Memorial

Plaque Fallen 1914-18 Miners’ Lodge

Dawdon

Memorial Name: Plaque Fallen 1914-18 Miners' Lodge (D41.02)

NEWMP Ref No.: D41.02

Parish: Dawdon

Original Location:

Miners’ Lodge, in entrance lobby

Past Location:

Dawdon Miners’ Social Club 51a Mount Stewart Street SR7 7NA

On stairs (2017)

Present Location:

Club closed in 2020

Plaque in storage at Redhills Durham 2022

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 28th February 1921 by T.H. Cann, Secretary, Durham Miners’ Association.

Materials Used:

Brass tablet on oak pattress

Inscription:

Dawdon Miners’ Lodge
Memorial
Erected to the imperishable memory of
the undermentioned members and sons of workmen of Dawdon Colliery
who gave their lives in the cause of freedom 1914-1918

Memorial Description:

Plaque on oak pattress.

There is a wide border of Celtic string pattern on a black background culminating in a circle with design on a red background in each corner.

The top corners of the main plaque are also filled with a pattern in red.

The names are listed in seven columns divided by red vertical lines.

The name of the lodge is in elaborate capitals, the rest of the lettering is in sans serif capitals.

Names:

152 full names.
See transcript

Sources:

Photos: Simon Raine; Derek Bland; James Pasby

Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
28/02/1921 reports unveiling.
(Available on The British Newspaper Archive)

Northern Echo
28/02/1921 reports unveiling.

Seaham Weekly News
04/03/1921 reports unveiling.

Stanley News
03/03/1921 reports unveiling.

The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
Ref: EP/Daw 2/15 Order of service in memory of the members, and sons of members, of the Dawdon Lodge of the Durham Miners’ Association, killed during the war, 2 December 1917  Includes: a list of names, 1914-1917 (1 booklet, printed)

Sources Link: Northern Echo 02 28 Mon -1921

Additional Research Documents

D41.02 Memorial Service 1917

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Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
John and Mavis Dixon;
Dorothy Hall;
Derek Bland

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Names Documents:

DAWDON      Miners’ Lodge

 

  Dawdon Miners’ Lodge

  Memorial

  Erected to the imperishable memory of

  the undermentioned members and sons of workmen of Dawdon Colliery

  who gave their lives in the cause of freedom 1914-1918

 

  Column 1            Column 2            Column 3            Column 4              

  

  Ather, William L.                                                                                 

  Allen, William      Carr, Thomas        Davies, George      Hair, Jeremiah        

  Anderson, Charles   Carr, Edward        Dawson, William H.  Hall, James C.        

  Appleby, Norman     Carling, Edward     Dent, George        Hassan, Peter A.      

  Armstrong, Robert   Chesney, Robert     Devine, Edward R.   Hindmarch, Mark       

  Armstrong, Fenwick  Childs, Walter      Dixon, J.           Hindmarch, Edward     

  Attey, James        Clennell, Frederick Duckworth, James    Hughes, John          

  Barksby, Herbert    Clennell, Foster    Duffy, Frank        Hutchinson, George H.

  Barrow, Thomas      Cook, Jacob         Dixon, Arthur       Harris, Stanley       

  Buckley, George     Conroy, William     Dowson, Thomas      Hunter, George        

  Buckley, Thomas P.  Cowell, Charles S.  Edwards, James      Hall, John Joseph     

  Bell, Robert S.     Coxon, John         Edwards, Richard    Harley, Leonard       

  Boad, Robert        Crake, Joseph       Finlay, Ernest      Harley, William       

  Bolton, Samuel      Crake, Ralph        Flatt, Alfred       Ingram, Edward        

  Brown, William      Cummings, W.H.      Flatt, George       Irving, Charles A.    

  Burnet, George E.   Cummings, H.R.      Foster, William     Johnson, Isaac        

  Burney, Daniel,Sen. Clark, Harold       Foster, Henry       Jones, George         

  Burney, Daniel,Jun. Clark, Angus        Gallagher, Thomas   Knowles, William      

  Button, Walter      Clark, William      Garnham, Thomas E.  Knowles, James        

  Brammer, George     Clark, Wilfrid      Garnham, Henry      Kirtley, Robert       

  Batey, Isaac        Cavanagh, William   Garrigan, John      Lane, John George     

  Bailes, Solomon     Daglish, Jos. B.    Goodridge, Walter   Laws, John B.         

  Bailey, Samuel      Daglish, Abner      Griffiths, Charles  Lister, William       

  Cahill, Francis M.  Wylie, Thomas       Gilroy, John L.                           

—————————————————————————

  Column 5              Column 6             Column 7

  

                                              Green, John

  Lowerson, John R.     Reid, Richard         Swinney, Henry

  Lowery, John          Reed, Septimus        Swan, William

  Markham, Allan        Richardson, Thomas    Shaw, William

  McAllister, Andrew    Ritchie, William      Thompson, Edward

  Miller, William N.    Ritchie, John Thomas  Thornton, Oliver

  Miller, Frank         Robinson, Robert D.   Thornton, John

  Mossman, Alfred       Ritson, George        Thornton, Sydney

  Newton, Henry         Robson, George        Turnbull, Richard

  Nichols, David        Rowe, Nicholas        Turnbull, John

  Nichols, Robert       Robinson, William     Telford, John

  Ogden, John           Renwick, Charles      Thompson, Joseph B.

  Ogden, James          Shaw, William         Usher, Alfred

  O’Neill, Frank        Shaw, Joseph          Usher, William

  Overton, J.           Smiles, J.R.          Walsh, Alfred

  Parker, Robert        Smith, William        Walters, Richard

  Percy, Henry          Smailes, Frederick    Walker, Percy

  Pearson, Henry        Southward, Edward     Watson, John

  Phelan, Martin        Stout, George W.      Wilkinson, Robert

  Poole, Stanley        Stoves, John          Wilkinson, George

  Preston, Thomas       Stoker, Ritchard      Winter, Joseph

  Preston, Simon        Summers, George       Wood, John

  Price, P. William     Summers, Jonathen     Wright, Robert R.

  Readman, William      Huntley, George R.    Whitwell, James

NamesD41.02        

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