Memorial
Cenotaph 1914-18 St. Michael and All Angels’ Churchyard
Houghton le Spring
Memorial Name: Cenotaph 1914-18 St. Michael and All Angels’ Churchyard (H132.02)
NEWMP Ref No.: H132.02
Parish: Houghton le Spring
Church of St. Michael and All Angels, The Broadway.
In Churchyard, south-west corner.
1914-18
Unveiled 7th November 1925 by the Earl of Durham,
Dedicated by Rev. R. Watson, Rector of Houghton.
Portland Stone
War Memorial Committee
£700
Present Condition: Lettering is weathering.
Designer and sculptor: Francis Doyle Jones, A.R.B.S., Chelsea.
Erected by William Kirkpatrick & Co., Manchester.
Ownership and Maintenance: City of Sunderland Council. The memorial was officially handed over to the Urban District Council at the unveiling ceremony.
Front: Our glorious dead
Left: 1914-1919
Right: 1914-1919
Rear : Our glorious dead.
Cenotaph 18 feet 6 inches high (5.6m), standing on two steps.
On the right hand side is a soldier carved in half relief, on the left is a sailor, both about 48 inches high (122cms).
The front of the top is carved to resemble a cross of St. Cuthbert in half relief, with the words “Our Glorious Dead” below.
Beneath this, the names are listed in three columns, on both front and back faces in Roman capitals.
On a visit in 2021 a Memorial bench by David Ogilvie of Kilmarnock had been placed beneath the War Memorial
236 surnames and initials.
See transcript.
1. This monument has its back to the main road.
2. The newspaper report says that the memorial is 20 feet high.
3. “Modern road formation has left the ancient churchyard at Houghton high above the streets and the memorial, in a corner of ‘God’s acre’ overlooking the heart of the town, could not have been placed in a more striking position”.
Photos: C. Sanders; Lonely Tower; Dorothy Hall; Glynis Gawlay; old postcard: Tony Harding;
Auckland and County Chronicle
12/11/1925 reports unveiling.
Darlington & Stockton Times
14/11/1925 reports unveiling.
Durham County Advertiser
25/01/1924 reports proposals;
Illustrated Chronicle
03/09/1924 carries sketch of proposed memorial
Sunderland Echo
06/11/1925; 09/11/1925
Diocese of Durham
Faculty number 2116, issued 01/05/1925
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
Ref: EP/Ho 237 Faculty for the erection of a war memorial in the parish church, Houghton, 18 October 1920 (paper, 1 file, printed form)
Tyne and Wear Archives
Draft lists of names for 1914-18 and 1939-45 Ref: C/HS2/42 3-5
Houghton le Spring in old photographs Volume 1, by Paul Lanagan. Published by Books of the North; 2010; ISBN-13: 978-0-9555059-3-5
Additional Research Documents
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
John and Mavis Dixon;
Tony Harding;
Christine Jemmeson;
Dorothy Hall
Glynis Gawlay
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Front
Our glorious dead
Adamson D.F. Coltman J. Hedley J.
Addison W. Coughlin M. Henderson J.W
Ahearne P. Coulson C. Henderson R.
Allan R. Coulson C. Hepplewhite W.
Anderson R. Coulson J. Hill N.
Appleby N. Crake W. Hind T.A.
Aungles W. Crosthwaite H. Hinton J.
Bainbridge J. Cummings J. Hinton J.W.
Bainbridge T.S. Dawson A. Hoare R.
Balmer P. Dawson A. Hogarth R.
Barkess T. Dixon B. Hope W.
Barkess Ralph Dixon G. Horn R.
Barkess Robert Dixon J. Howe R.
Barrass M. Dixon T. Howe R.G.
Bassett W. Dixon T. Hulton W.
Baty B.C. Dowie S. Hunter W.H.
Bell G.W. Dresser E. James R.E.
Bell J.F. Duffy J. James T.
Benson G. Ede P.C. Johnston A.
Bestford T. Edmenson T. Johnston W.H.
Bolton T.W. Elliott J. Jordison T.
Broome T. Fallon T. Joyce W.
Brown D.W. Fenton T. Keegan P.
Brown J.H. Fenton T. Kells F.
Brown J. Fish W. Kells T.
Brown T. Forster J. Kells W.
Brown T. Forth J. Kennedy R.
Brown W. Gallagher J. Kennedy W.
Burn T. Gill R. Laing C.
Buckley G. Greathead J.H. Langley W.A.
Calvert T.J. Grey R. Larmer J.
Carr G. Grice W. Lawson C.
Carr James Greaves F. Lee F.G.
Carr John Guy G. Leech J.R.
Charlton E.G. Hamilton J. Lidford R.W.
Clark A. Hamilton W. Longstaff R.
Clark R. Hanson J.W. Luke J.W.
Clark W. Harland J. Lumley J.
Clark W. Hartill W. Mackay W.
Clay J.G. Hayes G. Maddison A.
Cockburn G. Heaslip M. Markham A.
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Rear
Our glorious dead.
Martin J. Ramshaw J.R. Summerbell T.
Masters C.R. Reddel W. Sunley J.E.
McDermott M. Riani A. Tarbett J.R.
McDermott P. Richardson A.E. Taylor W.
McIntyre J. Richardson W. Tennet G.
McGovern J. Riddle E.W. Thompson J.C.
McTear T.W. Riddle H.C. Thuburn H.
Messenger W (Rigby, Riley) T. Thuburn J.
Morgan C.W. ? Thuburn R.
Morley A.S. Ritson M.V. Trevett F.
Morris W. Robinson L. Turnbull James
Moss W. Robinson L. Turnbull Joseph
Moyle C.W. Robinson J.C. Turner F.
Mulholland Jas. Robson J.W. Veitch R.
Mulholland John Robson L. Verity J.
Naisbett J. Robson R. Vickers J.W.
Naisbett J.S. Rompen O. Vickers T.
Newall J.F. Rutherford T. Walker J.S.
Nicholson J.F. Rutter T.H. Waller S.
Nicholson T. Rundle E.S. Wardle N.
Ord F. Scarth J.M. Watson R.
Orme J.W. Scarth W. Wheatley J.
Oxenham W. Scott J. White J.E.D.
Oxley W. Sedgewick T.A. Wick R.W.
Palmer J. Shaw E.R. Williams N.
Park A.B. Shearer B. Wilson C.W.
Pattrick F. Shearer G. Wilson G.
Peebles J. Shearer R. Wilson G.J.
Peel C. Sherriff F.W. Wilson R.
Pendercast W. Sherriff G. Wilson W.
Place E. Shepherd A. Henderson G.?
Place F.H. Sill A.
Place G. Smith A.
Place J. Smith D.
Place T. Smith E.
Prest J. Smith J.B.
Prest R. Smith J.R.
Price J. Smith R.
Purvis J. Smith R.W.
Purvis R. Smith W.T.
Quinn A. Stokoe P.
Stothard A.
NamesH132.02
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