Memorial Details
Memorial
Cross All Wars Front Street
Reference
S113.02
Place
SACRISTON
Map ref
NZ240472
Original Location
Front Street, in front of the Community Hall.
Present Location
Resited outside the Fulforth centre in Front Street and rededicated 8th October 2010
Which war
All wars
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled ?9th July 1981; rededicated 8th October 2010 by Canon Caroline Black.
Memorial Description
Cross, 952 mm high, on a four-tier base, total height 1.644m. Small square site surrounded by kerbs. The dedication is carried on one side of the top three tiers of the base, the lettering incised using sans serif capitals.
The tiers measure as follows: 1st tier 901 mm long x 901 mm wide x 154 mm deep; 2nd tier 685 mm long x 685 mm wide x 204 mm deep; 3rd tier 533mm long x 533 mm wide x 196 mm deep; 4th tier 380 mm long x 380 mm wide x 138mm deep;
The tiers measure as follows: 1st tier 901 mm long x 901 mm wide x 154 mm deep; 2nd tier 685 mm long x 685 mm wide x 204 mm deep; 3rd tier 533mm long x 533 mm wide x 196 mm deep; 4th tier 380 mm long x 380 mm wide x 138mm deep;
Materials used
White Italian marble.
Inscription
memory of
those who gave their lives
in the service
of their country
so that we shall live.
They shall grow not old
as we that are left grow old.
We will remember them.
Names
None
Who commissioned
Local Branch of Royal British Legion
How money was raised
Public subscription; £12,000 for resiting from Warrior Trust; grant for repair from War Memorials Trust.
Present condition
Broken stones repaired and the memorial raised on steps before the rededication.
Notes
1. When resited, the cross was raised on a small pedestal.
2. Included in the pedestal was a poem chosen through competition, and also printed on the Service of Rededication. Angela Kelly, a soldier, was the winner, who read her poem as part of the service.
3. The memorial was resited because Warrior Developments wanted to build a 372 square metre food hall and car park on the site of the former hall. This formed part of a £200,000 “Heart of the Village” regeneration scheme towards which the firm donated £12,000.
4. The Fulforth Centre has been the focus of Durham County Council’s ‘Heart of the Village’ regeneration scheme.
2. Included in the pedestal was a poem chosen through competition, and also printed on the Service of Rededication. Angela Kelly, a soldier, was the winner, who read her poem as part of the service.
3. The memorial was resited because Warrior Developments wanted to build a 372 square metre food hall and car park on the site of the former hall. This formed part of a £200,000 “Heart of the Village” regeneration scheme towards which the firm donated £12,000.
4. The Fulforth Centre has been the focus of Durham County Council’s ‘Heart of the Village’ regeneration scheme.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Dorothy Hall; James Pasby
Durham Chronicle 10/07/1981 reports unveiling.
Chester-le-Street Advertiser 20/02/2010 reports proposals re public consultation; 16/10/2010 reports re-dedication after re-siting.
War Memorials Trust Ref. 3779
The Journal 16/10/2010 reports anger at proposal to move the memorial.
Northern Echo 14/05/2010 reports proposed relocation.
Source of quotation
“They shall grow not old . . .” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon
Durham Chronicle 10/07/1981 reports unveiling.
Chester-le-Street Advertiser 20/02/2010 reports proposals re public consultation; 16/10/2010 reports re-dedication after re-siting.
War Memorials Trust Ref. 3779
The Journal 16/10/2010 reports anger at proposal to move the memorial.
Northern Echo 14/05/2010 reports proposed relocation.
Source of quotation
“They shall grow not old . . .” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon
External web link
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Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; Dorothy Hall; James Pasby; C. Sanders
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