Memorial Details

Plaque 1914-18 Institute

B160.02

BROWNEY COLLIERY

2439

The hall of Browney Colliery Institute, which has long gone.

Social Club

1914-18

Unveiled 18th September 1921 by Col. Maurice Bell, C.M.G., T.D.

Plaque 1 foot 6 inches high x 2 feet 6 inches wide set on a dark brown wood pattress which is 3 inches wider all round. At centre top is a design in copper of two angels, one of whom is blowing a trumpet, bearing a wreath encircling the words “For the Fallen”. The names are listed in five columns divided by vertical lines. The lettering for the dedication is in elongated Roman capitals, the names in sans serif capitals.

Brass in oak frame.

In / grateful / memory / of / the / following / workmen of Browney Colliery who fell / in the Great War

£2,218 from workmen and officials, £27 by public subscription and £18 from public institutions.

1. “The money that had been raised . . .had taken some working for. In addition to the memorial tablet sufficient funds had been raised to present watches and medals to men who had won distinction, and 324 men from Browney Colliery who served with His Majesty’s Forces”.

2. Those who won distinctions and were presented with watches were:
Thomas Wilkinson, D.C.M.;
C. Anderson, M.M.;
M. Hanley M.M. (deceased).
Cpl. T. Reaveley , D.L.I. received the MM and bar; Pte. J. Smith, M.M., deceased. There was nobody present to receive the medal on his behalf .
Pte. S. Culley, M.M. deceased. His son collected his medal.
A. Guyll, M.M., deceased. His son collected his medal.
Pte. C. Todd, deceased, Croix de Guerre. His father collected his medal.
Pte. H. Huntley, M.M.
Pte. Jos. Robinson, M.M.

3. In addition to the memorial, the workmen and officials raised £341 for Red Cross Ambulance Fund. They spent £271.17s.3d on materials for garments; they sent £440 to the Prince of Wales Fund; they gave grants of £70 to the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Families’ Association; they gave £1,239.14.3d in house rent allowance and grants to soldiers’ wives and families; £127.6s in goods to soldiers’ dependents; £187.15s in grants to widows and orphans.

4. The Ladies’ Working Party sent over 2,000 garments to soldiers at the front; through Lady Bell they sent 603 shirts, 357 socks, 126 mufflers etc. to general hospitals. To their own men they sent 130 shirts; 241 socks and mufflers, etc.

Photos: C. Sanders; Karen Redhead; Jessica Bell

Durham County Advertiser 16/09/1921 reports unveiling.

Auckland and County Chronicle 22/09/1921

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders; Karen Redhead; Jessica Bell

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BROWNEY COLLIERY,  Social Club

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   1914               1919

   For the

   Fallen   

   In                 of 

   grateful           the 

   memory             following 

   workmen of Browney Colliery who fell 

   in the Great War

   A. Daglish     R. Craggs     S. Burdess     T. Dodds       C. Stephenson

   G. Ovington    J. Eales      C. Todd        R. Potts       S. Cully

   W.H. Lofthouse J. Addison    J. Bond        T.H. Beresford J.T. Murray

   F. Ditchburn   J. Smith      J. Sergison    J. Hunter      J.H. Ferguson

   L. Brown       W. Dunn       F. Basey       W. Robson      J. Musgrove

   O. Casey       W. Baines     W. Newton      W. Naisbitt    G.R. Greenwell

   A. Guyll       B.S.V. Liddle G.W. Beresford J. Barrass     J. Ellis

   J. Madgin      G.S. Clarke   N. Birkett     J.W. Wood      J. Haley

                  M. Hanley     J. Moore

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   The Durham County Advertiser has variations on the names:

   B.S.F. Liddle instead of B.S.V. Liddle

   W. Naisbett instead of Naisbitt

   J. Oley instead of J. Haley

NamesB160.02   

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