Memorial Details
Memorial
Roll of Honour 1914-18 Washington Colliery
Reference
W96.05
Place
WASHINGTON
Map ref
NZ 303574
Original Location
After 1931 Washington Colliery Welfare Hall and Institute, Spout Lane, Washington. (Demolished) 2015.NZ308573
Present Location
F Pit Museum, Albany Way, Washington. NE37
Which war
1914-18
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
Unveiled 26/03/1921 by J. Olds, Treasurer of the Lodge, assisted by Rev. A. Begg Vicar of Usworth. Rededicated and unveiled 14/04/2015, in its new location.
Memorial Description
Roll of Honour. Elaborate carved oak-framed memorial 10 feet 9 inches (3.27m) high x 6 feet 3 inches (1.90m) wide with pediment and classical side-pillars on a granite base. At centre top is a cartouche containing the words “For King and Country”. The words “Roll of Honour” are set on a scroll, divided by a DMA monogram, for “Durham Miners Association”.
The centre panel is of granite with gold lettering. The names are listed in three columns, the lettering handwritten in gilt using sans serif capitals. The dedication is in a mixture of Gothic and Roman capitals. The words “For Freedom’s cause” are carved into a stone lintel at the bottom using sans serif capitals which have been gilded.
The centre panel is of granite with gold lettering. The names are listed in three columns, the lettering handwritten in gilt using sans serif capitals. The dedication is in a mixture of Gothic and Roman capitals. The words “For Freedom’s cause” are carved into a stone lintel at the bottom using sans serif capitals which have been gilded.
Materials used
Oak and granite
Inscription
For King and Country. /Roll of Honour. / Dedicated to the memory / of those Washington Colliery Workmen / who made the supreme sacrifice. /1914. The Great War. 1919. /Washington Miners Lodge War Fund. /
For Freedom’s Cause.
For Freedom’s Cause.
Names
Who commissioned
Durham Miners Association.
Cost
£200
How money was raised
Usworth Colliery D. M. A.
Present condition
Excellent, Damage has been repaired.
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Made by the C.W.S. at Pelaw.
Ownership and maintenance
Washington Miners Lodge War Fund now Sunderland Council.
Notes
1. The Hall became a nightclub for a while.
2. The Northern Echo and Sunderland Echo reports says the name of the Treasurer who did the unveiling was ‘Olders’.
3. One report states that this was to commemorate the men from “F” Pit Lodge.
4. The Miners Hall has been redeveloped, as it was no longer in use. NEWMP was contacted asking about the location of the Memorial and agreement about the ownership.
5. Usworth Colliery was owned:
1845 - G. Elliott
1840s - J. Johansson & Sir George Elliott
1850s - George Elliott & Johasshon
1882 - John Bowes & Partners Ltd.
1900s - Johnasson, Gordon & Co. Ltd.
1910s - Leverson's Wallsend Collieries Ltd.
1940s - Washington Coal Co. Ltd.
1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
6. The Memorial has now been re-located in the 'F' Pit Museum in Washington. This will be open for 20 days a year for public viewing. (See below)
7. The Memorial was in safe keeping by Sunderland Borough Council for a few years, as the original building it was housed in, was threatened by vandals and arson attacks.
8. There was a carpet fund inaugurated to finance the Memorial, the ladies of the fund had organised this fund.
2. The Northern Echo and Sunderland Echo reports says the name of the Treasurer who did the unveiling was ‘Olders’.
3. One report states that this was to commemorate the men from “F” Pit Lodge.
4. The Miners Hall has been redeveloped, as it was no longer in use. NEWMP was contacted asking about the location of the Memorial and agreement about the ownership.
5. Usworth Colliery was owned:
1845 - G. Elliott
1840s - J. Johansson & Sir George Elliott
1850s - George Elliott & Johasshon
1882 - John Bowes & Partners Ltd.
1900s - Johnasson, Gordon & Co. Ltd.
1910s - Leverson's Wallsend Collieries Ltd.
1940s - Washington Coal Co. Ltd.
1947 - National Coal Board (N.C.B.)
6. The Memorial has now been re-located in the 'F' Pit Museum in Washington. This will be open for 20 days a year for public viewing. (See below)
7. The Memorial was in safe keeping by Sunderland Borough Council for a few years, as the original building it was housed in, was threatened by vandals and arson attacks.
8. There was a carpet fund inaugurated to finance the Memorial, the ladies of the fund had organised this fund.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: Simon Raine; James Pasby
Sunderland Echo 28/3/1921 reports unveiling. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 2/4/1921 p.10 reports unveiling.
Northern Echo 28/3/1921 reports unveiling.
Sunderland Echo 14/04/2015 reports unveiling and re-dedication.
Source of quotation
"For Freedom’s Cause." Not ascertained
Sunderland Echo 28/3/1921 reports unveiling. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle 2/4/1921 p.10 reports unveiling.
Northern Echo 28/3/1921 reports unveiling.
Sunderland Echo 14/04/2015 reports unveiling and re-dedication.
Source of quotation
"For Freedom’s Cause." Not ascertained
External web link
Links to Source Material :
Additional Notes
Opening times for the Washington F Pit, contact Sunderland Museum on 0191 561 2323 or email museums@sunderland.gov.uk or www.sunderland.gov.uk/seeit-doit
Research acknowledgements
The late Bill Craddock; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; James Pasby; Dorothy Hall; Cllr J. Kelly
Research In Progress
Wessington U3A War Memorials Group (in Washington) has fairly extensive details of the WW1 men on Usworth, Washington Village and Harraton memorials. There are files of their information in libraries at Shiney Row, Washington, Sunderland, Newcastle, Gateshead, Birtley, Durham Record Office and Tyne Wear Archives Blandford Street Newcastle. There are also files of information about life and events in Harraton Parish during WW1 in the same places
DVDs can be watched through youtube
Washington men in the Great War – Wad thou gan?
Washington Men at The Somme
From Washington to Wipers and Warlencourt
The Wear at War
Washington in the Great War – Whisht Lads, a book by Peter Welsh £3 (from the author) published by Pen & Sword 2014 ISBN 978 1 78346 385 6
Contact: petewelshgettysburg@btinternet.com
Roll of Honour 1914-18 Washington Colliery (W96.05)
WASHINGTON Miner's Hall Pub, Spout Lane.
For King and Country
Roll of Honour.
D.M.A.
Dedicated to the memory
of those Washington Colliery Workmen
who made the supreme sacrifice.
Joseph Affleck Joseph Haydock Benjamin Miller
John Askew Thomas Hall Patrick Murphy
John Allsopp William Hedley John McGivern
Joseph Ball Samuel Holbrook Edward McDermott
Charles Ball George Huddart Thomas Penaluna
Chas.W. Baister Mathew Harding John R. Pittilla
Stephen Besford James Hepplewhite Alfred J. Robson
Alfred Braban Arthur J. Hornsby Ralph Saint
Walter Brown Ralph J. Hopson John Storey
John Chaters Robert N. Jobson Ernest Seed
Thomas Cowel John Johnston Henry Simpson
Alfred Dodds William Knox Joseph Spence
Valentine Dixon Austin King Jonas Stead
Peter Dunn William Lambton J.W.B. Stokoe
Frank Embleton Michael Lloyd Jas.W.R. Stephenson
Turner Ellison John Lennox Edward Thompson
Isaac Ellwood George Lowrie Robert Thompson
John Ellison William Marley Robert Taylor
Joseph Forster William J. Marley Benjamin White
William Graham William Mason Thomas Wiseman
Edward Hall Robert Mason John A. Young
Frederick Morgan
1914 The Great War. 1919
Washington Miners Lodge War Fund
For Freedom’s Cause
NamesW96.05
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