Memorial

Memorial Garden All Wars Roadside

Framwellgate Moor

Memorial Name: Memorial Garden All Wars Roadside (F40.05)

NEWMP Ref No.: F40.05

Parish: Framwellgate Moor

Original Location:

Roadside

Present Location:

Renamed Memorial Garden 2022

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
c. All conflicts

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Column erected 1998.

Land acquired by Framwellgate Moor Parish Council 2022

Materials Used:

Sandstone; Marble

Who Commissioned:

2022 Framwellgate Moor Parish Council

Ownership and Maintenance: Framwellgate Moor Parish Council

Inscription:

In memory of
the men and women
of this district
who have given
their lives in
peace and war

1998

Roundel
Lest we forget
1st World War
1914-1918
Centenary
2014-2018

Plaque
Lest we forget
1st World War 1914-1918
Centenary 2014-2018

Memorial Description:

Monument.

This is made of 5 chamfered sandstone blocks with capital top, total 67 inches high x 20 inches square with a top 28 inches square (50cms x 70cms).(170cms x 51cms x 70cms)

It stands on a base 4 inches high x 39 inches wide x 32 inches long (10cms x 99cms x 81cms).

The lettering is in Roman capitals.

The date “1998” is on the front of the lowest sandstone black.

The monument is set in a small garden at a fork in the road.

In 2022 marble plaques were attached to the column

Front Plaque 12 inches high x 15 inches wide (30cms x 38cms)

WW1 51 inches high x 15 inches wide (130cms x 38cms)

WW2 20 inches high x 15 inches wide (51cms x38cms)

The WW1 Commemoration Stainless steel roundel is 14 inches in diameter. (36cms)

WW1 Commemoration Plaque is 6 inches high x 40 inches wide. (15cms x 102cms)

Names:

a. 48 names and initials
b. 16 names and initials

See transcript

Notes:

1. Framwellgate Moor Parish Council have acquired the land and turned the area into a Memorial Garden to pay respect to the people of Framwellgate Moor, Pity Me and Brasside who either served during all conflicts, worked within the Mining Community or were Key Workers of the 2020 pandemic.

2. The area has been grassed over. Two Soldier seats have been added as well as a Coal tub, a Miners’ seat and a NHS Rainbow seat.

3. The WW1 names are a repeat of the names at St Aidan’s Church (F40.01) put into correct alphabetical order with the addition of A.C. Clements, T. Luke and JW Taylor.

4. The WW2 names are a repeat of those in St Aidan’s Church (F40.02) – W Cummings is now W Cummins.

External Links:

Framwellgate Moor Parish Council

Sources:

Photos: C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall