Memorial
Roll of Honour 1914-18 Working Men’s Club
Willington Wear Valley
Memorial Name: Roll of Honour 1914-18 Working Men’s Club (W120.05)
NEWMP Ref No.: W120.05
Parish: Willington Wear Valley
Working Men’s Club
Totally lost by fire in early 1950s.
1914-18
Unveiled 24th July 1920 by Alderman Robert Richardson, M.P., chairman of the Durham Branch of the Club and Institute Union.
Paper behind glass
Total cost, including gold medals, was about £500.
Mr. E.C. Hedley of Bishop Auckland
Willington & District
Working Men’s
Club and Institute.
Roll of Honour
1914-1919
Great European War.
For King and Empire.
Roll of Honour behind glass.
There is a wide border which features (top centre) a picture of the club; (top left) a biplane; (top right) tank; (centre left) a battleship; (centre right) a Zeppelin; (bottom right) another battleship.
At bottom left is Britannia. In between are various shield-shapes carrying the flags of various countries.
At centre bottom is a ribbon with the words “For King and Empire” with a soldier to the left and a sailor to the right.
At centre of the panel is a frame in which are the names of those killed, with the words “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” on a ribbon at top with a wreath.
Below the dedication and above the names are military distinctions earned by four men showing the ribbons they would wear.
The names of those who served are listed in seven columns using lower case script.
291 names of those who served
36 names of the fallen.
See transcript.
1. At the same ceremony, gold medals were presented to the relatives of members who had lost their lives. Gold medals were presented the following week to all other members who served.
2. From the club, 291 members served. 34 were killed. Two were awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, three the Military Medal, and there were other honours
3. Ald. Richardson was presented with a gold mounted walking stick as a memento of the occasion.
Photo: Rennison Vayro
Auckland and County Chronicle
22/04/1920 reports progress;
29/07/1920 reports unveiling.
Durham Chronicle
30/07/1920 reports unveiling.
Northern Echo
26/07/1920 reports unveiling.
Additional Research Documents
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
Rennison Vayro;
Dorothy Hall
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Working Men’s Club and Institute Ltd.
Willington and District
Roll of Honour
1914 Great European War 1919
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Military Distinctions
Left hand side
Joseph Parkin Freeman Scurr
Military Medal & Bar Distinguished Conduct Medal
Right hand side
Jacob Reed Thomas Willey
Distinguished Conduct Medal Military Medal
and Military Medal
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Panel in centre of the memorial
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
Adamson, Matthew Gaffney, Peter Mitchell, Robert
Adamson, Thomas Galley, Frank Naisbitt, Thompson
Allan, George Hird, Ralph Paylor, Joseph
Bell, John Henry Hodgson, David Plumpton, Harold
Booth, George Hodgson, John Robinson, Jos. B.
Blackett, Cuthbert Lamb, John Robinson, Joseph
Buckley, Andrew Laws, Ralph Robson, Albert J.
Cook, Thomas Lister Alf. Ernest Sides, Edward
Cooper, George Lowes, Elmo Smith, John
Curl, Frank Lucas, Edward Stonehouse, Ed.
Ford, Charles McGrath, Patrick Taylor, Isaac
Venn, Thomas
Killed
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Columns 1 and 2
Atkinson, John Chivers, Edwin
Askew, John, Carrick, Henry
Atkinson, Wm. Cryan, Thomas
Allan, James Crawford, Bernard
Armory, Wm. Carter, George
Ashman, Geo. Cleary, Joseph
Ashurst, Wm. Callaghan, Patrick
Ashurst, James Collingwood, Geo.
Atkinson, Arthur Compton, Charles
Armory, Geo. Cottle, Ernest
Allchurch, Daniel Collishaw, John
Atkinson, David Conlon, Bernard
Archer, John W. Coates, William
Burdess, George Coote, Eli
Britton, Wm. Cowens, Joseph
Bewley, John W. Craggs, Joseph H.
Booth, Joseph Cunningham, J.
Bell, Emmerson Casey, Bernard
Bell, John R. Casey, John
Bell, Charles Carlon, Owen
Barton, James Cummings, Gerald
Brown, Joseph Daley, William
Burnip, Joseph Dowson, Henry
Brown, Jos. Proud Dover, George W.
Bulman, Stephen Derbyshire, James
Brown, Thomas Dawson, Thomas
Brown, William Davis, James
Brown, Henry Dobson, Robt.J.
Burdess, Robert Davidson, Thomas
Brownlee, Fred Davison, Henry
Bolam, Philip Dowd, John
Bennett, Jacob Dodds, George
Burdess, James Dowson, Joseph
Bolam, Matthew Elliott, Edward
Bond, John Evans, Fred.
Brown, Thomas Fleming, James
Blackburn, John Fox, Robert
Britton, Thomas Foreman, Thomas
Casey, James Friend, Anthony
Casey, James Fletcher, James
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Columns 3, 4 and 5
Frame, Thomas Harper, Frank Long, James
Fox, Thomas Henderson, James Laws, Thomas
Fleming, Chris Harper, John Lobban, James
Fryer, Ernest Hewitson, Michael Lowes, Elmo
Ford, Thos. W. Higgins, Michael Longstaff, Rich’d P.
Ferens, John H. Harris, John Lee, Edward
Finlayson, John R. Hall, Joseph Morris, Joseph
Fletcher, Frank Hardy, Thomas Markham, J.W.
Galley, James Heads, Arthur Marr, James
Gowland, Matthew Harle, Herbert Murphy, Patrick
Gaffney, James Hickman, Sept. McGee, Norman
Griffen, Walter Hogg, Robert Mann, William
Ginty, Ralph Hopper, William Morson, Farrer W.
Gill, Thomas Hardy, George Morgan Edward
Green, Arthur Jones, Jack Murray H.
Gray, Thomas Jackson, Fred McGee Ernest
Golightly, John Joyner, Richard Manners Thomas
Ginty, Joseph Joyce, John Mann A.
Green, George Jopling, Ernest Marsden M.
Gowland, John Jones, Peter Maddison J.
Gallaghar, Michael Jackson, Henry Masters Sydney
Hill, Edward Jackson, Herbert Minto Edward
Holvey, George Johnson, Fred Moore Ernest
Hall, Thomas King, Jacob Martin Robert
Holmes, Edward O. Kirtley, Charles Maude William
Hatton, Jonah Kell, Henry Pollard George
Hird, Ralph Law, William Parkin John H.
Hewitson, Thos. Lamb, John Phillips David
Henderson Jeffrey Long, Thomas Parkins George
Hardy, Matthew C. Lamb, Joseph Pearson John W.
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Columns 6 and 7
Penny, John Stonehouse, John
Plews, John E. Slack, John
Pinder, Joseph Shackleton, James
Prince, J.S. Steele, William
Parkins, Walter Schofield, Ben.
Patterson, Chas. Smith, Frank
Poulton, George Sewell, John
Pearse, John Smurthwaite, H.
Pounder, Mark Swords, John
Prince, James Stephenson, Chas.
Patterson, George Swords, Patrick
Purvis, John Selby, George
Paylor, Mark Turnbull, Wilfred
Painter, G.A. Todd, Charles
Ryan, Peter Thomas. Chas. W.
Robinson, Dixon Todd, John
Robinson, Thomas Traynor, Patrick
Robinson, Frank Urwin, William
Robinson, J.C. Vayro, Thomas
Reed, Joseph Welford, David
Reynolds, Wm. Williamson, Fred
Rayson, Henry Woodand, James
Ryan, Hugh Waldy, George
Robson, John W. Welford, Anthony
Reed, Edgar Wilkinson, Geo.
Redhead, James E. Wood, James
Rutter, Thomas Whitfield, John
Reed, Joseph Whitfield, John E.
Raine, Jonathan Wilson, Henry
Richardson, H. Watson, Thomas
Redhead, William Watson, Henry A.
Smith, Frank Wilkinson Chris
Scratcher, J.H. Wearmouth Ed.
Smailes, Wilk Walker, Robert
Stobbs, Henry Walker, George
Scorer, Ralph Wright, J.B.
Scorer, James Wragg, Sam.C.
Scorer, Henry Waller, Joseph
Scorer, Anthony Witton, John
Spence, Alexander
For King & Empire
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The Auckland and County Gazette reports that the names of John
Parker and Joseph Brown, who are died at Willington from war
wounds, were to be added.
NamesW120.05
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