Memorial Details
Memorial
Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Roadside
Reference
H140.01
Place
HAMSTERLEY COLLIERY
Map ref
NZ 115565
Original Location
Roadside
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Memorial Description
Cross of wheel type on a tapered two tiered pedestal resting on three steps.
The tapered shaft of the cross has a cable design raised around its front edge, and there are raised bosses at the four points of the cross. The dates are in the shaft, raised in carving. Below them is one name and a part of the dedication. The rest of the dedication is on the front face of the pedestal, with the name of the colliery on the lower section of the pedestal.
On the other three faces of the lower part of the pedestal are the names for 1939-45.
All lettering is in Roman capitals.
The tapered shaft of the cross has a cable design raised around its front edge, and there are raised bosses at the four points of the cross. The dates are in the shaft, raised in carving. Below them is one name and a part of the dedication. The rest of the dedication is on the front face of the pedestal, with the name of the colliery on the lower section of the pedestal.
On the other three faces of the lower part of the pedestal are the names for 1939-45.
All lettering is in Roman capitals.
Materials used
Stone
Inscription
a. The workmen of this / village wish to place / on record their / sorrow at the loss / of their friend and / employer whose / memory they will / hold in affection / for all time.
In honour of the men of this colliery who / fought and in ever grateful remembrance / of those who gave their lives for God / and Country, for Right, for Freedom, and / for Peace, in the Great War.
“See ye to it / That these shall not have died in vain. Their name liveth for evermore”.
Hamsterley Colliery.
In the year 2000 AD / this memorial was restored by / the people of Hamsterley and Low Westwood / so that generations present and future / may honour the Great Sacrifice made for us all.
In honour of the men of this colliery who / fought and in ever grateful remembrance / of those who gave their lives for God / and Country, for Right, for Freedom, and / for Peace, in the Great War.
“See ye to it / That these shall not have died in vain. Their name liveth for evermore”.
Hamsterley Colliery.
In the year 2000 AD / this memorial was restored by / the people of Hamsterley and Low Westwood / so that generations present and future / may honour the Great Sacrifice made for us all.
Names
Present condition
Restored 2000
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Walter Brierley of Brierley and Rutherford.; built by Emley & Sons Ltd.
Notes
1. “The memorial is a particular memorial to Major Arthur T. Watson, to whom there is a dedication at the base of the cross. Watson was a member of the family that owned Hamsterley Colliery and the choice of architect would have been the result of earlier work Brierley carried out for the Watsons, both in Yorkshire and at Hamsterley.” (Edward Waterson)
2. A new bench and fencing and a new plaque were added in 2000
3. July 2019 visit - R. Key has been added to the names for 1939-45.
2. A new bench and fencing and a new plaque were added in 2000
3. July 2019 visit - R. Key has been added to the names for 1939-45.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Simon Raine; C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall
Illustrated Chronicle 16/06/1920 carries photo.
Northern Echo 26/03/2001 reports £3,500 upgrading.
Borthwick Institute University of York holds the plans, dated November 1918, and a list of fallen, 1920 Ref: Atkinson/Brierley 8/105
Journal 29/07/2017 reports listing by Historic England.
Sources of quotations
“See ye to it . . .” : Quoted from a certificate sent to all bereaved families under the cipher of King George V;
“Their name liveth for evermore” : Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44
Illustrated Chronicle 16/06/1920 carries photo.
Northern Echo 26/03/2001 reports £3,500 upgrading.
Borthwick Institute University of York holds the plans, dated November 1918, and a list of fallen, 1920 Ref: Atkinson/Brierley 8/105
Journal 29/07/2017 reports listing by Historic England.
Sources of quotations
“See ye to it . . .” : Quoted from a certificate sent to all bereaved families under the cipher of King George V;
“Their name liveth for evermore” : Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall; Edward Waterson
Research In Progress
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Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Roadside (H140.01)
HAMSTERLEY COLLIERY Roadside
1914
1918
Arthur T. Watson
Major, K.R.R.
Killed in action
at Passchendaele
5th August 1917
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The workmen of this
village wish to place
on record their
sorrow at the loss
of their friend and
employer whose
memory they will
hold in affection
for all time.
------
In honour of the men of this colliery who
fought and in ever grateful remembrance
of those who gave their lives for God
and Country, for Right, for Freedom, and
for Peace, in the Great War.
------
“See ye to it
That these shall not have died in vain.
Their name liveth for evermore”.
------
HAMSTERLEY COLLIERY.
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In the year 2000 AD
this memorial was restored by
the people of Hamsterley and Low Westwood
so that generations present and future
may honour the Great Sacrifice made for us all
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Rear panel
Major A.T. Watson, King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Major. C.W. Lane, M.C., 7th Dragoon Guards
Lieutenant O. Earnshaw, R.E.
2nd Lieut. F.D. Young, R.G.A.
2nd Lieut. H. Woods, N.F.
Royal Navy
J. Hughes, First Cl. Stoker, H.M.S. “Black Prince”
R. Goodfellow, First Cl. Stoker, H.M.S. “Black Prince”
A. Cockrill, A.B. (R.F.R.) H.M.S. “Hawke”
S. Simpson, A.B. (R.F.R.) H.M.S. “Queen Mary”
Royal Field Artillery
Cpl. A. Wilson Dvr. J. Nevins
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1939-1945
C. Graham G. Hogg E. Jewitt
R. Hall J.G. Jacques W. Lonsdale
J. Hedley R. Key
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Left panel
Durham Light Infantry
Sgt. J.W. Kyle Pte. J. Scarr
Pte. J. Hillary Pte. T. Lamb
Pte. A. Graham Pte. J. Merritt
Pte. J.N. Oakes Pte. T. Athey
Pte. G. Street Pte. T. Wilson
Pte. J. Soulsby Pte. G. McCleay
Pte. G. Coulson Pte. R. Coates
Pte. J. Barrow Pte. J.E. Pattinson
Northumberland Fusiliers
Sgt. G. Leadbitter Cpl. T. Patterson
L/Cpl. J. Ward Pte. A. Loughlan
Pte. J. Grugan Pte. J. McPherson
Pte. M. Carr Pte. H. Fryer Pte. J. Watson
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1939-1945
R. Maughan R.L. Stephenson W.R. Telford
G.W. Mosey H. Stewart H. Walton
C. Pletts L. Wood
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Right panel
West Yorkshire Regiment
Sgt. J. Scott L/Sgt. J. Vater
Cpl. R. Graham L/Cpl. W. Errington
L/Cpl. J. Nithsdale L/Cpl. E. Haggarth
Pte. J. Holdon Pte. T. Parkinson
Pte. J. Smith Pte. T. Tiplady
Pte. J. Watson Pte. T. Oakes
Pte. R. Cruddace Pte. T. McKenzie
Pte. H. McIntosh Pte. J. Clewes
Pte. W.S. Coulson Pte. T. Forster
Pte. J. Burns Pte. C. McKinnelly
Pte. D. Murray
Pte. J.G. Wilkinson, Duke of Wellington’s Regt.
Pte. J. Grieve, Royal Lanark
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1939-1945
J. Allen P.J. Crawford F. Ferguson
G. Carson R.E. Curry W. Fisher
C.F. Cawthorne W. Dawson T.H. Forster
NamesH140.01
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