Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 Working Men’s Club

Wheatley Hill

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 Working Men's Club (W114.02)

NEWMP Ref No.: W114.02

Parish: Wheatley Hill

Original Location:

Working Men’s Club.

In a corridor.

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

a. Unveiled ?14th March 1921 by Major Evan Haywood, M.P.

Materials Used:

Marble surround, bronze panels.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Made by Ainslie & Collins of West Hartlepool.

Inscription:

a.
Erected by
The Wheatley Hill Workmen’s Club
to the glory of God
and in sacred remembrance of the following
fellow members and comrades
who fell in the Great War 1914-1918

b.
1939-45

Memorial Description:

Plaque of grey marble of classic design.

There is a shallow rounded panel at centre top which carries the dedication.

Pillars divide the main panel to enclose three bronze panels.

The names are carried on the bronze panels, in a single column on the two flanking panels, and in two rows on the centre panel.

Two names from 1939-1945 have been placed centrally within an outlined square in the central panel.

The lettering is in gilded Roman capitals.

Names:

a. 96 names.
b. 2 names.
See transcript.

Sources:

Photos: Simon Raine; Dorothy Hall

Northern Echo
 15/03/1921 carries brief report of 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

Sources Link: Northern Echo 03 15 Tue -1921

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
Margaret Hedley (Wheatley Hill);
Dorothy Hall

Research In Progress:

Wheatley Hill History Club have researched the names on this memorial.

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Names Documents:

WHEATLEY HILL   Working Men’s Club

 

  Erected by

  The Wheatley Hill Workmen’s Club

  to the glory of God

  and in sacred remembrance of the following

  fellow members and comrades

  who fell in the Great War 1914-1918

—————————————————-

Left panel         

  Alderson, Geo      

  Anderson, Rlph.    

  Amos, Geo.         

  Amos, Jno. R.      

  Armstrong, Wilf.   

  Barker, Thos.      

  Barnes, Jas. W.    

  Bartley, Rd.       

  Battye, Wm.        

  Bond, Jno.         

  Braizer Jno.       

  Bricklebank, Thos.

  Broomfield, J.H.   

  Brown, Benj.       

  Brough, And.       

  Burnip, Jno.       

  Carr, Robt.        

  Chapman, Hny.      

  Coldwell, Thos.    

  Cowie, Jas.        

  Cowie, Jno.                     

  Cowie, Jno.        

  Cowie, Robt.       

  Coxford, Hny.               

—————————————————-

Centre panel                                        

  Craggs, Matt.               Ingleby, Jno. H., M.M.  

  Craggs, Jno.                Jackson, Jno.           

  Cummin, Mark.               Jackson, Robt.          

  Dixon, Robt.                Johnson, Hny.           

  Dobson, Abrm                Jones, Eb.              

  Dodds, Jos.                 Kent, Geo. H.           

  Dove, Alb. W.               Lamb, Dvd. Walt.        

  Elliott, Robt.              Laws, Robt.             

  Fenny, Wm.                  Learoyed, Thos.         

  Hastings, Sam.              Loveless, Jas.          

  Hagan, Dom.                 Luke, Geo W.            

  Harper, Hny.     1939-45    Luke, Wm.               

  Harper, Jno.     Brown, W.  McKeand, Jno. G.        

  Harper, Jos.     Beeton, S. Millburn, Fen.          

  Hartley, Jos.               Mole, Jos.              

  Hepple, Hny.                Murphy, Mch. F.          

  Hewitson, Adam              Murphy, Thos.           

  Hird, Fred.                 Murray, Hugh            

  Holden, Rd.                 O’Connor, Hny.          

  Howarth, Wesley             O’Connor, Jerh.         

  Humes, Ward                 Owens, Ed.

  Hunter, Wm.                 Parks, Robt.            

  Hutchinson, Jno.            Poulson, Robt.          

  Williamson, And.                          

—————————————————-

Right panel

  Poulson, Thos.

  Poulson, Wm.

  Powell, Wm.

  Prince, Rd.

  Pyle, Thos. H.

  Rankin, Jas. C.

  Robson, Niel

  Rothery, Wm.

  Ruth, Robt.

  Sinclair, Alex.

  Sinclair, Walt.

  Soulsby, Robt.

  Spink, Ernt.

  Thompson, Jos.

  Todd, Geo. C.

  Trotter, Jas.

  Tyldsley  Geo.

  Venables, Alf. W.

  Walker, Fk.

  Walker, Robt.

  Walton, Isaac

  White, Wm.

  Wightman, Thos. W.

  Wilkinson, Jas.

NamesW114.02   

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