Memorial Details
Memorial
Monument 1914-18 1939-45 Village
Reference
N62.01
Place
NEW BRANCEPETH
Map ref
2241
Original Location
In front of village hall on north side of road past Rock terrace to the Brancepeth Estate.
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
a. Unveiled 6th July 1923 by Col. J.R. Ritson, O.B.E., dedicated by Rev. G.S.B. Meek.
Memorial Description
Square monument with round ornamented columns at each corner, 19 feet high. It is surmounted by a draped urn or “Egyptian vase” resting on a ribbed dome. Its base is 1 foot high x 6 feet square, the bottom step is 1 foot 7 inches high x 5 feet square, the top step is 2 feet 4 inches high x 4 feet 2 inches square. The main pedestal is 5 feet 3 inches high x 3 feet 9 inches square. The whole weighs nearly twenty tons.
The dedication for 1914-18 is on the front, names are in a single column on the front, left, right and back in letters incised and gilded using sans serif capitals throughout.
The dedication and names for 1939-45 are on the right side, with the names listed in two columns in black leaded raised sans serif capitals.
The dedication for 1914-18 is on the front, names are in a single column on the front, left, right and back in letters incised and gilded using sans serif capitals throughout.
The dedication and names for 1939-45 are on the right side, with the names listed in two columns in black leaded raised sans serif capitals.
Materials used
Red and grey granite.
Inscription
a. Erected to the memory of those who fell in the / Great War 1914-1918 / belonging to New Brancepeth.
b. Also in memory of those who fell in the / World War 1939-1945.
b. Also in memory of those who fell in the / World War 1939-1945.
Names
Who commissioned
War Memorial Committee.
Cost
£1,060
How money was raised
See Note 1 below.
Notes
1. “The monument had cost £1,060, and the financial position was not very favourable, for the reason that soon after it was decided upon, the colliery stopped and contributions stopped at the same time. They had, however, paid off £491.17s and they were obliged to borrow £308.3s., so that a sum of £800 was paid down. They were therefore in debt to the extent of £508.3s. The £491 represented the pennies kept off the men’s wages at the colliery office".
2. Thomas Hindmarsh listed on this War Memorial should be Thomas Hindmarch as per his military and family records.
2. Thomas Hindmarsh listed on this War Memorial should be Thomas Hindmarch as per his military and family records.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders; Eddie Castling; Dorothy Hall
Durham County Advertiser 13/07/1923
Northern Echo 09/07/1923 reports unveiling
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 14/07/1923 reports unveiling.
Durham Chronicle 26/06/1923 reports proposed unveiling.
Durham County Advertiser 13/07/1923
Northern Echo 09/07/1923 reports unveiling
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 14/07/1923 reports unveiling.
Durham Chronicle 26/06/1923 reports proposed unveiling.
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; C. Sanders; Eddie Castling; John and Mavis Dixon; Dorothy Hall
Research In Progress
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Monument 1914-18 1939-45 Village (N62.01)
NEW BRANCEPETH In front of village hall
First side
Aberdeen James
Ainscow George
Alderson Thomas
Atkinson Edward
Atkinson Joseph
Atkinson Percy
Atkinson Peter
Barren Robert
Bell John
Bell John James
Bone Melvine Summers
Bowes Watson
Bowman Henry
Bryson Stephen
Button Frederick
Chestney Robt William
Collins James
Crombie James
Cummings James
Dale Robert M.M.
Ferguson James
Fisher William
On lower pedestal
Erected to the memory of those who fell in the
Great War 1914-1918
belonging to New Brancepeth.
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Second side
Forrest Wilson
Fox James
Gaffney Peter
Gamble William
Garbutt Robert
Gill Herbert
Gray Joseph S.
Hargreaves Thomas
Hindmarsh Thomas
Hird William
Hodgson Philip
Holland Edward
Holliday George
Howe Richard
Johnson Edward
Kemp Matthew
Laurence Percy
Lewis Ernest
Liddle George
Liddle Reginald
Lindsay Thomas
Maddox John
Lower panel
Also in memory of those who fell in the
World War 1939-1945
Aberdeen John G. Kitching John
Bowden Henry Kidd Charles
Brown George Minto Dennis
Dodds Harry Peacey Edward
Dawson Thomas Ramm Robert
Ferguson Sidney Richardson Joseph
Gibson Thomas Ross John
Hutchinson Cyril Sinclair David
Hutchinson Thomas Sloan Joseph
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Third side Fourth side
Mahan Edward Simms William
Mason Matthew Stanley Smith James
Maxwell Thomas Smith John Henry
McGeever John Snaith Cuthbert
McRoy Charles Spraggon John
McRoy George Stephenson Robert
Nelson James Stewart William
Nelson John Stringer Frank
Oxley John Sutch Joseph
Park John Teale Edward
Pearcey James Teasdale Thomas
Pedwell George Tilley William
Proctor Elias Timmins George
Proctor James M.S. Todd Albert
Quinn Michael Trivett Samuel
Raine Edward Turner Alfred
Redshaw William Warrant Robert
Renton James Welsh John
Robinson R.H. Wharton Frederick
Russell Bert M.S. White Joseph
Sammon Owen Winter Joseph
Saxby Charles Wright Lawrence
Thompson William
Turner Thomas Thomson
Metcalf William
NamesN62.01
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