Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Roadside

Outskirts of village, on corner facing the Wheatley Hill-Haswell Road.

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

a. Unveiled February 1927 by Col. J.R. Ritson,
service taken by Rev. A.C. Hague assistant curate Shadforth.

b. Unveiled September 1949 by Major General C.F. Loewens,
dedicated by Canon R.H. Tillard.

Granite

War Memorial Committee

a. £70

a.
To the glory of God
and in honour of the brave men
who fell in the Great War
1914-1918.

b.
1939-45

Cross, plain, ‘rustic’, on rough pedestal with two steps.

The dedication is on a smoothed panel on the front of the pedestal, whilst those for 1939-45 are on the riser of the top step.

The names are listed in two columns in each case.

All lettering is in sans serif capitals.

The whole monument was in a grassed area with low brick wall surround with stone copings, pillars and chain on the sides facing the road.

The brick wall has been replaced with plain fencing decorated with roundels from which a cross has been cut out at centre.

On the gate posts is “Age shall not weary them” and “Nor the years condemn.”

1. The grounds were laid out by voluntary labour.

2. Col. Ritson stated that 73 men from Ludworth had joined H.M. Forces.

Historic England Listing

Photos: James Pasby; Simon Raine; C. Sanders

Durham Chronicle
04/03/1927 reports unveiling;
30/09/1949 reports unveiling.

The Employees and Residents of Thornley, Ludworth and Wheatley Hill. Their contribution in the Great War 1914-1918 Fred Bromilow and Owen Rowland. Wheatley Hill History Club, 2006

The Employees and Residents of Thornley, Ludworth and Wheatley Hill. Their contribution in the Second World War 1939-1945. Fred Bromilow, Owen Rowland. Tom Tunney Jnr. Wheatley Hill History Club, 2008

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
James Pasby;
Margaret Hedley;
Dorothy Hall

Wheatley Hill Group have researched the names on this memorial see book details above.