Memorial

Monument 1914-18 1939-45 Roadside

Helmington Row

Memorial Name: Monument 1914-18 1939-45 Roadside (H138.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: H138.01

Parish: Helmington Row

Original Location:

Corner site at the junction of A690 and Holy Well Lane, east of Crook.

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 15th October 1927 by Mr. N. Greener of Willington.

Materials Used:

Sandstone

Inscription:

a.
“They died that we might live. May
we be worthy of their sacrifice.”
1914-1919.
Erected in grateful remembrance of the men
of Helmington Row and Sunnybrow
who gave their lives in the Great War.
Their name liveth for evermore.

Memorial Description:

Monument of plain square stone 9 feet 5 inches high (2.9m) on three increasingly large bases and a stone step.

At top of the front face is a wreath carved in half relief.

Names for 1914-18 are on a raised panel at the front, those for 1939-45 are on the right side.

The dates “1914-1919” are on the front of the second highest step, raised in a sunken panel.

The dedication is incised on the third highest step.

All lettering is in elaborate Roman capitals for the dedication and sans serif capitals for the names.

The quotation at the bottom is in italic.

The whole is set in an irregular shaped site with crazy paving.

Names:

a. 70 surnames and initials.
b. 23 surnames and initials.
See transcript

Notes:

1. The name of William Porteous was added in 2008.

2. ‘There was a large attendance at the unveiling of the War Memorial at Helmington Row on Saturday by Mr N Greener of Willington. The memorial has the names of 69 men from the Helmington and Sunnybrow Districts who lost their lives in the War. The Sunnybrow Band accompanied the singing and the Reveille was sounded by the buglers of the 6th DLI.’

External Links:

Historic England Listing

Sources:

Photos: C. Sanders, James Pasby; Dorothy Hall

Auckland & County Chronicle
20/10/1927 reports unveiling quotes in Note 2 above.

Sources of quotations
“They died that we might live” Hail! and Farewell! John Oxenham
“Their name liveth for evermore” Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders,
James Pasby;
Peter Lane;
Dorothy Hall;
John A.H. Porteus;
Tony Young

Research In Progress:

The names on these memorials are being researched by Aaron Cowen

Contact: cowenaaron@hotmail.com

Also by Glenys Coote.

Contact gbkhome@hotmail.co.uk

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Names Documents:

HELMINGTON ROW, Roadside.

  W.A.Allan          G.Ashmore               On side (1939-45)

  H.Atherton         J.Atherton                         

  E.Barlow           H.Barwick               T.Barron    

  T.Bateman          J.Bell                  J.Charlton  

  M.Bell             W.Bently                R.Claxton   

  A.G.Burnip         J.H.Calvert             L.Dent

  F.C.Cook           J.W.Coulson             G.Emmerson

  S.R.Croudace       W.Curron                W.Harris

  F.Curl             M.Cunningham            J.Harland

  P.Danbrook         E.A.Dixon               J.Hartley

  J.Dodds            J.W.Etherington         B.Hopwood

  J.W.Fowler         W.Goldsboro             G.Howe

  F.Greenbank        J.W.Grimstone           A.Jackson

  A.Hall             J.C.Hemmingway          W.Jackson

  J.Henderson        W.Henry                 F.Kasher

  J.Hodgson          J.Hope                  K.Kyle  

  E.Hudson           J.Johnson               S.Kyle

  G.Kyle   P.Lane    J.Lumley                W.Longstaff

  C.Lumley           T.Marshall              J.Palliser

  E.Mangles          F.Mangles               K.Prest

  W.Mason  C.Moore   J.Moore                 K.Rowley

  T.Moses            A.Newton                S.Scott

  W.Newton           J.E.Pearson             W.Smith

  J.Phillips         G.W.Richardson          J.W.Thompson

  J.W.Richardson     T.Robinson              T.Wanless

  S.Rudkin  M.Shaw   D.Smith                 W.Porteus

  R.Stevenson        J.Stocker                   

  T.Stoker  E.Tobin  I.Taylor                1939-1945

  J.J.Towland        E.Walker

  R.Walker           B.Walker

  W.E.Walker         E.Walker

  J.Wharton          G.T.Wilkinson

  J.Yates            J.R.Hauxwell

  “They died that we might live, may

  we be worthy of their sacrifice”

  1914 – 1919

  Erected in grateful remembrance of the men

  of Helmington Row and Sunnybrow

  who gave their lives in the Great War

   “Their name liveth for evermore”.

NamesH138.01

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