Memorial Details
Memorial
Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Gulf 1991 Millennium Centre
Reference
K23.02
Place
KIBBLESWORTH
Map ref
NZ 262566
Original Location
In grounds of Millennium Centre
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
c. Gulf 1991
b. 1939-45
c. Gulf 1991
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 13th August 2005
Memorial Description
Cross of Celtic design on plinth approx. 6 feet high. The cross has a red poppy at the centre. The main front panel of the plinth has been smoothed to bear the names. These are listed in two columns, those for 1914-18 on the left, those for 1939 and the Gulf 1991 on the right, divided by a vertical line. The smooth face of the step bears the quotation.
Lettering is in elongated Roman lower case.
The base on which the cross stands is rough hewn from the opencast mine at Old Ravensworth as a reminder of the colliery heritage.
Lettering is in elongated Roman lower case.
The base on which the cross stands is rough hewn from the opencast mine at Old Ravensworth as a reminder of the colliery heritage.
Materials used
Marble
Inscription
We salute with pride / and remember / with love and gratitude / the bravery and sacrifice / of the young people of / Kibblesworth / who served their country in wartime / and died on active service.
We will remember them.
We will remember them.
Names
Who commissioned
Friends of Kibblesworth War Memorial
How money was raised
Public subscription, inc. £200 from Friends of War Memorial.
English Heritage Listing
Listing requested
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Scott and Sons, Seaham.
Notes
1. The original design was to be of three panels, the centre one bearing the dedication, the left panel the names from 1914-18 and the right from 1939-45. This was revised.
2. The memorial is based on one erected on Sword Beach, Normandy, modified to suit local requirements.
3. The Millennium Community Centre was once the school. Posters say “Back in the old schoolyard. Where they played as youngsters the memory of their sacrifice will be enshrined for future generations” and alternatively “Where they all played together as children . . . the village heroes will now honoured and remembered by future generations”.
4. The name of Sapper L. Potts was added at a ceremony on 25th February 2007. He was born in Kibblesworth and killed on the Somme on July 31st 1916, aged 27, serving with 174th Tunnelling Regiment of the Royal Engineers.
2. The memorial is based on one erected on Sword Beach, Normandy, modified to suit local requirements.
3. The Millennium Community Centre was once the school. Posters say “Back in the old schoolyard. Where they played as youngsters the memory of their sacrifice will be enshrined for future generations” and alternatively “Where they all played together as children . . . the village heroes will now honoured and remembered by future generations”.
4. The name of Sapper L. Potts was added at a ceremony on 25th February 2007. He was born in Kibblesworth and killed on the Somme on July 31st 1916, aged 27, serving with 174th Tunnelling Regiment of the Royal Engineers.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos taken at unveiling: photo of updated memorial: Dorothy Hall
Unveiling programme; photos of memorial on Sword beach; leaflet advertising the unveiling; drawing of the original proposed design.
Kibblesworth Remembers: a commemoration booklet containing photographs and other information on the restoration and dedication of the cross.
Evening Chronicle 17/02/2007 reports the story of how Luke Potts name was added afterwards.
Source of quotation
“We will remember them” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon
Unveiling programme; photos of memorial on Sword beach; leaflet advertising the unveiling; drawing of the original proposed design.
Kibblesworth Remembers: a commemoration booklet containing photographs and other information on the restoration and dedication of the cross.
Evening Chronicle 17/02/2007 reports the story of how Luke Potts name was added afterwards.
Source of quotation
“We will remember them” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon
External web link
Research acknowledgements
The late Gordon Hunter (Friends of Kibblesworth War Memorial); Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
The names on Kibblesworth Memorial (K23.02) have been researched by Steve Davidson
Contact: sommecat@yahoo.co.uk
Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Gulf 1991 Millennium Centre (K23.02)
KIBBLESWORTH In grounds of Millennium Centre.
We salute with pride
and remember
with love and gratitude
the bravery and sacrifice
of the young people of
KIBBLESWORTH
who served their country in wartime
and died on active service.
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1914-1918 1939-1945
Pte. E. Armstrong Tpr. J. Cavender
Pte. J. Clark Spr. W. Copeland
Cpl. T. Guy Sig. L.G. Madden
Pte. J. Kelley L.Cpl. J. Pratt
Pte. E. McCarton Gnr. J. Rodham
Pte. W. Middleton LAC A. Richardson
Pte. T. Mitchenson Gnr. G. Richardson
Pte. R. Rowell Sgt. R. Rowell
Pte. J. Shields Spr. T. Ward
Pte. W. Smith Gnr. J. Wilkinson
Gnr. A. Young Pte. A. Wilkinson
Spr. L. Potts
1991 Gulf War
Fus. P. Atkinson
We will remember them
NamesK23.02
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