Memorial

Lychgate 1914-18 1939-45 St. Cuthbert

Durham City

Memorial Name: Lychgate 1914-18 1939-45 St. Cuthbert (D47.038)

NEWMP Ref No.: D47.038

Parish: Durham City

Original Location:

St. Cuthbert’s Churchyard, North Road, Western Hill.

On east side facing the Old North Road.

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

a. Unveiled 20th July 1921 by Col. J.R. Ritson;
dedicated by Bishop Henson of Durham.

b. Rededicated November 6th 1988 by the Rev. Anthony Meakin, senior chaplain to the Bishop of Durham.

Materials Used:

Sandstone; wood; roof of Westmorland slates; floor of red tiles.

Cost:

£500

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Builders Annison and Co. of Whitburn
Designer – J.G. Burrell of Durham City

Ownership and Maintenance: St Cuthberts Parish Church

Inscription:

Left side: Centre panel:
To the
Glory of God
and with
grateful thanks
for all who served
in the armed forces
of our country
and in memory
of those
who died in
two world wars.

a. Right hand panel:
1914-1918

b. Left hand panel:
1939-1945

On gates:
Greater love             than to lay down
hath no man             his life for his friends

Memorial Description:

Lychgate, with sandstone base supporting wood panelled upper part and steep pitched tiled roof.

There are wood benches inside.

The gates have the quotation incised across both solid panels using Roman capitals.

Panels bearing the dedications and names are on both inner sides in gilt lettering.

Names:

a. 108 surnames and initials.
b. 28 surnames and initials.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. A more elaborate version was planned which would have cost £1,700, but this was scaled down.

2. The Durham County Advertiser speaks of 63 dead on one side and 600 who served on the other. See list of served below.

3. There was strong opposition to a memorial that was inside the church.

4. At the meeting where a decision to erect a lychgate was approved, an immediate collection raised £100.

5. The gate was restored, the names repainted, and the names from 1939-45 replaced those who served 1914-18. The restored lychgate was rededicated 6th November 1988.

6. A major refurbishment and renovation took place in November 2018. The cost of the renovation was paid by an anonymous donor.  The re dedication of the restored Lychgate took place on Sunday 4th March 2019.

Sources:

Photos: C. Sanders; James Pasby; Dorothy Hall

Auckland and County Chronicle
28/07/1921 reports unveiling.

Durham Chronicle
20/06/1919 reports proposals

Durham County Advertiser
18/03/1921 reports progress;
15/07/1921 reports progress;
22/07/1921 reports unveiling.

Illustrated Chronicle
21/07/1921 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo
21/07/1921 reports unveiling;
07/11/1988 reports restoration.

Stanley News
28/07/1921 reports unveiling.

The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
Ref: EP/Du.SC 127 List of those serving 1914-18
Ref: EP/Du.SC 128-129 Order of service for re-dedication of the lych gate and list of names of those serving in H.M. Forces during the War, 1939 – 1945, 6 November 1988

Durham City – pictures from the past, Michael F Richardson – ISBN 1 85983 504 X carries an old photo.

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

Sources Link: Northern Echo 07 15 Fri -1921
Sources Link: Northern Echo 07 21 Thu -1921
Sources Link: Illustrated Chronicle 07 21 Thu -1921

Additional Research Documents

D47.038 Served WW1 St Cuthbert Durham

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D47.038 Re-dedication 2019

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Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
John & Mavis Dixon;
James Pasby;
Dorothy Hall:
Fiona Collin:

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Names Documents:

 

DURHAM   St. Cuthbert’s Churchyard.  

  

Right hand side      

   

   1939-1945         To the               1914-1918

   J.S. Allan        Glory of God         J. Ainsley

   A. Anderson       and with             J. Ayre

   H. Bailey         grateful thanks      W. Baker

   M. Bowran         for all who served   R. Barrassford

   A.W. Cooke        in the armed forces  T. Barrassford

   W. Cummings       of our country       E. Barren

   F. Dryden         and in memory        C.D. Bell

   M.D. Duffy        of those             T. Beresford

   P. Grant          who died in          G. Bilton

   A. Henderson      two world wars.      T. Birkett

   G. Hopkins                             J. Blagdon

   G.J. Hopkins                           J. Bowes

   C.H. Hopper                            R. Bowes

   C.D. Lamb                              W. Bowes

   G.R. Marshall                          W. Braisher

   A. McBean                              H. Brown

   J. Myers                               R.P. Burrell

   J.G. Nicholls                          J. Butterfield

   A. Raine                               J.H. Churchman

   T. Richardson                          H. Clark

   W. Robinson                            A.G. Clement

   W. Rowe                                J.H. Coldwell

   P. Runciman                            W. Collins

   T.W. Salmon                            G.A. Cresswell

   H.F. Taylor                            W. Curry

   A.S. Telford                           D. Cussins

   F.W. Whitfield                         E. Cussins

   R. Younger                             W. Cussins

    

Left side

   

   1914-1918         1914-1918            1914-1918

   H.H. Davies       J. Kingsley          J.T. Runciman

   J. Davison        J.R. Know            W. Sayers

   R. Davison        J.R. Knox            D.B. Scott

   R.S. Davison      G. Liddle            T. Snaith

   G. Dobinson       T. Luke              T.E. Snaith

   C. Dobison        T.W. Luke            R. Straughair

   G. Dobison        M. Mann              E. Tait

   T. Exley          R. Matthews          P. Tait

   W. Flowers        T.H. McGregor        J. Taylor

   G.R. Forster      T.R. McGregor        A. Thomas

   I. Golightly      W. McGregor          W.D. Turnbull

   G.R. Greenwell    W.J. McIntosh        W. Underwood

   A. Hall           A. Moore             J. Wade

   S. Harvey         C. Moore             R.E. Whitelaw

   J.W. Heslop       R. Murdock           R. Wilkinson

   H. Hodgson        W.H. Myers           A. Wilson

   J. Hook           N. Newby             J. Wilson

   M. Hook           G. Parkin            R. Wilson

   A. Hope           G.A. Pickering       J. Woodcock

   W. Hudson         J. Powney            J.R. Woodcock

   L. Hudspeth       J. Pugh              G.R. Worthy

   J. Hughes         T. Ramshaw           W.G. Wright

   G. Huntington     W. Ramshaw           R. Young

   H. Inglis         J. Raven

   E. Johnson        E.F. Reid

   J.R. Johnson      T.W. Reid

   Js. Johnson       T. Robey

   Jn. Johnson       T. Robinson   

   

In The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office) is a list of full names Ref No. EP/Du.SC 128-129. 

   

First Column

   

   Joseph Ainsley

   Joseph Ayre

   William Baker

   Robert Barrasford

   Ernest Barren

   Thomas Beresford

   Thomas Birkett

   Joseph Blagdon

   William Bowes

   John Bowes

   Robert Bowes

   William Braisher

   Henry Brown

   John Butterfield

   Charles D. Bell

   George Bilton

   Thomas Barrasford

   Robert Peel Burrell

   William Curry

   David Cusson

   William Cusson

   Ernest Cusson

   Joseph H. Coldwell

   John H. Churchman

   George A. Cresswell

   Henry Clark

   William Collins

   Robert S. Davison

   H. Howard Davison

   George Dobinson

   John Davison

   George Dobinson

   Thomas Exley

   

Second Column                       Third Column

   George R. Forster                   Thomas E. Snaith

   William Flowers                     William Sayers

   Isaac Golight (sic)                 Douglas B. Scott

   George R. Greenwell                 Arthur Thomas

   Lionel Hudspeth                     Philip Tait

   Alfred Hall                         Edward Tait

   Stephen Harvey                      Joseph Taylor

   James Hook                          William D. Turnbull

   George Huntingdon                   William Underwood

   Michael Hook                        George R. Worthy

   William Hudson                      Robert E. Whitelaw

   Andrew Hope                         Robert Wilkinson

   Matthew Hann                        Joseph R. Woodcock

   John W. Heslop                      Albert Wilson

   Hugh Hodgson                        Robert Wilson

   John Hughes                         John Wilson

   Henry Inglis                        William G. Wright

   John Johnson                        John Wade

   Edward Johnson                      Robert Young

   James Johnson

   Joseph R. Johnson

   John R. Know

   Joseph Kinsley

   George Liddle

   Thomas W. Luke

   Walter H. Myers

   Richard Murdock

   Tom R. McGregor

   William J. McIntosh

   William Newby

   James Powney

   George Parkin

   John Pugh

   George A. Pickering

   Eustace F. Reid

   Thomas W. Reid

   Thomas Ramshaw

   Thomas Robinson

   James Raven

   John T. Runciman

   Thomas Robey

   Will Ramshaw

   Robert Straughair

NamesD47.38   

 

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