Memorial

Cross 1914-18 All Saints’ Churchyard

Shildon

Memorial Name: Cross 1914-18 All Saints' Churchyard (S122.03)

NEWMP Ref No.: S122.03

Parish: Shildon

Original Location:

All Saints’ Churchyard

Present Location:

Opposite the N.E.R. Institute, Redworth Road, where it was rededicated on 10th November 2002.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled October 1920 by Archdeacon of Auckland, (Rev. Canon Derry).

Materials Used:

Heworth stone.

Cost:

£80

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Made by Lowe of Durham

Inscription:

To the glorious memory of
124 New Shildon men who laid down
their lives in the Great War
1914-1918.

“Blow out ye bugles over the rich dead!
There’s none of these so lonely and
poor of old
But dying has made us richer gifts
than gold”
“He that loseth his life shall find it –
unto life eternal”

Memorial Description:

Cross on tall slender tapering column 20 feet (6m) high .

It rests on a pedestal which is on two steps.

The dedication is on the front of the pedestal, the names are on the other three sides.

The lettering is incised using sans serif capitals.

Names:

131 names and ranks.
Plus a child aged 7.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The names were not put on when the memorial was unveiled and subsequently relatives were asked to contribute 7 shillings a name.

2. In All Saints’ Churchyard is a stone in the shape of a headstone which reads:
“The
War Memorial
commemorating
the dead of New Shildon
in
two World Wars
was originally sited here
and was moved to
Redworth Road
in the year
2002

3. The churchyard was extended in 1920 by 2 acres, and part of this was reserved for the site of the war memorial cross.

4. The completed memorial cross – presumably after the names had been added – was unveiled by Rev. P.W. Francis, M.A., Vicar of New Shildon, in November 1921.

5. A collection was taken at the unveiling as the total needed had not been reached.

6. One of the names is of Joseph Leng aged 7 who was “drowned while visiting his father in France”.
See his Every Name a Story entry

External Links:

Historic England Listing

Sources:

Photos: C. Sanders; Simon Raine; John and Mavis Dixon; James Pasby; photo of stone in churchyard telling of the move: Bob Dunn

Auckland and County Chronicle
07/10/1920 reports unveiling;
04/11/1920 reports final costs.

Darlington & Stockton Times (North)
09/10/1920 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo
15/03/1920 reports churchyard extension;
04/10/1920 reports unveiling;
12/11/1921 briefly reports unveiling of completed cross;
24/11/1998 gives the story of Joseph Leng;
16/10/2002 reports proposed relocation

The People’s History –Shildon and District
Tom Hutchinson carries a photo of the memorial in its original site.

Sources of quotations:
“Blow out, ye bugles . . . The Dead Rupert Brooke;
“He that loseth his life . . .” St. Matthew 10 v 39

Sources Link: Darlington and Stockton Times (North) 10 09 Sat -1920
Sources Link: Darlington and Stockton Times (North) 10 09 Sat -1920
Sources Link: Northern Echo 03 15 Mon -1920
Sources Link: Northern Echo 10 04 Mon -1920
Sources Link: Northern Echo 11 12 Sat -1921

Additional Research Documents

S122.03 Unveiling Programme 1920

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Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
John and Mavis Dixon;
Bob Dunn;
Dorothy Hall;
D.I. Mellor

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Names Documents:

SHILDON    In Cemetery.

 

 

Front:

  

  To the glorious memory of

  124 New Shildon men who laid down

  their lives in the Great War

  1914  –  1918.

 

  “Blow out ye bugles over the rich dead!

   There’s none of these so lonely and

   poor of old

   But dying has made us richer gifts

   than gold.”

  

  “He that loseth his life shall find it –

   unto life eternal.”

———————————————

On lower plinth

 

  Joseph Leng, aged 7 years, drowned whilst visiting his father in France.

———————————————

Right hand panel

 

         Capt. B. Bland        Flight Lieut. G.R.G. Smeddle

                        2nd Lieut S. Martindale

  Sgt.   F. Alderson    Sgt.   J.R.M. Bell      Sgt.   L. Butcher

  ”      W.R. Colling   ”      T.S. Fletcher    ”      G. Neal    

                        Sgt.   T.C. Middlemass  Sgt.   J. Pearson

  Cpl.   H. Bundy       Cpl.   T. Ingledew      Cpl.   H. Kitching

  ”      G.G. Pearson   ”      W. Ramage        ”      H. Storey

  ”      A. Sunter      ”      J.M. Watson      ”      J. Young

                        Cpl.   B.B. Smirthwaite

  L.Cpl. Z. Best        L.Cpl. G.W. Brown       L.Cpl. G. Howe

  ”      W. Lawson      ”      A. MacDowell     ”      R.H. Robinson

  ”      H.N. Stanwix   ”      W. Stewart       ”      J.W. Watson

  Sap.   J. Cockfield   Pte.   A.E. Akers       Pte.   T. Alderson

  AirMec J. Applegarth  Tmr    D. Armitage      ”      J. Atkinson

  Pte.   W. Atkinson    Pte.   R. Bainbridge    AirMec J.A. Banham

———————————————

Rear panel

 

  Pte.   T. Bellwood    Pte.   A. Blanchard     Pte.   R.W. Bollands

  ”      A.H. Bowe      ”      J. Brown         ”      Jos. Brown

  ”      M. Brown       ”      J.H. Burton      AB     W.K. Butcher

  Dvr    H.O.B. Carter  ”      G.W. Chapman     Pte.   T. Charlton

  Pte.   F. Claxton     ”      G.H. Claxton     ”      C.J. Clarke

  ”      A. Clitheroe   ”      M. Coates        ”      G. Cockfield

  ”      A.H. Cooper    ”      G. Crawford      ”      J. Cree

  ”      C. Davies      ”      E. Davies        ”      T. Dennison

  ”      S. Doran       AirMec G.R. Elliott     ”      J.R. Elliott

  ”      T.E. Emmerson  Pte.   W. Ewbank        ”      G. Fairbrass

  ”      W. Fletcher    ”      A. Graham        Gnr.   R. Grundy

  ”      H. Guy         ”      F. Hall          ”      G. Hall

  ”      W. Hancock     ”      A. Hardy         Pte.   A. Hartley

  Stkr.  G. Harwood     ”      H. Harwood       ”      E. Henderson

  Pte.   F. Hepples     ”      A.W. Hodgson     ”      A. Hopps

———————————————

Left hand panel

 

  Pte.   E. Hutchinson  Pnr.   A. Ireland       Pte.   E. Jenkinson

  ”      W. Johnston    Pte.   G.H. Liddle      ”      E. Longthorne

  ”      H.R. Lumley    ”      G. Magor         Stkr.  P. Matthews

  ”      A. Metcalfe    Pnr.   S.F. McKay       Pte.   I. Noddings

  ”      A. Parkin      Pte.   N. Parsley       ”      W. Pawson

  ”      J. Peacock     ”      J. Pearson       ”      C. Riley

  ”      Alf. Robinson  ”      Art Robinson     ”      A.E. Robson

  ”      J. Robson      ”      T.W. Robson      ”      A.E. Sambrook

  ”      T.E. Sayer     ”      T.E. Shafto      ”      W. Snowdon

  ”      E. Solomon     ”      H. Spensley      ”      T.A. Stanwix

  ”      H. Stephenson  AB     G. Sykes         ”      R.R. Taylor

  ”      E.M. Thompson  Dr.    J. Todd          ”      H. Trusler

  ”      S. Trusler     Pte.   L. Tully         ”      T.W. Vasey

  ”      J.H. Watson    ”      E. Wheatley      ”      T.W. Welburn

  ”      T.W. Wick      ”      R.H. Woodward    ”      J.W. Young

                        Sigl.  C. Rowntree      Pte.   G. Smith

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