Memorial
Shelter, Plaque 1914-18 Roadside
Seaburn
Memorial Name: Shelter, Plaque 1914-18 Roadside (S142.01)
NEWMP Ref No.: S142.01
Parish: Seaburn
Corkscrew Bank, Chichester Road, almost opposite Mere Knolls House. Sunderland. SR6 9DJ. NZ 40446 59789
Land on the North Side, at the junction of Sea Lane and Chichester Road. Seaburn, Sunderland SR6 9DJ. NZ 40446 59789
1914-18
Original memorial dedicated June 1930
Rededicated Friday October 31st 2025. Chair Councillor Michael Hartnack, of the Friends of Fulwell War Memorial introduced the event, the memorial was unveiled by Mrs Cockton and other members of the Committee and the Rev. John Purdy Methodist Minister for Roker rededicated the memorial.
Wood seats, stone enclosure, bronze plaque.
The wood seats have been removed in 2025 with the renovation of the War Memorial.
Fulwell War Memorial Committee
About £300.
Public Subscriptions and donations.
Plaque Cowell and Gatiss Sunderland 1930.
Poppy Art Work Colin Wilbourn 2025
Ownership and Maintenance: Sunderland County Borough and Rural Council, now Sunderland City Council
This memorial
is erected by the inhabitants of
Fulwell
to perpetuate the memory of the Fulwell men
who fell in the Great War
1914-1918
Originally a wood and glass hexagonal shelter with seats and memorial plaque in the doorway
Post 1970s- Modern seat constructed to form an outward-facing hexagon set inside a low walled hexagonal enclosure.
In an alcove set at an angle opposite the entrance to the enclosure is a bronze plaque 42 inches high x 22 inches wide (1.06m x 558mm) set on a raked plinth.
There is a single line border which forms an elaborate arch at the top.
There are two flags (missing) at the centre top.
The names are listed in three columns divided by vertical lines.
The dedication is in Roman capitals, the names in sans serif capitals.
2025 the plaque now stand in the centre of the original enclosure. The missing flags have been replaced and the whole memorial enhanced by new steel artwork consisting of two large poppies, crafted by sculptor Colin Wilbourn.
106 names and regiments.
See transcript.
1. The original War Memorial was an artistic hexagonal shelter with seats, designed for the temporary rest for those climbing the steep bank from the sea front at Seaburn. It was erected by voluntary subscriptions and sited on land officially provided in Chichester Road, which was given generously by Sunderland County Borough Council as it was then, as a Memorial to Fulwell ‘boys’ killed in the war.
2. Sunderland Echo 13/04/1929. reports – In the days of the Corkscrew Bank, Sunderland Rural District Council had a seat at the bend where the two Cottages stood opposite Mere Knolls House. It was removed when the 2 cottages were demolished. The seat on the bank will be a boon to elderly folk, who find it a rather stiff climb from the sea front, and will meet immediate needs until the Fulwell War Memorial is erected. This will be erected on an island site near to where the seat will be placed and will take the form of a small shelter.
3. Sunderland Echo 24/04/1929, there was an appeal to past and present residents of Fulwell, to help with subscriptions and donations. The President was E. H. Brown, J.P., J. W. Mason Chairman, A.B. Caves, Vice-Chairman, R. L Tail. Treasurer and J. Watson, Secretary. from 11 Garcia Terrace, Fulwell. There was £137 in credit to the fund but about £300 was required in 1929.
4. Philip Cockton, Treasurer, Friends of Fulwell War Memorial, has stated in early 2025: “This was the original Fulwell War Memorial Shelter, erected with public funds on land donated by the Council. Fulwell was not officially a part of the town of Sunderland at the time and did not qualify for a Memorial to be erected, so John Tough, a WW1 Veteran and the Great Uncle of my Wife, paid for the brass plaque himself and organised public fundraising in the village to pay for the shelter.
In 1971, the shelter was burned down by yobs and the plaque was saved but the Council laid it flat embedded in concrete.
Over the last 54 years it has become forgotten and used as a dog toilet and other abuse”.
5. Friends of Fulwell War Memorial had the Memorial renovated and remounted in 2025. The Proposals were approved by the council’s planning department on June 3rd 2024 and it has been restored to incorporate a galvanised steel feature depicting poppies at its centre. The seating area was removed and the existing plaque has been fixed to a stone slab and mounted on a platform. The new design is by artist and sculptor Colin Wilbourn.
6. The Friends of Fulwell War Memorial announced on their Facebook Page 11/11/2025 -We want to send a huge and heartfelt thank you to The James Knott Trust! They have just awarded Friends of Fulwell £2,000 to help us create a memorial garden at the amazing new war memorial. This generous support will allow us to build a beautiful, reflective garden to complete this very special project. We are so grateful to the Trust, and to every single person, funder and business who has supported us on this journey.
BBC Wear News 07/06/2024
A poignant message which has lasted the years 01/11/2018
Youtube Video used for fundraising 2025
BBC Wear News 31/10/2025
Photos: C. Sanders; Simon Raine; Mark Campbell; James Pasby; Philip Cockton; Vicki Redmond
Sunderland Echo
22/11/1927 reports War Memorial sub committee set up by Residents Association
10/01/1928 reports meeting of Fulwell War Memorial Committee
Various Fund raising events follow
13/04/1929 reports suggested site
24/04/1929 reports appeals for funds
02/10/1929 reports with a sketch of the proposed shelter
25/02/2022 reports proposals by Friends of Fulwell Community Group to restore the memorial.
31/10/2025 reports unveiling of refurbished memorial
Additional Research Documents
S142.01 Autumn 2025 Renovation photographs
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
Mark Campbell (City of Sunderland Council);
Phil Cockton
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SEABURN Roadside.
This memorial
is erected by the inhabitants of
Fulwell
to perpetuate the memory of the Fulwell men
who fell in the Great War
1914-1918
R.W. Adamson D.L.I. C.R. Hird W.R. T. Rea R.E.
J.H.K. Ainsley R.G.A. W. Hogg W.R.R. J.W. Reay W.R.R.
W. Aldridge T.S. J.H. Hudson L.R. J.S. Richardson N.F.
C. Archbold D.L.I. H.H. Hunter D.L.I. J.T. Robson D.L.I.
K.S. Archbold K.O.Y.L.I. G. Huntley R.E. G.A. Ryall D.L.I.
J.J. Ashton N.F. T.W. Hetherington D.L.I. A. Scorer K.O.Y.L.I.
C.D. Beattie R.N.R. F.C. Irvine R.G.A. J. Scott D.L.I.
J.H. Bellerby N.F. W.T. Innes D.L.I. O.R. Scott R.G.A.
J.J. Blenkinsop M.G.C. G. Jacobs R.A.M.C. B. Smith D.L.I.
S. Brown T.I. A.E. Jenner N.C.B. J. Sterling D.L.I.
T.H. Brown K.L.R. J.R. Jones M.G.C. C.H. Stothard Y.R.
J.E. Buttery D.L.I. H. Kilner W.Y. T.H.B. Spours D.L.I.
W. Brown D.L.I. E.C. King Y.R. S. Shiel E.R.A.
W.H. Calvert C.R. D.E. Little D.L.I. J. Stenton R.G.A.
A. Campbell G.A. G.H. Lodge R.E. W. Stevenson W.R.R.
W. Campbell W.Y. E.A. Logan W.Y. J. Stobbart R.F.A.
F. Catchpole D.L.I. S.B. Logan C.M.R. F.W. Stoker R.N.R.
A. Cowan D.L.I. R. Matthews D.L.I. J. Taylor W.Y.
D. Craig R.N.R. R. Macdonald N.F. T. Taylor D.L.I.
C.W. Crown R.F.A. J. Mitchell D.L.I. H. Thompson R.E.
J.R. Cowling S.F. J.P. Moffitt D.L.I. T. Thursfield R.M.
T.H. Dick M.G.C. N.E. Moffitt G.N. C. Turnbull H.M.T.
R.N. Duncan Y.R. H.G. Moor Y&L J. Turnbull L.F.
E. Egglestone D.L.I. G. Moore R.N.R. T. Walkington N.F.
E.F. Elsdon D.L.I. E. Muir R.E. C. Wake C.I.
H. Fisher K.R.R. J. Murray R.N.R. W.T. Wallace R.F.A.
W. Fairbairn D.L.I. J.H. Mayhew N.F. E. Walton R.G.A.
J.E. Graham R.E. J.M. Milner R.N.R. T. Warner R.G.A.
G.H. Gibbin K.R.R. J.W. Nelson R.N.R. A. Wight D.L.I.
A.W. Gibson R.E. J. Newstead E.Y. T. Wilkinson R.E.
W.J. Gibson R.G.A. J. Norton D.L.I. J.W. Wrathmall D.L.I.
S.E. Gillet D.L.I. A. Orton T. Wilson D.L.I.
G. Hall W.Y. F.J. Owers W.I. T. Younger C.G.
R. Hall K.L. A.J. Peterson R.F.A. W.P. Yule D.L.I.
E. Haswell N.F. W. Rae K.L. W. Yule W.Y.
H.H. Knaggs L.R.
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