme
Wright, R. is Wright, P. in Programme
b. The Service of Rededication in 1958. There is no W. Anderson on the Dedication list at all.
Bradley, K. reads Broadley, K. (CWG agrees with Broadley)
Coombes, S.T. reads Coombe, S.T. (CWG agrees with Coombe)
Hannant, N. reads Hannant, N.J. (CWG agrees with Hannant, N.J.)
McCullough, J. reads McCullouch, J. (Cant find anyone definite in CWG with either spelling).
Tarn, W. reads Tarn, T.W. (CWG agrees with Tarn, T.W.)
The Korean death is not mentioned.
Allen, F. is not in 1923 or 1958 Programme
Harris, J.D. is not in 1923 or 1958 Programme
4 names are listed as being added from 1914-1918: Croft, R., Harrison, T.W. , Mulligan, D., Thorpe, J., and are listed in the correct places alphabetically -so from this it would seem to me that when the cross was moved from Ainsley Terrace to the Civic Centre the name panels were replaced and new ones put up and these mistakes occurred then.
5. Consett Iron Company stated that it was prepared to make a contribution of a fifth of the money raised i.e. if £5,000 was raised they would add another £1,000.
6. At a meeting in 1921, it was suggested that the fund had gone dead and was not doing its duty – they had not struck the iron while it was hot – something should be done to stir up interest in the project.
Photos: Simon Raine; Dorothy Hall; old photo in former location Graham Stewart; George Nairn; photo of 1958 re-dedication: Beamish Durham Advertiser Series
Blaydon Courier
28/09/1923 reports unveiling proposals;
06/10/1923 reports unveiling.
Consett Guardian
28/09/1923 reports proposed unveiling;
05/10/1923 reports unveiling with photos.
Durham County Advertiser
05/10/1923 reports unveiling.
Illustrated Chronicle
11/09/1922 reports proposal to erect a memorial;
22/09/1923 has photo of cross to be unveiled;
01/10/1923 reports unveiling with photos.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle
17/12/1920 reports proposed donation in Note 5 above;
04/11/1921 reports the stagnation of the fund in Note 6 above.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
06/10/1923 reports unveiling with photos;
Northern Echo
11/10/1923 and 15/10/1923 reports final accounts and balance sheet.
Stanley News and Consett Chronicle
27/09/1923 reports proposed unveiling;
04/10/1923 reports unveiling.
Source of quotation:
“Their name liveth . . .” Apocrypha Ecclesiasticus 44
Dorothy Hall;
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
Graham Stewart;
War Memorials Trust;
Tony Harding;
George Nairn;
Beamish Open Air Museum;
Margaret Matthews
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CONSETT Car park.
Front face
To the glory
of God and
in memory of
the men of
Consett
who gave their lives in
the Great War 1914-1918
Their name liveth for evermore.
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Front pedestal (1914-18)
Ackerman, G.E. Bellamy, T. Chilton, T.E. Dixon, W.
Adamson, A.T. Bennison, J.P. Clark, H. Dodd, W.H.
Aitchison, S.G. Blair, R. Clark, P. Donaghie, D.
Allison, W. Blemings. J. Clarke, J. Donaghty, A.
Anderson, J.W. Borthwick, F. Clarke, J.A. Doran, J.
Applegate, G.W.E. Bowery, F. Coburn, W.A. Douglas, I.H.
Applegate, W. Bowes, B. Coleman, A. Dowden, J.
Asbridge, T. Brady, J. Colling, A. Doyle, W.
Askew, W.R. Brennan, A. Cook, J.T. Drugan, J.
Atkinson, A.H. Brewerton, W. Coxon, E. Dunne, C.
Allen F.
Atkinson, E. Brodie, W. Cranney, J.
Atkinson, J. Browbank, A. Croft, R.
Armstrong, G. Brown, J.A. Croft, R. Eales, F.
Brown, M. Cullen, P. Eales, F.T.
Barnett, J. Brown, T. Eccles, R.
Barron, A.T. Burrell, W. Edwards, R.
Barron, J.W. Dailey, J.C. Ellis, J.E.
Bell, E.S. Darnton, J.A. Ellison, J.F.
Bell, G. Cain, D. Davies, D. Emmerson, G.R.
Bell, H. Campbell, T. Dimmock, A.
Bell, W. Carr, J. Dixon, R.W.K.
Chapman, A. Dixon, T.H.
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Front face lower pedestal (1939-45)
Aldred E.S. Bell, W. Chilton, S. Dale, J.D.
Allen, C.D. Bernard, K. Clayton, W. Davidson, W.
Anderson, L.A Boyd, P.N. Clifford, P. Davison, H.
Angus, C.W. Brady, W. Clough, L.W. Davison, S.
Anderson, W. Bradley, K. Coates, H. Doyle, H.
Brown, A. Coleman, T.
Bamber, J.W. Brown, R. Colwell, W.
Bardwell, J. Bunney, J.G. Conroy, L. Edmunds, L.
Bell, A. Byrne, T. Coombes, S.T. Edwards, J.G.
Bell, J.T. Cornforth, S. Edwards, J.M.
Bell, J.W. Cowie, J. Edwards, W.R.M.
Bell, L.E. Campbell, G.W. Craggs, T.
Bell, T.A. Cant, J.L. Clarke, G. Korea 1951
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Second face upper pedestal (1914-18)
Emmerson, J.J. Gill, R. Heaviside, J.H. Jacques, W.
Etherington, D. Gladders, S. Heslop, W.S. Jeffrey, J.
Glasgow, H.E. Hickford, A. Jeffrey, J.
Gledstone, H.R. Higham, P. Johnson, F.C.
Finlay, J. Goldsmith, E.R. Hill, C. Johnson, J.W.
Finnigan, J. Graham, J. Hinds, J. Johnson, T.
Finnigan, T. Greenwood, S. Hope, I.W. Joyce, R.W.
Finnigan, T.J. Griffiths, T. Hornsby, H.
Foreman, D. Hudson, H.
Forster, G.H. Hullah, J.L. Keenan, P.
Forster, G. Hall, J. Hunt, W. Kirk, J.
Fowler, R. Hand, J. Hurson, P. Kirkhouse, G.
Foy, W. Harris, A.D.S. Hurst, C. Kirkup, G.W.
Frere, F.J.H.T. Harris, S.J.H. Hutchinson, A. Kitchen, W.
Frere, L.B. Harrison, H. Harrison, T.W.
Fuller, W. Hart, A. Harris, J.D.
Harwood, J. Lamb, R.W.
George, E.B. Haughey, J. Irwin, C. Lamb, T.
Gibson, C.R. Haughey, M. Ivey, J. Ledger, T.W.
Gibson, J. Haughey, T. Lee, J.W.
Gill, C.H. Haworth, C. Lewis, J.
Gill, J.J. Jackson, E.
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Second face lower pedestal (1939-45)
Ferguson, T.E. Green, R.N. Hauxwell, J.W. Hurson, V.
Finlay, G.R. Gribbin, R. Hayward, J.N. Hutton, J.D.
Forster, E. Griffiths, G.W. Hedley, J.A. Humphry, E.H.
Friek, J. Grogan, P. Henderson, R.
Fulton, J. Gunnion, W.N. Henderson, R.
Henderson, S. Jarvis, F.
Heppell, H. Jones, C.
Gallacher, H.E. Hall, J. Heslop, T. Jopling, J.W.
Gardner, J. Hall, J.L. Hetherington, R.
Gent, R. Hanna, W. Hodgson, E.
Gettings, F. Hannant, N. Hogg, A. Keegan, W.
Gill, J. Hardy, J. Holmes, E. Kenny, B.
Glew, W. Harris, L. Hopper, K.
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Third face upper pedestal (1914-18)
Lister, A. McGough, A. Murphy, H. Perry, A.
Lowdon, M. McGough, J. Murray, J.W. Perry, M.
Linskey, M. McGarth, P. Pickering, H.
McGuckin, P. Pogue, N.
McIntyre, D. Nesbit, J.H. Purvis, J.T.
Mackin, H. McIntyre, J. Newbigging, R.
Makepeace, F. McKenna, M.
Malone, H. McKenna, O. Rafferty, J.
Malpass, A. McKie, T. O’Connor, F. Redshaw, G.
Marshall, J. McNally, J. O’Hanlon, H. Redshaw, T.W.
Martin, G. Merritt, G.J. O’Neill, D. Redshaw, W.
Martin, P. Moffitt, A. Ormston, J. Reed, T.
Martin, W.C. Moffitt, J.G. Rice, T.W.
Massey, J.L. Monaghan, F. Ridley, F.
Maughan, W. Moore, H. Park, J. Richards, T.
McBride, P. Moore, J. Parker, J.W. Richards, T.R.
McCarthy, J. Moore, J.T. Parker, M.F. Richardson, J.T.
McCaughey, J.W. Morgan, D. Patterson, J. Richardson, J.W.
McCourt, M. Morgan, H. Patterson, J.T. Richardson, W.
McCusker, H. Moyle, H.E.H. Pearson, T.E. Richardson, W.M.
McDonald, F. Mulhearn, A. Pattison, E. Roberts, J.
McGeoghegan, J. Mulligan, D.
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Third face, lower pedestal (1939-1945)
Lamb, E. Loy, F. Millhouse, M.E. O’Hagan, J.
Lamb, S. Loy, O. Mitchell, K. O’Hanlon, W.
Lee, O. Monaghan, T. O’Leary, A.V.
Lee, W. Morgan, J.A. Oliver, D.
Lilley, T. McBride, P. Muldoon, D. Oliver, J.R.
Lisle, A. McCullough, J. Mulligan, T. O’Neill, H.
Lisle, F. McDonald,F.G.R. Mullin, B. Oxley, R.
Little, J.W. McGuckin, J.
Lonsdale, W. McKay, J.
Loughran, B. McKeown, G. Nattrass, F. Page J.
Low, G. Mackenzie, H.D. Newbould, J. Page R.
Lowson, M. Meegan, F. Nichol, J.H. Page T.
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Fourth face, upper pedestal (1914-18)
Robinson, A.W. Shannon, M. Surteess, R.R. Walker, J.
Robinson, H. Sherry, B. Symington,J.H.C.Walker, T.
Robinson, R.W. Shield, J.J. Walker, W.
Robinson, W. Shorter, A.G. Wall, J.
Robson, E. Siddle, W.C. Taylor, A. Walton, B.T.
Robson, G. Smith, A.N. Taylor, E. Ward, E.
Robson, J.J. Smith, J.E. Taylor, J. Ward, T.H.
Robson, R. Smith, M.D. Teasdale, T.A. Welford, T.
Robson, R.J. Spencer, J. Thackwray, W.T. Werry, H.S.
Robson, T. Spencer, J.H. Thomas, S. Whaley, G.
Robson, W. Stadius, C.M. Thompson, H. White, C.
Rolfe, J.G. Stafford, J.R. Thorpe, J. White, J.
Reed, W. Stafford, W.J. Tinkler, W. Whitfield, W.E.
Stoddart, A. Todd, J.H. Wilkinson, J.J.
Stoddart, N. Tucker, J.G. Williamson, G.
Scott, A.D. Stokoe, H. Turnbull, F. Wilson, B.
Slagar, H. Storey, W. Turnbull, T. Woods, J.G.
Selby, W. Straugheir, R.W.Turner, J.J. Wright, R.
Shaw, C. Stephenson, R.W. Wynnie, C.
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Fourth face, lower pedestal (1939-1945)
Pape, E.W. Redshaw, T. Smith, W. Walkington, R.J.
Parker, J.W. Renshaw, A. Snowdon, E.I. Walsh, T.
Parkinson, W.A. Richardson,J.A. Stephenson, H. Ward, J.J.
Patterson, R. Ridley, J.W. Stephenson, J. Watchorn, R.
Pearson, R.H. Robson, J. Stephenson, W. Watson, P.E.H.
Pegram, F.A. Rowland, E. Stobbs, R. Wedderspoon, P.
Pegram, T.H. Russell, R. Sutton, E.C. Welsh, J.
Penrose, H.P. Swainston, J.C. Westthorp, G.A.
Pooley, W.T. Swan, J. Westthorp, K.
Proud, W. Scarlett, A. White, J.A.
Proud, J. Simpson, W. White, J.
Plummer, W.C. Slater, J.A. Tarn, W. Wigham, M.
Smith, C. Toole, W. Winter, N.C.
Smith, J.F. Wintrell, W.R.
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