Memorial Details
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Memorial
Roll of Honour 1914-18 Institute
Reference
L75.01
Place
LITTLETOWN
Map ref
NZ
Original Location
Littletown Institute (Demolished)
Present Location
Unknown
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled March 1920 by Cllr. P. Lee, Chairman of the County Council
Memorial Description
Roll of honour in massive oak frame with gilt facings. “Inset are the symbolic figures of Faith and Victory above illustrated scroll work and within are the names of the soldiers of Littletown, the roll of glorious dead occupying a centre panel”.
Materials used
Paper behind glass
Names
Who commissioned
Littletown Soldiers Aid Fund
Notes
1. Of the 68 men from Littletown itself, 11 had died and 21 were wounded.
2. “Although their parish was a little one it had done as much and more than any parish in the land. £7,000 had been raised by 2,000 members of the War Savings Association, and when the call for men came, 250 men made a willing response”.
3. Cllr. P. Lee who unveiled the memorial was Peter Lee after whom the new town of Peterlee was named. He was elected Chairman of Durham County Council in 1919.
4. The Institute was for the miners.
2. “Although their parish was a little one it had done as much and more than any parish in the land. £7,000 had been raised by 2,000 members of the War Savings Association, and when the call for men came, 250 men made a willing response”.
3. Cllr. P. Lee who unveiled the memorial was Peter Lee after whom the new town of Peterlee was named. He was elected Chairman of Durham County Council in 1919.
4. The Institute was for the miners.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Durham County Advertiser March 1920 reports unveiling, from which extracts are quoted above.
Durham Chronicle 05/03/1920 reports unveiling.
Durham Chronicle 05/03/1920 reports unveiling.
External web link
Research acknowledgements
Reg Hornsby; C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale
Research In Progress
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Roll of Honour 1914-18 Institute (L75.01)
LITTLETOWN Institute
The layout of this memorial is unknown. The layout presented here is
suggested by the description in the Durham Advertiser, which stated that the
names of those who died were in the centre panel.
The accuracy of the names cannot be guaranteed, as they were taken from the
newspaper report and have not been compared with the original.
W. Adamson S. Last
S. Blunt J. Mechan
R. Bury J. Makepeace
W. Clarkson J. Cuthbertson F. Pretty (M.M.)
W.H. Charlesworth Jno. Cummings B. Paxton
J. Downes R. Draper J. Rose
M. Downes J. James W. Ralston
N. Downes G. James J. Stephenson
A. Foster L. Jenkins J. Simpson
J. Fisk A. Paxton G. Todd
T. Garthwaite J. Ramsey W. Todd
T. Gibbon J. Scott R. Teasdale
J. Gibson M. Silcox M. Thompson
T. Grainger G. Watson W. Wild (D.C.M.)
C. Hardwick G. Wild (M.M.)
R. Hamilton H. Wild
T. Hamilton A. Wild
H.R. Hornsby (M.C.) W. Wild
G.F. Hornsby J.L. Wild
F. Hornsby Hy. Wild
G. Hart J. Wild
C. Hutchinson J. Wild
W. James A. Wiles
J. Jenkins R. Wakenshaw
B. Jenkins J. Winn
B. Judd C. Wilks
Names L75.01
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Parish Notes
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