Memorial

Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Village green

Greenhead

Memorial Name: Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Village green (G27.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: G27.01

Parish: Greenhead

Original Location:

Village Green

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

a. Unveiled 13th November 1920 by Col. Riddell, C.M.G., D.S.O.

Materials Used:

Grey Portland stone; sandstone base.

How Money was Raised:

Public subscription

Ownership and Maintenance: At the unveiling, “On behalf of the parishioners, Mr. Jos. Taylor asked the vicar and churchwardens to accept responsibility for the safety of the memorial and Canon Anderton, in accepting, said that he hoped they would never forget the men who had given their lives."

Inscription:

a.
To the immortal memory of the
men from this parish
who fell in the Great War 1914-1919
in the service of their
King and Country.

b.
1939-1945

Memorial Description:

Runic cross.

This is approx. 20 feet high (6.1m) on tall slender tapering shaft with boss at the crossing.

It is on a stepped sandstone base 117 inches x 117 inches (298cms x 298cms).

The dedication for 1914-18 is in a sunken panel on the front, with the names in a single column on each of the two sides.

All lettering is incised and blackened using Roman capitals throughout.

The names for 1939-1945 are on the front of the step on a raked stone.

Names:

a. 19 names, ranks and regiments.
b. 9 names, ranks and regiments.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. A project was started in 2002 to research all the men listed on the cross who were killed in 1939-45 and produce a booklet.

2. On a visit to Greenhead in 2023 there was a Parish Council Meeting Notice when one of the items were repairs to the War Memorial. The panels are hardly readable.

External Links:

Historic England Listing

Sources:

Photos: P. Thirkell; Tony Harding; Dorothy Hall

Hexham Weekly News
19/11/1920 reports unveiling

Illustrated Chronicle
16/11/1920 carries photo of unveiling

Newcastle Daily Journal
15/11/1920 reports unveiling
07/10/2002 reports launch of project

Northern Echo
15/11/1920 reports unveiling

 

Sources Link: Illustrated Chronicle 11 16 Tue -1920
Sources Link: Northern Echo 11 15 Mon -1920

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Philip Thirkell;
Michael Newrick;
Janet Brown;
Dorothy Hall
Colin Cresswell

Research In Progress:

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Names Documents:

 

   

GREENHEAD Village Green

  

Front

   To the immortal memory of the    

   men from this parish             

   who fell in the Great War     

   1914-1919        

   in the service of their               

   King and Country.                

   

Side 1

   Capt. Clive Montagu Joicey              4th N.F.             

   Sergt. John William Pearson             4th N.F.             

   L/Cpl. John Bushby                      4th N.F.             

   L/Cpl. John George Hunter M.M.          17th Manc. Regt

   Pte. Robert Armstrong                   A.I.F.

   Pte. Albany Bell                        1st East Yorks Regt.

   Pte. William Carrick                    4th N.F.             

   Pte. John Graham                        4th East Yorks Regt. 

   Pte. James Arthur Hunter                8th D.L.I.           

   Pte. Edward Francis McClafferty D.C.M.  4th N.F.    

   

Side 2

   Pte. Thomas Routledge Mounsey           4th N.F.

   Pte. William Routledge                  58th C.I.

   Rfn. George Robson                      24th K.R.R.C.

   Pte. Tom Robson                         4th N.F.

   Pte. William Snowdon                    9th York. Regt.

   Pte. Thomas Smith                       5th West Riding Regt.

   Pte. John William Teasdale M.M.         75th C.I.

   Pte. George Herbert Whitehead           149th Bde. M.G.C.

   Rfn. Fred Earl Wilson                   16th K.R.R.C.

   Pte. Joseph George Irving               2nd Bat. M.G.C.

   

On step

   1939 – 1945 

   Sergt. Robert Armstrong                 R.A.F.             

   Sergt. Robert Arthur Heslop             R.A.F.         

   P/Officer John Harold Henderson         R.A.F.

   Pte. Maurice Herdman                    R.A.O.C.

   Pte. John Fredk. Mounsey                Y. & L. Rgt.     

   Sgt.Pilot Woodrow Raine                 R.A.F.            

   Pte. William Lawrence Robson            Pnr.Cps.      

   Sergt. George Hector Sim                R.E.                

   Sergt. Leslie Alexander Sim             R.A.F.

NamesG27.01

 

 

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