Memorial

Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Korea Cemetery

Wheatley Hill

Memorial Name: Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Korea Cemetery (W114.06)

NEWMP Ref No.: W114.06

Parish: Wheatley Hill

Original Location:

Cemetery, Woodlands Road DH6 3LN between the west wall of the cemetery chapel and Cemetery Road, near the junction of Shakespeare Street.

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
c. Korea

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Rededicated 22nd May 2005. Plaques unveiled by Mr. Jack Hill Snr, President Wheatley Hill Branch of RBL; Dedicated by Fr. Martin Vazey and Fr. Gary Dickson.

Materials Used:

Granite?

Who Commissioned:

War Memorial Committee

How Money was Raised:

Public subscription.

Present Condition: Restored 2005

Inscription:

In / memory of / those of this village / who died in the Great War / 1914-1918
also / 1939-1945
At end of left hand wing:
In Glorious / Remembrance./ To the everlasting / memory of those / associated with / this village, who / gave their lives as / the ultimate sacrifice, / whilst in the active / service of our country, at the time of war.
At end of right hand wing
1st World War / (Names). / At the / going down of / the sun, and / in the morning / we will / remember them.

Memorial Description:

Cross on a tapered pedestal. This stands on a square rough stone base. On the front of the cross is carved a sword in half relief.
The whole sits in a square of granite chippings inside a low kerb. The small wing walls which stood on either side at the rear have been replaced by larger ones tapered slightly so as to slope. The dedication is on the tapering pedestal, incised and coloured black, using sans serif lettering. The names are in three columns on the two wings, the lettering incised and blackened using elongated Roman capitals. On the extreme ends of the wings are (left) a dedication and (right) four further names from 1914-18 and the Invocation.

Names:

a. 185 surnames and initials, plus 4 added at the side.
b. 39 surnames and initials.
c. 1 surname and initial.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. Since the rededication, further additions have been added on the ends of the wings.

External Links:

Historic England Listing

Sources:

Photos: Janet Brown; Dorothy Hall; James Pasby

The Employees and Residents of Thornley, Ludworth and Wheatley Hill. Their contribution in the Great War 1914-1918 Fred Bromilow and Owen Rowland. Wheatley Hill History Club, 2006.

The Employees and Residents of Thornley, Ludworth and Wheatley Hill. Their contribution in the Second World War 1939-1945. Fred Bromilow, Owen Rowland. Tom Tunney Jnr. Wheatley Hill History Club, 2008

Source of quotation
“We will remember them” from “For the Fallen” (Lawrence Binyon)

Research Acknowledgements:

Janet Brown; Dorothy Hall; Margaret Hedley

Research In Progress:

Wheatley Hill History Club have researched the names on this memorial. See book details above.

If you know more about this memorial, please send the details to NEWMP.

Names Documents:

WHEATLEY HILL   Cemetery,

 

On base of cross

  

  In

  memory of

  those of this village

  who died in the Great War

  1914-1918

  also

  1939-1945

——————————————

On plaque in front of cross

  

  “When you go home, tell them of US

   and say -for your tomorrows,

   WE GAVE OUR TODAY. “

——————————————

Left panel                                      

  

                  1st World War                                   

  Adams J.        Coldwell T.    Harbron I.      

  Adams F.        Corner S.      Harbron R.      

  Alderson G.     Cowie Jas.     Hardwick R.     

  Allen E.        Cowie J.       Harker T.       

  Allison T.      Cowie J.       Harper H.       

  Amos G.         Cowie R.       Harper J.       

  Amos J.R.       Coxford H.J.   Harper Jos.     

  Anderson J.     Craggs J.      Harriman J.     

  Anderson R.     Craggs M.      Hartley J.      

  Armstrong L.    Crick C.       Hastings S.     

  Armstrong T.    Croft J.       Hepple H.       

  Armstrong W.    Crosby J.H.    Hewitson A.     

  Astle J.        Cummin M.      Hepworth T.     

  Atchison N.     Desborough C.  Hird F.         

  Atkinson G.     Dixon R.W.     Hodson H.       

  Barker T.       Dobson A.      Holden R.       

  Barnes J.W.     Dodds J.       Howarth J.W.    

  Bartley R.      Dodsworth J.   Hughes P.       

  Bassett A.E.    Dove A.W.      Huggins J.W.    

  Battye W.       Dowson A.      Hull G.         

  Bean W.         Durkin J.P.    Humes W.        

  Bell T.         Durkin M.      Hunter W.       

  Best J.         Elliott J.     Hutchinson J.   

  Bolam T.        Elliott R.     Ingleby J.H.    

  Bond J.         Fairhurst M.   Jackson J.      

  Brain J.        Fairless R.    Jackson R.      

  Brazier J.      Fenney W.      Johnson H.      

  Bricklebank T.  Fleeman W.     Jones E.        

  Broomfield J.H. Fleming W.     Jones G.        

  Brough A.       Gilling J.     Kearsley T.     

  Brown B.        Gradon W.      Kelly J.        

  Burnip J.       Graham G.      Kent G.H.       

  Calvert J.      Green H.       Lamb D.W.       

  Carling J.      Greenwood W.P. Lambert A.      

  Carr R.         Griffiths H.   Laws R.         

  Chapman H.      Hagan D.       Lawson J.       

  Chaytor C.A.    Hall J.T.      Learoyde T.W.   

  Clement J.G.    Hamilton W.    Lewins R.       

——————————————

Right panel

  

  Lloyd W.        Sinclair W.    Brown G.A.

  Loveless J.     Smithson S.    Brown W.

  Luke G.W.       Snaith T.W.    Browne G.A.

  Luke W.         Soulsby R.     Burnside J.

  Mathison T.S.H. Spence H.      Carr F.

  McKeand J.G.    Spink E.       Chaytor T.

  Millburn F.     Stubbs W.      Eddy W.

  Milligan T.     Terring J.H.   English W.

  Minns T.        Thompson J.    Fletcher E.

  Mole J.         Todd E.        Gibson G.

  Murphy M.       Todd G.        Grady M.

  Murphy T.       Trotter J.H.   Greener G.

  Murphy W.       Twidell G.     Greenwood J.

  Murray H.       Tyldsley G.    Hicks N.

  Muster H.       Venables A.W.  Howe J.

  Nesbitt T.      Walker F.      Humes W.

  Nicholson R.    Walker Rob.    Hutler J.

  O’Conner H.     Walker R.      Jones E.

  O’Connor J.     Walton I.      Jones J.

  Owens E.        Watson J.      King M.

  Park R.         White W.       Lee H.

  Peacock H.      Wick W.        Lonsdale J.

  Potts R.        Wightman T.W.  Lowther H.

  Poulson R.      Wilkinson J.   Moutford R.H.J.

  Poulson T.      Wilkinson L.   Perkins K.W.P.

  Poulson W.      Williamson A.  Robinson P.

  Powell W.       Wilson W.      Scott R.

  Prince R.       Wood W.        Simpson J.

  Pyle T.H.       Woodhead D.    Simpson J.C.

  Rankin J.C.     Woodward W.    Smith W.R.

  Reynolds L.     Young A.       Stogdale C.W.

  Robinson J.     Wylie C.       Walton L.

  Robson N.                      Worthington J.Young W.

  Rothery W.J.    2nd World War  Young W.

  Ruth R.         Atkinson G.A.  

  Rutter J.R.     Atkinson J.    Korean War

  Rutter R.W.     Bates F.       Williams K.

  Sayer E.        Beeton S.      

  Sinclair A.     Boulger K.

——————————————

Left side

  

  In Glorious

  Remembrance

  To the everlasting

  memory of those

  associated with

  this village, who

  gave their lives as

  the ultimate sacrifice

  whilst in the active

  service of our country

  at the time of war.

——————————————

Right side

  

  1st World War

  Durkin J.

  Trotter J.

  Turton J.

  Williams J.

 

  At the

  going down of

  the sun, and

  in the morning,

  we will

  remember them.

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