Memorial

Garden 1914-18 1939-45 Village

Burnhope

Memorial Name: Garden 1914-18 1939-45 Village (B153.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: B153.01

Parish: Burnhope

Original Location:

Northern end of village, on north side of Holmside Lane.

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
c. North West Frontier 1930

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

a. Unveiled 9th September 1920 by U.A. Ritson,
dedicated by Rev. W. Chapman, vicar

b. Unveiled 10th June 1950 by Lord Lawson of Beamish;
dedicated by Rev. Val Green, Vicar of Holmside Parish.

Materials Used:

Brick building, marble plaques, sandstone plaques.

Cost:

£1,340 19 shillings 4 pence

How Money was Raised:

Park donated by U.A. Ritson & Sons Ltd.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Designed by Cackett, Burns and Dick, Architects, Newcastle;
plaques made by Messrs Ayton of Blackhill;
Messrs. Lee and Dunn built the entrance to the park.

Inscription:

On building:

1919. To the Glorious Dead

On bird-bath:

To the glory of God.
Lest We Forget.
They shall grow not old.
A Garden of Remembrance.

Memorial Description:

Garden of Remembrance.

Brick building (?hand made colliery red brick) on concrete base has pitched tile roof with oak beams and two alcoves for seats on each side.

There is a wooden cross on the roof over the central archway leading to the park inscribed “1919. To the glorious dead”.

On the columns dividing the recesses are six plaques each 53 inches x 27 inches wide (134cms x 69cms) of white polished granite for 1914-18.

Lettering is incised and blackened.

On the rear inside wall are three more plaques each 41 inches high x  24 inches wide (104cms x 61cms) of sandstone for the 1939-45 War.

In front of the building is a formal garden with a central area covered in stone chippings.

In the middle is a bird-bath, the base of which is inscribed on all four faces.

Names:

a. 78 names and regiments
b. 19 names and regiments
c. 1 name and regiment.
See transcript

Notes:

1. The names on each plaque are in alphabetical order but the plaques themselves are not in sequence from left to right. The sequence is 2, 7, 3, 9, 1, 6, 8, 4, 5.

2. At the unveiling, Mr. Ritson was presented with a handsome walking stick.

3. A visit in 2006 showed that the area had been repaved, some metal fencing erected and a pit tub removed.

4. In 2016 a grant of £2,950 was awarded by War Memorials Trust towards restoration work.

5. The War Memorial was re-dedicated on the 10th November 2017 at 2 pm.

6. The Memorial is based on a common design of French Farms of the 1914-18 period.

7.  The wooden seats within the alcoves have been replaced by metal seats.

8. The name of A. Moffatt, R.S., was added in 2017.

External Links:

Heritage England Listing

Sources:

Photos: Simon Raine; John and Mavis Dixon, C. Sanders; Dorothy Hall; James Pasby

Blaydon Courier
11/09/1920 reports unveiling.

Consett Guardian
10/09/1920 reports opening.

Illustrated Chronicle
06/09/1920 reports unveiling;

Newcastle Daily Chronicle
06/09/1920 reports opening of the park and dedication of the memorial.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
05/06/1920 page 11;
11/09/1920 reports official opening.

Northern Echo
6/09/1920 reports unveiling.

North Mail
06/09/1920 reports unveiling.

Stanley News
06/10/1921 carries photo of memorial.

Beamish Museum
copy of Programme of Unveiling of 1939-45 names and rededication in 1950.

Burnhope Our War Heritage – Who were our War Heroes Friends of Burnhope War Memorial 2018

Sources of quotations :
“Lest we forget” Recessional Rudyard Kipling;
“They shall grow not old” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon

Sources Link: Consett Guardian 09 10 Fri -1920
Sources Link: Northern Echo 09 06 Mon -1920

Additional Research Documents

B153.01 Rededication Service 2017

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Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
John & Mavis Dixon;
C. Sanders;
Dorothy Hall;
War Memorials Trust

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Names Documents:

BURNHOPE   Northern end of village

  

Below cross on roof

  

  1919  

———————————–

On building:

  

  To the glorious dead

———————————–

On bird-bath:  

  

  To the

  glory

  of God

  

  Lest

  We

  Forget

  

  They shall not

  grow old

  

  A Garden

  of

  Remembrance.

———————————–

Panel 1

  

  Roll of Honour

  Armstrong, R.    R.A.M.C.

  Bell, F.         D.L.I.

  Burgess, W.H.L.  Scot. Rif.

  Cummings, N.     K.O.Y.L.I.

  Christelow, M.   D.L.I.

  Clarkson, E.H.   R.E.

  Corker, S.       D.L.I.

  Clough, J.       D.L.I.

  Coates, A.       D.L.I.

  Dixon, T.        N.F.

  Dixon, L.        Lincolns.

  Dobson, S.       D.L.I.

  Elliott, E.      D.L.I.

  Eggleton, Jas.   R.E.

  Edgar, G.O.      Yorks.

  Elliott, C.      Tyne Irish

———————————–

Panel 2

  

  Roll of Honour

  Elliott, W.      R.E.

  Farbridge, R.    H.M.S. Marlborough

  Graham, G.       K.O.Y.L.I.

  Geddes, T.W.     R.N.D.

  Graver, A.       Worcesters.

  Hobbs, R.        D.L.I.

  Hodgson, J.      D.L.I.

  Heslop, M.       W. Yorks.

  Hughes, J.S.     D.L.I.

  Hall, W.         R.N.D.

  Johnson, C.      R.F.A.

  Moffatt, A.      R.S.

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Panel 3

  

  Roll of Honour

  Ledger, M.       Hussars

  Ledger, R.       R.N.D.

  Marsh, G.        Yorks.

  Moss, F.         W. Yorks

  Mordue, J.       D.L.I.

  Morrison, S.     R.N.D.

  Mounsey, J.      N.F.

  Murray, W.       W. Yorks.

  McNeil, T.       Tyne.Scots.

  Morrison, A.     D.L.I.

  McHatton, J.     N.F.

  Craighill, A.    D.L.I.

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Panel 4

  

  Roll of Honour

  McDonald, J.     Tyne.Scots.

  McDonald, T.     K.O.Y.L.I.

  O’Brien, W.      D.L.I.

  Petrie, J.W.     N.F.

  Pooley, S.       D.L.I.

  Pratt, S.        Innisk. Fus.

  Proctor, T.      R.N.D.

  Plummer, H.      R.E.

  Perry, E.        N.F.

  Robinson, B.     D.L.I.

  Robinson, T.     D.L.I.

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Panel 5

  

  Roll of Honour

  Rudd, N.         D.L.I.

  Ridley, R.       D.L.I.

  Rutherford, B.   E. Yorks

  Robinson, J.     8th D.L.I.

  Scott, N.        D.L.I.

  Salmon, W.       Leic. Rgt.

  Salmon, M.       W. Yorks

  Smith, E.        D.L.I.

  Scott, J.        D.L.I.

  Scott, W.        N.F.

  Sanderson, J.    A.S.C.

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Panel 6

  

  Roll of Honour

  Stoddart, J.     D.L.I.

  Smith, J.E.      R.F.A.

  Urwin, W.F.      D.L.I.

  Varey, F.        Hussars

  Wilson, J.       D.L.I.

  Wilson, J.       R.A.M.C.

  Wells, A.        D.L.I.

  Webster, G.      D.L.I.

  Weightman, M.    N.F.

  Walters, W.J.    R.E.

  Waugh, M.        H.M.S. Glatton

  Wake, T.         Tyne. Irish

  Whitney, J.      12th D.L.I.

  Waistell, W.     D.L.I.

  Walker, J.       N.F.

  Whitney, S.L.    8th D.L.I.

———————————–

Panel 7

  

  Roll of Honour

  Pte. N. Simms.

  North West Frontier

  of India   1930.

———————————–

Panel 8

  

  Roll of Honour

  1939 – 1945

  

  Barron, L.       R.A.

  Barron, R.       R.H.A.

  Bennett, J.      R.N.

  Cann, A.         R.E.

  Close, L.        R.A.F.

  Clarkson, O.     R.N.

  Gilroy, W.       R.A.F.C.

  Halpin, J.       G.H.

  Hilland. J.      R.A.F.

  Jose, S.         R.A.

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Panel 9

  

  Roll of Honour

  1939 – 1945

  Ogden, G.        R.F.A.

  Robson, T.       P.C.

  Robson, T.       D.L.I.

  Smith, J.W.      D.L.I.

  Stewart, A.S.    W.A.A.F.

  Stephenson, R.   D.L.I.

  Stephenson, H.   W.G.

  Turner, J.       R.E.

  Willis, R.       R.N.

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