Memorial

Cottage and Plaque 1914-18

Ferryhill Station

Memorial Name: Cottage and Plaque 1914-18 (F43.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: F43.01

Parish: Ferryhill Station

Original Location:

Ferryhill Station

Present Location:

Now a private dwelling

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Cottage officially opened 28th March 1925 by Mrs. Arthur Dorman.
Plaque unveiled by Col. Thomlinson of Seaton Carew

Who Commissioned:

Mainsforth Colliery and Ferryhill Station War Memorial Committee

Inscription:

Mainsforth Colliery and Ferryhill Station.
War Memorial
1914-1919

Their name liveth
for evermore.

Memorial Description:

Memorial Cottage.

On the wall is a rectangular plaque with rounded centre top, set into a wall and surrounded by ivy.

At the top is a laurel wreath raised in half relief with the place names on either side, carved to stand proud.

The names are listed in three columns, incised and coloured black.

Below the names is a sunken panel bearing the quotation.

Below this are two more names.

Names:

86 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

External Links:

Information on men who served with the Yorkshire Regiment
Historic England Listing

Sources:

Photos: C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall

Auckland and County Chronicle
02/04/1925 reports unveiling.

Illustrated Chronicle
30/03/1925 reports official opening with photos.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
04/04/1925 reports opening.

Source of quotation
“Their name liveth for evermore . . .” Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
Dorothy Hall;
Yorkshire Regiment Remembrance;
Richard and Kathleen Armstrong

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Names Documents:

FERRYHILL STATION   

 

  Mainsforth    Ferryhill

  Colliery and  Station

  War Memorial

  1914-1919.

 

  Alderson   J.     Fitchett   E.     Robinson   T.

  Alderson   E.     Fodden     M.     Scott      R.

  Allanby    A.     Gibson     G.     Scott      J.A.

  Aspey      A.     Gittens    R.     Sheldon    T.

  Barton     R.     Gough      G.     Siddle     A.

  Bell       J.     Goundry    J.     Smart      G.

  Burney     J.     Green      W.     Smith      J.

  Burns      W.     Hall       A.     Stockell   S.

  Charlton   L.     Hudson     J.     Stobbart   W.

  Chatt      G.     Hunter     G.     Stewart    R.

  Clark      C.     Hutchinson R.     Stratford  T.

  Coulthard  R.H.   Johnson    R.     Sunley     A.

  Crake      J.     Jones      G.     Surtees    G.

  Croser     A.     Kell       M.     Taylor     G.

  Cull       J.E.   King       S.     Teesdale   W.

  Cunnah     J.     Lake       T.     Thompson   J.

  Curwin     T.     Laverick   W.     Todd       M.

  Davison    J.     Lewins     J.     Tonge      R.

  Dawson     A.     Marshall   A.     Turner     R.

  Dixon      N.     Moffatt    W.     Tweedle    J.

  Dobson     W.     Mole       A.     Watson     J.

  Dring      G.     Moody      T.     Watson     E.

  Dunn       W.     Mordey     G.     Whitfield  R.C.

  Edgar      S.T.   Mulroy     T.     Whitfield  N.G.

  Elsey      G.     Petch      J.J.   Wright     G.

  Eltringham T.     Redden     J.     Young      W.

  Farnaby    W.     Robertson  J.W.   Britton    A.H.

  Bolton     E.     Britton    M.V.   Matthews   J.N.

 

  Their name liveth

  for evermore.

 

  Hutchinson   T.

  Wilkinson   R.W.

NamesF43.01   

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