Memorial

Cottages 1914-18

Eldon

Memorial Name: Cottages 1914-18 (E61.02)

NEWMP Ref No.: E61.02

Parish: Eldon

Original Location:

Eldon

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Opened by Lord Gainford September 24th 1921

Materials Used:

Sandstone plaque with leaded lettering.

Who Commissioned:

Pease and Partners

Present Condition: Cottages modernised.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Built by A. Metcalf and Sons of Shildon.

Inscription:

First plaque :
These cottages were erected by Messrs Pease and Partners Ltd.
as a memorial to the workmen of Eldon Colliery
who fell in the Great War
Opened by Lord Gainford September 24th 1921

Second plaque
In memory of the following
who gave
their lives in the Great War.
(Names from the D.L.I.)

Third plaque
In memory of the following
who gave
their lives in the Great War.
(Names from the D.L.I. and other regiments)

Memorial Description:

Pair of semi-detached cottages of brick and slate.

There is a plaque 15 inches high x 24 inches wide (38cms x 61cms)  bearing the dedication.

Two other plaques each 32 inches high x 27 inches wide (81cms x 69cms) bear the names in two columns on each, incised and blackened.

Names:

74 names and regiments.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The extended gable ends at the front have been boxed in by glass to make a joint front porch. The walls have been whitewashed.

2. The cottages were originally “for disabled soldiers which, after having served this purpose, would become homes for aged miners.”

3. Lord Gainford was presented with a silver casket as a memento of the occasion.

4. The memorial cross was unveiled prior to the opening of these cottages.

Sources:

Photos: Simon Raine; Dorothy Hall

Auckland and County Chronicle
22/09/1921

Darlington & Stockton Times (North)
01/10/1921 reports opening;

Evening Dispatch
26/09/1921 reports opening.

Newcastle Daily Chronicle
26/09/1921 reports opening.

Northern Echo
26/09/1921 reports opening of the cottages

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

C. Sanders;
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

ELDON      Cottages.  

 

First plaque

  These cottages were erected by Messrs Pearse and Partners Ltd.

  as a memorial to the workmen of  Eldon Colliery

  who fell in the Great War

  ————–

  Opened by Lord Gainford September 24th 1921

  ——————————————-

Left hand plaque:                         

  In memory of the following                

  who gave                                  

  their lives in the Great War.             

    D.L.I.                D.L.I.              

  Alder, A.             Hubery, J.         

  Alderson, P.          Hudspeth, J.        

  Barker, A.            Hutchinson, J.      

  Bell, R.              Jacques, R.         

  Bond, W.              Jenkins H.

  Bowe, A.H.            Jenkinson, E.       

  Caygill, E.           Laycock, F.

  Coates, F.H.          Mather, W.  M.M.    

  Coatsworth, W.        Matthews, J.        

  Coatsworth, Wm., M.M. Metcalfe, A.        

  Dixon, J.             Milburn, J.T.       

  Dobson, W.            Nattrass, W.        

  Elliott, J.           Nichlin, W.

  Farnaby, R.           Pearson, B.         

  Firbank, F.W.         Pounder, T.         

  Harburn, W.           Preston, T.         

  Hill, J.              Pugh, J.            

  Hoggarth, J.R.        Rickerby, G.        

  Hubery, H.            Rigg, F.              

————————————————-

Right hand plaque

  In memory of the following

  who gave

  their lives in the Great War.

  D.L.I.             R.E.

  Shepherd, W.       Christon, J.

  Sherrocks, J.      Thornton, F.A.

  Smurthwaite, J.W.  Wilkinson, J.L.

  Snowdon, J.         R.F.A.

  Stockdale, R.      Bell, A.

  Stonehouse, L.     Bell, R.

  Stout, J.E.        Morris, J.

  Tarn, C.            YORKS

  Thompson, J.      Cooper, J.T.

  Vasey, T.         Franklin, W.

  Walker, F.        Greener, H.

  Wilkinson, T.     Summers, R.W.

  Williams, J.      Dack, H. – R.S.F.

  Wilson, H.        Griffiths, E., R.N.   

  Wilson, J.W.      Peacock, A.H., Essex.

  Wilson, M.        Pratt, J.W., R.F.

  Woodward, R.H.    Raine, J., R.A.V.C.

    R.A.S.C.        Scott, P., M.G.C.

  Collinson, G.     Stanwix, H.N. Sher.For.  

  Duffy, C.         Thompson, E., N.F.

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