Memorial

Memorial 1914-18 Steel Workers Social Club

West Hartlepool

Memorial Name: Memorial 1914-18 Steel Workers Social Club (W111.053)

NEWMP Ref No.: W111.053

Parish: West Hartlepool

Original Location:

Steel Workers Social Club, Westbourne Road.

In the grounds.

Present Location:

South Durham Social Club, 56 Westbourne Road Hartlepool TS25 5RE

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 1st April 1922 by Cllr. J,.W. Wilson, Mayor

Materials Used:

Grey and pink Aberdeen granite.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Messrs. Ainslie and Collin, Hart Road, West Hartlepool.

Inscription:

Erected by
the South Durham
Steel & Iron Co. Ltd.
and fellow-workmen
to the Glory of God
and in sacred memory
of those men
who gave their lives
in the Great War
1914-1918

Memorial Description:

Monument, total height 15 feet (4.6m)

“Panelled square shaft with plinth stands on square base and 2 shallow sandstone steps.

Shaft has round angle shafts and etched capitals, rising from tops of volutes capping diagonal buttresses; covered cornice and pediment with antefixae having etched ornamentation.

Shaft topped with fluted and corniced drum and dome with urn finial.

Panels of shaft bear names of fallen in Great War (1914-1918), in lead inlaid lettering.

Additional names appear on plinth west side.”

Names:

82 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. This is similar to memorials at Brancepeth and Bishop Auckland.

2. This was the Hughenden Works Institute. It is the old name for the area where the Steel Works used to be.

External Links:

Historic England Listing

Sources:

Photos: C. Sanders; Simon Raine

Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
03/04/1922 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
08/04/1922 reports unveiling.

Teesside Archives
Original Plan (Ref. No.5977)

List of Buildings of Special Architectural Interest Dept. of Environment,
1985 contains the above description.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
Dorothy Hall;
James Pasby

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Names Documents:

WEST HARTLEPOOL   Steel Workers Social Club

 

    Erected By            Andrews R.     Ipsley D.    Newcomb O.A.

    The South Durham      Atkinson J.    Jones J.     Nugent M.

    Steel & Iron Co Ltd   Angle J.       Jones H.     Newlove J.

    and Fellow-Workmen    Bamford C.R.   Jones R.     Newlove G.R.

    To the Glory of God   Bolton J.      James B.     Ord G.

    and in Sacred Memory  Benson T.      James T.R.   Pendlington R.

    of these men          Bentley V.     Johnson J.   Richards E.

    Who Gave their Lives  Birks H.       Jenkins D.   Robinson A.

    in the Great War      Bradley S.     Larkin P.    Steerman J.

    1914 – 1919           Bradley W.     Larkin J.    Steerman D.

                          Brown F.       Laydon A.    Sharp R.

                          Carey W.H.     Langton J.J. Simpson T.

                          Duncan W.      Mullen T.    Smith R.W.

                          Davis F.       Massam S.    Shepherd T.

                          Davis T.       Moffitt G.T. Summerhill D.

                          Davison J.T.   Mason G.H.   Stevens W.

                          Dearlove F.    Mason F.     Shean W.

                          Groves T.      Moran P.     Shinton G.

    Andrews D.            Graves W.      McGory M.    Snaith R.

    Dale J.               Hyde J.        McGabe M.    Thomas R.W.

    Dodgson E.            Harrington D.  Middleton E. Teirney J.

    Summerbell A.         Huntley L.     Murphy J.W.  Watherall J.T.

    Auton A.              Horwelld J     Martin W.    Wheetman B.

    Davis J.              Hornsey G.     McMann T.    Williams P.

    McAndrew R.           Hart H.        Moore J.H.   Watkins R.

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