Memorial Details

2016
Photo: Dorothy Hall

Memorial

Cottage and Plaque 1914-18

Reference

F43.01

Place

FERRYHILL STATION

Which war

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date

Cottage officially opened 28th March 1925 by Mrs. Arthur Dorman. Plaque unveiled by Col. Thomlinson of Seaton Carew

Memorial Description

Memorial Cottage.

On the wall is a rectangular plaque with dome at centre top, set into a wall and surrounded by ivy. In the dome is a laurel wreath raised in half relief with the place names on either side, carved to stand proud.

The names are listed in three columns, incised and coloured black. Below the names is a sunken panel bearing the quotation. Below this are two more names.

Inscription

Mainsforth Colliery and Ferryhill Station. / War Memorial / 1914-1919.
Their name liveth / for evermore.

Names

Who commissioned

Mainsforth Colliery and Ferryhill Station War Memorial Committee

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photos: C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall

Illustrated Chronicle 30/03/1925 reports official opening with photos.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 04/04/1925 reports opening.

Auckland and County Chronicle 02/04/1925 reports unveiling.

Source of quotation
“Their name liveth for evermore . . .” Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44

External web link

Research acknowledgements

Fitzhugh Collection Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall; Yorkshire Regiment Remembrance; Richard and Kathleen Armstrong

Research In Progress

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Cottage and Plaque 1914-18 (F43.01)

 
FERRYHILL STATION   
  
   Mainsforth    Ferryhill 
   Colliery and  Station
   War Memorial 
   1914-1919.
  
   Alderson   J.     Fitchett   E.     Robinson   T.
   Alderson   E.     Fodden     M.     Scott      R.
   Allanby    A.     Gibson     G.     Scott      J.A.
   Aspey      A.     Gittens    R.     Sheldon    T.
   Barton     R.     Gough      G.     Siddle     A.
   Bell       J.     Goundry    J.     Smart      G.
   Burney     J.     Green      W.     Smith      J.
   Burns      W.     Hall       A.     Stockell   S.
   Charlton   L.     Hudson     J.     Stobbart   W.
   Chatt      G.     Hunter     G.     Stewart    R.
   Clark      C.     Hutchinson R.     Stratford  T.
   Coulthard  R.H.   Johnson    R.     Sunley     A.
   Crake      J.     Jones      G.     Surtees    G.
   Croser     A.     Kell       M.     Taylor     G.
   Cull       J.E.   King       S.     Teesdale   W.
   Cunnah     J.     Lake       T.     Thompson   J.
   Curwin     T.     Laverick   W.     Todd       M.
   Davison    J.     Lewins     J.     Tonge      R.
   Dawson     A.     Marshall   A.     Turner     R.
   Dixon      N.     Moffatt    W.     Tweedle    J.
   Dobson     W.     Mole       A.     Watson     J.
   Dring      G.     Moody      T.     Watson     E.
   Dunn       W.     Mordey     G.     Whitfield  R.C.
   Edgar      S.T.   Mulroy     T.     Whitfield  N.G.
   Elsey      G.     Petch      J.J.   Wright     G.
   Eltringham T.     Redden     J.     Young      W.
   Farnaby    W.     Robertson  J.W.   Britton    A.H.
   Bolton     E.     Britton    M.V.   Matthews   J.N.
  
   Their name liveth 
   for evermore.
  
   Hutchinson   T.
   Wilkinson   R.W.
NamesF43.01   

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Parish Notes

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