Memorial

Monument 1914-18 1939-45 Village Hall

New Brancepeth

Memorial Name: Monument 1914-18 1939-45 Village Hall (N62.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: N62.01

Parish: New Brancepeth

Original Location:

In front of village hall on north side of road past Rock Terrace to the Brancepeth Estate.

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

a. Unveiled 6th July 1923 by Col. J.R. Ritson, O.B.E.,
dedicated by Rev. G.S.B. Meek.

Materials Used:

Red and grey granite.

Who Commissioned:

War Memorial Committee.

Cost:

£1,060

How Money was Raised:

See Note 1 below.

Inscription:

a.
(Names)
Erected to the memory of those who fell in the
Great War 1914-1918
belonging to New Brancepeth.

b.
Also in memory of those who fell in the
World War 1939-1945.
(Names)

Memorial Description:

Square monument with round ornamented columns at each corner, 19 feet high (5.8m).

It is surmounted by a draped urn or “Egyptian vase” resting on a ribbed dome.

Its base is 12 inches high x 72 inches square (30cms x 183cms), the bottom step is 19 inches high x 60 inches square (48cms x 152cms), the top step is 28 inches high x 50 inches square (71cms x 127cms).

The main pedestal is 63 inches high x 45 inches square (160cms x 114cms).

The whole weighs nearly twenty tons.

The dedication for 1914-18 is on the front, names are in a single column on all sides in letters incised and gilded sans serif capitals throughout.

The dedication and names for 1939-45 are on the right side, with the names listed in two columns in black leaded raised sans serif capitals.

Names:

a. 91 full names
b. 18 full names
See transcript.

Notes:

1. “The monument had cost £1,060, and the financial position was not very favourable, for the reason that soon after it was decided upon, the colliery stopped and contributions stopped at the same time. They had, however, paid off £491.17s and they were obliged to borrow £308.3s., so that a sum of £800 was paid down. They were therefore in debt to the extent of £508.3s. The £491 represented the pennies kept off the men’s wages at the colliery office”.

2. Thomas Hindmarsh listed on this War Memorial should be Thomas Hindmarch as per his military and family records.

External Links:

Historic England Listing

Sources:

Photos: C. Sanders; Eddie Castling; Dorothy Hall

Durham Chronicle
26/06/1923 reports proposed unveiling.

Durham County Advertiser
 13/07/1923

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
 14/07/1923 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo
09/07/1923 reports unveiling

Sources Link: Northern Echo 07 09 Mon -1923

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
Eddie Castling;
John and Mavis Dixon;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

NEW BRANCEPETH   In front of village hall

 

First side                  

  Aberdeen  James             

  Ainscow George             

  Alderson Thomas          

  Atkinson Edward          

  Atkinson Joseph             

  Atkinson Percy             

  Atkinson Peter             

  Barren Robert             

  Bell John             

  Bell John James             

  Bone Melvine Summers          

  Bowes Watson             

  Bowman Henry             

  Bryson Stephen             

  Button Frederick             

  Chestney Robt William          

  Collins James              

  Crombie James             

  Cummings James          

  Dale Robert M.M.          

  Ferguson James             

  Fisher William             

 

On lower pedestal

 

  Erected to the memory of those who fell in the   

  Great War 1914-1918           

  belonging to New Brancepeth.   

—————————————

Second side

 

  Forrest Wilson

  Fox James

  Gaffney Peter

  Gamble William    

  Garbutt Robert

  Gill Herbert

  Gray Joseph S.

  Hargreaves Thomas

  Hindmarsh Thomas

  Hird William

  Hodgson Philip    

  Holland Edward   

  Holliday George   

  Howe Richard

  Johnson Edward    

  Kemp Matthew  

  Laurence Percy

  Lewis Ernest    

  Liddle George         

  Liddle Reginald   

  Lindsay Thomas                

  Maddox John               

                

Lower panel

  Also in memory of those who fell in the                  

  World War 1939-1945                  

 

  Aberdeen John G.        Kitching John

  Bowden Henry            Kidd Charles

  Brown George            Minto Dennis

  Dodds Harry             Peacey Edward

  Dawson Thomas           Ramm Robert    

  Ferguson Sidney         Richardson Joseph

  Gibson Thomas           Ross John

  Hutchinson Cyril        Sinclair David

  Hutchinson Thomas       Sloan Joseph

—————————————

Third side              Fourth side

 

  Mahan Edward            Simms William

  Mason Matthew Stanley   Smith James

  Maxwell Thomas          Smith John Henry

  McGeever John           Snaith Cuthbert

  McRoy Charles           Spraggon John  

  McRoy George            Stephenson Robert

  Nelson James            Stewart William    

  Nelson John             Stringer Frank

  Oxley John              Sutch Joseph

  Park John               Teale Edward

  Pearcey James           Teasdale Thomas

  Pedwell George          Tilley William

  Proctor Elias           Timmins George   

  Proctor James M.S.      Todd Albert

  Quinn Michael           Trivett Samuel

  Raine Edward            Turner Alfred

  Redshaw William         Warrant Robert  

  Renton James            Welsh John

  Robinson R.H.           Wharton Frederick

  Russell Bert M.S.       White Joseph

  Sammon Owen             Winter Joseph

  Saxby Charles           Wright Lawrence   

 

                          Thompson William

                          Turner Thomas Thomson

                          Metcalf William     

NamesN62.01   

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