Memorial

Cenotaph 1914-18 1939-45 Green

Newfield Wear Valley

Memorial Name: Cenotaph 1914-18 1939-45 Green (N60.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: N60.01

Parish: Newfield Wear Valley

Original Location:

In centre of village green.

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

a. Unveiled 19th August 1922 by Mr. W.W. Storr of Middlesbrough, a director of Bolchow, Vaughan.

Materials Used:

Light grey granite

Who Commissioned:

War Memorial Committee, Chairman Mr. M.H. Watkin.

Cost:

£325

How Money was Raised:

The recreation ground was given by Bolchow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd., Colliery owners.
Money raised by public subscription.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Built by J. Lowes & Son of Durham

Inscription:

a. Front
1914-1918

Erected
in grateful remembrance of
the men whose names are inscribed
on this stone who gave their
lives in defence of their country
during the Great War
1914-1918
———————-
b. Rear
(Names)
Greater love hath no man than
this, that a man lay down his
life for his friends.

b.
1939-1945
(Names)

Memorial Description:

Cenotaph 10 feet (3.04m) high on two steps in railed enclosure, the base being 24 inches high x 66 inches square (608mm x 1.67m).

There is a laurel wreath in half relief near the top at the front and at the rear.

The dates are raised in half relief below this, and lower again is a sword in a wreath raised in half relief.

The dedication is on the front, the names from 1914-18 are on the back, those from 1939-45 are on the right.

The lettering is incised using sans serif capitals throughout.

Names:

a. 23 full names.
b. 3 full names.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. From the village, 170 men served.

2. The two last names must have been added later. Earlier photographs do not show them.

3. The firm of Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. had presented a field to be used as a recreation ground, which was formally opened by Mr. John Carroll, colliery under-manager and treasurer of the War Memorial Committee. It was on this field that the memorial had been erected. The villagers planted trees nearby.

4. “A neat programme with tasteful cover was issued, which is to form a permanent record of the event. In the programme is printed, in a black border, the names of the 21 fallen soldiers, after which follows a roll of honour, containing the names of 170 men who served with H.M. Forces”.

External Links:

Historic England Listing

Sources:

Photos: Simon Raine; James Pasby; old postcard: George Nairn; Cherry Stephenson

Auckland Chronicle
24/08/1922 reports unveiling.

Durham Chronicle
25/08/1922 reports unveiling.

Illustrated Chronicle
21/08/1922 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo
21/08/1922 reports unveiling.

Durham County Magazine
Summer 1994 page 47

Durham Record Office
Names on cenotaph 1914-18 1939-45 D/X 779/270

Source of quotation
“Greater love hath no man . . .” St. John 15 v 13

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
John and Mavis Dixon;
Neil Taylor;
C. Sanders;
Dorothy Hall;
James Pasby;
Cherry Stephenson

Research In Progress:

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Names Documents:

NEWFIELD    In centre of village green.

 

Front:

 1914-1918

 Erected

 in grateful remembrance of

 the men whose names are inscribed

 on this stone who gave their

 lives in defence of their country

 during the Great War

 1914-1918

 ———————————

Rear

 Henry Arkley

 Matthew Benson

 James Etherington

 Thomas Fairless

 Wilfred Foster

 Thomas Glendenning

 Thomas Gough

 Wilfred Harrison

 Henry Lightfoot Hetherington

 John George Newton

 Joseph Dixon Raine

 William Richardson

 Joseph Robinson

 Archibald Scott

 George Simpson

 John Harold Simpson

 Frank Smithson

 John Robert Steadman

 George Kitching Wayson

 George Wilson

 Thomas Young

 Matthew Elliott

 Thomas Pratt

 

 Greater love hath no man than

 this, that a man lay down his

 life for his friends.

———————————

Side

 1939-1945

 

 Albert Foster

 Vernon W. Kirk

 Sydney Suffield

———————————

 The Durham Chronicle and Auckland Gazette both add the name of

 James Benson to the list of fallen for 1914-18

———————————

 The Unveiling Programme for 1914-18 adds the names of two men who   

 died in 1914-18

  George Wilson

  Thomas Young

————————————————————–

The following list is on the Unveiling Programme

  Names of those who served in His Majesty’s

  Forced during the Great War, 1914-1918.

  John George Alderson    Peter Dunn

  Thomas Alderson         George Easton

  Henry Arkley            Arthur Henry Edgar

  John Armstrong          Charles Edgar

  John Barker             Jonathan Elliott

  Joseph Farrar Barker    Matthew Elliott

  John Thomas Bake        Matthew Elliott

  Samuel Beecroft         Thomas Elliott

  George Benson           Charles Ellis

  Matthew Benson          David Etherington

  John Bewley             James Etherington

  George Blair            Alfred Farrar

  William Blackburn       Ernest Farrar

  Edward Bowes ?Bewes     Charles Fairless

  Thomas Brannen          Joseph Fairless

  George Brewster         Thomas Fairless

  Joseph Brewster         William Foggin

  Frank Broderick         John Forsythe

  Ambrose Brumwell        Arthur Foster

  Cecil Brumwell          John Foster

  James Buckle            Jonathan Foster

  Frederick Carling       Wilfred Foster

  Robert Carling          Norman Franklin

  Henry Carr              John Gaines

  Albert E. Carter        John George Gardener

  Robert Clarke           Herbert Garforth

  Thomas Cockfield        Thomas Gavin

  John Coglan             John Robert Gelson

  Robert Ernest Coney     Thomas Glendenning

  Arthur Cook             Thomas Gough

  Charles Thompson Cook   John George Goundry

  Frederick A.V. Cook     Benjamin Graham

  George Spencer Cook     Ernest Graham

  John Watson Cook        Ralph Gray   

  John Wilson Cook        William Greenwood

  Amos Craggs             Reuben Grieveson

  John Crosson            George Hall

  Thomas Crosson          Sidney Hall

  Lambert Denham          Thomas Hall

  Henry Dobson            Thomas Handsome

  William Peary Dobson    Frederick Harrison

  Albert Dryden           Wilfred Harrison

  ———————————————

  William Little Hemsley  Ralph Robinson

  Alfred Henderson        Henry Robinson

  Ernest Henderson        William Robinson

  William Henderson       William Henry Robinson

  Henry L. Hetherington   Joseph Roddam

  Michael Hewitson        Peter Ryan

  Charles Hodgson         George Heron Sayers

  William Holland         James Schofield

  Thomas Hope             Archibald Scott

  John Hunt               George Wilfred Sharp

  Thomas Jennings         John Shields

  William Johnson         George Simpson

  Seth Jones              John Harold Simpson

  George Henry Kitchen    Joseph Simpson

  Percy Lambert           Thomas William Small

  Robert Liddle           David Lawrence Smith

  William Lonsdale        John Henry Smith

  Frederick Lowe          Luke William Smith

  Charles Mackrell        Frank Smithson

  George Marshall         John T. Snowball

  Patrick McGuire         Duncan Snowdon

  Peter McKernon          John Robert Steadman

  Arthur Medley           John Stephenson

  Christopher Meighan     William Stephenson

  James Meighan           John William Stevens

  Lawrence Meighan        George Storey

  Thomas Henry Metcalfe   John Thomas Todd

  Thomas Moody            Joseph Louis Topping  

  Fairless Nattrass       M. Trotter

  John Newton             John Calvert Watson

  John George Newton      George Kitchen Wayson

  Kendal Nixon            George Welford

  George Ord              John Wilkinson

  Walter Phillips         Rupert Henry Wilkinson

  Joseph Pounder          Robert Wilkinson

  James Raine             Edward Willis

  Joseph Raine            George Wilson

  Joseph Dixon Raine      George Wilson

  William Richardson      Thomas Wilson

  Richard Henry Rigby     George Wood

  George Robinson         Walter Wood

  John Robinson           George Wright

  Joseph Robinson         Thomas Young

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