Memorial

Statue 1914-18 1939-45 Aden Roadside

Shiremoor

Memorial Name: Statue 1914-18 1939-45 Aden Roadside (S21.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: S21.01

Parish: Shiremoor

Original Location:

Earsdon Road. Beside the road bridge over the Metro railway line, west end of Shiremoor village, A186

Present Location:

Moved c2000 about 10 feet (3.05m) along the road to make way for housing development.

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
c. Aden

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

a. Unveiled 31st May 1924 by Captain Appleby of the British Legion Executive;
Dedicated by Rev. John Clucas, Vicar of Percy Main.

Materials Used:

Granite column on sandstone base.

Who Commissioned:

War Memorial Fund Committee chaired by Mr William Holloway.

Cost:

approx. £495.

How Money was Raised:

Public subscription and fund raising, including whist drives.

Site granted by Duke of Northumberland.

Present Condition: Good

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

W.H. Endean, Cramlington.

Designed by J.R. McMillen, Earsdon Council Surveyor.

Ownership and Maintenance: Memorial was handed over to Earsdon Urban District Council by the War Memorial Committee a month after the unveiling.

Inscription:

a.
Greater love hath
no man than this
that he lay down his
life for his friend.

In memory of
the glorious dead
of Shiremoor and District
who fell in the Great War.

b.
None

c.
None

Memorial Description:

Statue of Northumberland Fusilier resting on reversed rifle, on tall column, on narrow pedestal.

Stepped sandstone base is 54 inches x 54 inches (137cm x 137cm).

At the top of the column is a laurel wreath enclosing a cross, with the dates on either side.

The quotation “Greater love . . . ” is below this, with the dedication on the base of the pedestal.

The names are carried in a single column on each of the two sides and the front, all lettering being sans serif lead capitals which are mounted on to the base.

Names:

a. 100 names, ranks and regiments
b. 3 names, ranks and regiments.
c. 1 name, rank and year of death.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. In the list of names, the rank of “sergeant” is consistently spelled “Serjt”.

2. When the memorial was handed over to Earsdon U.D.C. it was already being referred to as a “waste paper basket” with the request that the public keep the area tidy.

3. “The war memorial of the soldier standing with reversed arms, copies in Cowpen Village, Shiremoor Village and, I believe, other places in the north east was modelled by my father, who at various times worked for the sculptor, Bart Endean of Blyth. The original plaster model stood in view in the workshop on Croft Road for at least 40 years.” Letter dated 26/05/2005 from Mr. J.A. Crozier.

4. “It was decided at a meeting at Shiremoor yesterday to appeal the Duke of Northumberland for a piece of land between the Workmen’s Club and the Pasture Hall as a site for the proposed war memorial.”

5. The memorial was unveiled in a “pitiless rainstorm which swept the neighbourhood”.

6. At the time of the unveiling, the amount outstanding was about £55.

External Links:

Historic England Listing

Sources:

Photos: Tony Harding; Phil Thirkell; Dorothy Hall; old postcards: George Nairn; Tony Harding

Blyth News
02/06/1924 reports unveiling

Illustrated Chronicle
02/06/1924 reports unveiling with photos.

Morpeth Herald
 11/11/1921 reports agreement to have a war memorial;
02/02/1923 reports establishment of War Memorial Committee;
02/03/1923 & 13/07/1923 report fund raising;
06/06/1924 reports unveiling;
05/06/1925 reports handing over to Earsdon U.D.C.

Northern Echo
 19/02/1923 reports proposals in Note 5 above.

.Shields Daily News
1922/3 passim various press reports on fund raising activities; also the appeal to the Duke of Northumberland for the site between the Workmen’s Club and the Pasture Hall, 1923;
20/12/1922 gives details of Shilling Fund;
25/01/1923 reports proposal to raise the memorial, the appointment of the Committee and the builder;
02/06/1924 reports unveiling ceremony

Source of quotation
“Greater love hath no man than this . . .” St. John 15 v 13

Sources Link: Northern Echo 02 19 Mon -1923
Sources Link: Morpeth Herald 11 11 Fri -1921
Sources Link: Morpeth Herald 02 02 Fri -1923
Sources Link: Morpeth Herald 03 02 Fri -1923
Sources Link: Morpeth Herald 07 13 Fri -1923
Sources Link: Morpeth Herald 06 06 Fri -1924

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

P. Thirkell;
Ralph W. Gould;
Killingworth Local History Society;
J. Brown;
Allen Oliver;
Iris Edmonds;
J.A. Crozier;
Tony Harding;
North Tyneside Council;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

SHIREMOOR, Roadside

 

  1914-1918

Front                                 Left side

         

  Greater love hath

  no man than this  

  that he lay down his

  life for his friend.

 

  L/Cpl. J.W. Armstrong    G.H.       Pte.   G. Heslop        N.F.        

  Pte.   J. Armstrong, MM  N.F.       ”      F. Hindmarch     E.Y.        

  ”      J. Atherton       N.F.       Cpl.   T. Hinton        N.F.        

  ”      P.L. Anderson     N.F.       Pte.   H. Huthert       E.L.        

  ”      W. Atwell         N.F.       L/Cpl. G. Hutchison     N.F.        

  ”      M. Allan          N.F.       Pte.   J.T. Irving      R.I.F.      

  ”      W. Bodman         W.Y.       Cpl.   R. Jackson       N.F.        

  Dvr.   D. Bryan          R.A.S.C.   ”      J. Jacques       N.F.        

  ”      G.F.W. Boyd       R.F.A.     Pte.   P. King          N.F.        

  Pte    R.W. Boyd         N.F.       ”      E. Laing         N.F.        

  ”      W.J. Boyle        R.A.M.C.   ”      G. Laing         E.Y.        

  ”      J. Brown          N.F.       ”      T. Lister        N.F.        

  ”      T.C. Brown        N.F.       ”      T. Lovekin       R.B.        

  ”      W. Burn           N.F.       Lt.    F.S. Marchant    T.C.        

  Gnr.   J.E. Brown        R.F.A.     A.B.   J. Marsh         R.N.D.      

  Serjt. J. Dobson         E.Y.       ”      M. Mather        R.N.D.      

  A.B.   G.R. Dawson       R.N.D.     Pte.   W. Maggs         M.G.C.      

  Pte.   J. Davison        N.F.       ”      M. Mason         N.F.        

  ”      J.R. Donachie     N.F.       ”      J.H. Mason       N.F.        

  ”      W. Dowdall        N.F.       Serjt. M.T. Macmillan   R.E.        

  Gnr.   A. Dance          R.F.A.     Pte.   J.R. Macmillan   R.S.        

  L/Cpl. T.H. Emmerton     N.F.       ”      W. McClay        N.F.        

  Cpl.   G.W. Fyfe         N.F.       L/Cpl. J. Mills         N.F.        

  Pte.   J. Freel          N.F.       Serjt. G.W.J. Moon      N.F.        

  Serjt. W.J. Graham       N.F.       Tr.    J. Morriss       K.E.H.      

  Cpl.   T.W. Gray         N.F.       A.B.   J. Nicholson     R.N.D.      

  Pte.   R. Gourley        D.L.I.     Serjt. J. Niven         S.H.        

  ”      R. Gowland        N.F.       ”      J. Peacock       N.F.        

  ”      A.B. Gigson       N.F.       L/Cpl. J. Ranson        D.L.I.      

  Cpl.   T. Halpin DCM MM  R.E.       Pte.   J.D. Reay        K.O.Y.L.I.  

  ”      R. Harrison       N.F.       ”      -. Richardson    N.F.        

  ”      W. Henderson      N.F.       ”      -.-. Garry       I.R.        

  A.B.   A. Hamilton       R.N.D.     ”      -.-. Garry       T.I.        

  

  In memory of

  the glorious dead

  of Shiremoor and District

  who fell in the Great War.

————————————————————————–

Right side.

  

  Pte.   O.W. Richardson   N.F.

  ”      J. Richardson     N.F.

  ”      T.W. Ridley       N.F.

  ”      R. Robinson       N.F.

  L/Cpl. P. Robinson       N.F.

  Gnr.   A. Scott          R.F.A.

  Pte.   A. Shields        N.F.

  Spr.   G. Smith          R.E.

  A.C.   A.H. Southall     R.M.

  Gnr.   D. Stark          R.F.A.

  Pte.   G. Strong         M.G.C.

  ”      F. Stobart        W.Y.

  Gnr.   G. Stout          R.G.A.

  Serjt. A.F. Taylor       N.F.

  A.B.   C.B. Taylor       R.N.D.

  ”      J. Thompson       R.N.D.

  L/Cpl. J. Thompson       N.F.

  ”      J.E. Todhunter    Y. & L.

  Pte.   W.J. Tomelty      N.F.

  ”      H. Todd           N.F.

  ”      G. Toward         S.R.

  ”      M. Toward         N.F.

  ”      C. Townsley       E.L.

  ”      J. Turner         A.I.F.

  Cpl.   L. Wanless        N.F.

  Pte.   W.H. Walker       A.I.F.

  ”      H. Weatherburn    N.F.

  ”      T. Websell        M.G.C.

  Serjt. D. Wells          N.F.

         A.G. Wells        R.E.

  Pte.   J. Wilkinson      N.F.

  Serjt. J. Armstrong      R.G.A.

  Fus.   L. Stewart, Aden 1967.

  Boy    J.C. Bridges,     R.N., 1939.

  

Rear

  

  Sgt. William Dennis

  Aged 34 years

  R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve

  Died 1st June 1945

  Trp. Joseph L. Dennis

  Aged 27 years

  R.A.C.

  Died 6th October 1945

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