Memorial

Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Coast Road

Seaton Carew

Memorial Name: Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Coast Road (S118.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: S118.01

Parish: Seaton Carew

Original Location:

Facing east on the coast road, on north east corner of the green, adjoining the coast road to Hartlepool, and about 100 yards from the sea.

Height above sea level 27 feet.

Which War:

a.    1914-18
b.    1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

a.    Unveiled 6th February 1921 by Col. L. Robson, C.M.G., D.S.O.
Dedicated by the Bishop of Durham Dr Hensley Henson.

Materials Used:

Sandstone with Westmorland stone panels.

Present Condition: Cross is weathering badly

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Messrs Ainslie and Collin, York Road West Hartlepool carried out the work on the monument to the design of Mr J.H. Garry architect.

Inscription:

To our
glorious dead
1914-1918
1939-1945
Seaton Carew

Memorial Description:

Cross of Maltese type with laurel wreath at centre raised in half relief on sandstone column.

The total height is 12 feet (3.7m).

There are two steps at the base.

Each side carries a tablet of green Westmorland stone 21 inches high x 16 inches wide (533mm x 406mm) with a rounded quarter-column at each corner and Greek key design at the top of the pedestal.

The dedication is on the front and the names are listed in a single column on the remaining three panels.

The lettering is incised in sans serif capitals.

The whole set on a triangular island site with small beds of flowers.

Names:

24 full names.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. From Seaton Carew, 235 people, including 9 women, had served and 23 fell.

External Links:

Seaton Carew history
Men who served with the Yorkshire Regiment
Historic England Listing

Sources:

Photos: C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall; old postcards: Tony Harding; John Grainger

Darlington and Stockton Times (South)
12/02/1921 reports dedication.

Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
07/02/1921 reports unveiling of memorials.
(Available on The British Newspaper Archive)

Illustrated Chronicle
08/02/1921 has photos taken at unveiling

Stockton and Teesside Herald
12/02/1921 reports unveiling.

Teesside Archives
CB/WH/PL/3/5919 Plan of Cross, The Green, Seaton, West Hartlepool for War Memorial Committee 29 Nov 1920

Durham Record Office
List of names on war memorial EP/SC 4/47

Yesterday Once More G. Colley, 1990

Sources Link: Darlington and Stockton Times (South) 02 12 Sat -1921
Sources Link: Illustrated Chronicle 02 08 Tue -1921

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
Tony Harding;
Dorothy Hall;
Yorkshire Regiment Remembrance

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Names Documents:

SEATON CAREW   On the coast road,

 

Front face

 

  To our

  glorious dead

  1914-1918

  1939-1945

  Seaton Carew  

 —————————————–

Second face             Third face            Fourth face.

 

  Victor Ed. E. Bentley  Harry White           J.A. Norman Hessler

  Clarence Birkenshaw    Harry Cass            Jack K.M. Hessler

  George H. Birkenshaw   Charles Davies        Percy Murray   

  Ralph Percival Booth   Arthur Foster         William McLaren

  Francis Cecil Booth    Thos. Percival Guthe  James Frank Peet

  Bert Carnall           Cecil Rudolph Guthe   Samuel Smith

  Louis Charlton         Ernest M. Harrison    Charles W. Tilly

  James Crilly           Luke Patchcott        John Tilly   

Names S118.01   

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