Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 St. Cuthbert

Shadforth

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 St. Cuthbert (S120.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: S120.01

Parish: Shadforth

Original Location:

St. Cuthbert’s Church, Church Lane.

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

a. Unveiled Dec. 1921 by Rev. D.S. Boutflower, of Sherburn Hospital, Rural Dean.

b. Unveiled November 1952 by Viscount Gort, M.C., T.D.,
Dedicated by Rev. Canon R.H. Tillard.

Materials Used:

Red and white marble.

Cost:

a. £51.15s

How Money was Raised:

a. Royal British Legion and public subscription.

b. Sherburn Hill & Ludworth branches of the Royal British Legion.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Lowes & Son of Gilesgate, Durham made the panels for both 1914-18 and 1939-45

Inscription:

a.
To the Glory of God and in
Memory of the Men of this Parish
who gave their lives for their Country
in the Great War 1914-1918.
———————————
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends”. St. John xv v 13
(Names)
1939 – 1945
(Names)

Memorial Description:

Plaque.

Four tall white marble panels bear the names, with above them, a half rounded panel bearing the dedication, with cross above.

The whole is surrounded and divided by red marble.

The lettering is in black Roman lettering for the names and Gothic lettering for the dedication.

The names are listed according to township.

The panels and border have been lengthened to carry the names for 1939-45, the dates being carried on the inserted horizontal cross piece of white marble above the names.

Names:

a. 12 surnames and initials for Shadforth,
54 for Sherburn Hill, 18 for Ludworth.

b. 20 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Sources:

Photos: Dorothy Hall; Simon Raine

Durham County Advertiser
23/12/1921 reports unveiling.

Diocese of Durham
(1) Faculty to erect the memorial had been issued on 21/06/1921
(2) Faculty number 3529, issued 20/09/1952 to extend the existing memorial by about 12 inches (30cms) and adding 20 names from 1939-45

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

Source of quotation:
Greater love hath no man . . .” St. John 15 v 13.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
John and Mavis Dixon;
Margaret Tolley (for research on L/Sgt Pike);
Margaret Hedley

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Names Documents:

SHADFORTH   St. Cuthbert’s Church

 

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  To the Glory of God and in

  Memory of the Men of this Parish

  who gave their lives for their Country

  in the Great War 1914 – 1918

  “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends”  St. John xv

 

                   T. Baxter      D. Jopling       J. Wood

  SHADFORTH        J. Botell      G. Jordan         

  J. Collins       A. Carman      J.R. Johnson      

  T.W. Curry       J. Carr        J. Kell         

  T. Gilpin        D. Chatt       T. Kellett

  G. Gilson        A. Craggs      W.B. Kitching    LUDWORTH

  E. Green         E. Dawson      A. Law           J. Astell

  A. Harper        C.F. Dodds     N. Lawson        R. Brown

  J. Harper        J.T. Dodds     S. Luke          R. Cowie

  J. Keene         T. Dunn        E. McDonald      T.G. Cruddace

  A. Millington    F. Dunning     J.W. Palmer      M. Cummings

  W.B. Robson      H.C. Fox       G. Parkin        C. Eade

  J.A. Stones      J. Graham      T.S. Philipson   T. Ellwood

  W. Watson        A. Griffiths   W. Robson        T. Hammond

                   W. Harper      T. Ryans         J. Husband

                   J. Hinds       A. Scott         R. Laing

                   W. Horner      J. Smith         W. Pike

                   R. Humes       G. Spedding      A. Sinclair

  SHERBURN HILL    J. Hunter      J.R. Strong      W. Sinclair

  R. Adair         J. Hunter      J. Thompson      G. Taylor   

  M. Adamson       J. Hylton      T. Wallace       J.J. Taylor

  G. Allanton      J. Iveson      W. Wetherell     R. Willis

  T. Allanton      T. Jaques      E. Wild          R. Cherry

  R. Barnett       J.A. Joicey    G.W. Williams    F. Stephenson

 

  1939 – 1945

 

  J. Atkinson      C. Hedley      J. Tennick       R. Armstrong

  T. Dunn          S. Kyle        L. Walters       J. Brain

  J. Dunning       W. Petty       G. Wilkes        W. Lumsden

  Rhoda Greenfield R. Short       J. Williamson    G. Templeton

  N. Hall          W. Smith       T. Winn          W.J. White

NamesS120.01   

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