Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 Shire Hall

Durham City

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 1939-45 Shire Hall (D47.052)

NEWMP Ref No.: D47.052

Parish: Durham City

Original Location:

Shire Hall in Old Elvet, later University Buildings now a Hotel.

Present Location:

County Hall, on the north wall.

Which War:

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 10th November 1948 by County Councillor T. Benfold of Ferryhill, Chairman of Durham County Council.

Materials Used:

Light oak

Cost:

£197 1s. 9d.

Inscription:

In Memory of
the members of the staff of the
Durham County Council
who fell in the wars 1914-1918 and 1939-1945

Memorial Description:

Plaque.

In the top left and right corners is a County Shield with the dedication in gilt lettering between.

Names are in six sunken panels, in a single column on each panel.

Four panels to the left are for 1914-18, two to the right are for 1939-45, the dates being above the columns.

All lettering is in Roman capitals; the lettering for the dedication is gilded.

Names:

a. 126 full names
b. 57 full names
See transcript.

Notes:

1. This plaque replaced a brass plaque unveiled by Peter Lee on July 27th 1921, with the addition of the dead from 1939-45.

2. From the Durham County Council, 1,455 employees, including 421 police, joined the colours, and of these, 178 fell, including 52 police.

3. In April 1947, the Finance Committee was again asked to decide on a memorial. The Clerk reported that he had identified 58 members of staff who had died during the 1939-1945 war, and the County Architect was instructed to report on extending the existing memorial.

4. In October the Architect recommended that a new memorial should be constructed in polished wood with white enamel letters, and in April 1948 he reported that the tender of the North of England School Furnishing Co., of Darlington, for £197 1s 9d., had been accepted.

5. It would appear that the Architect’s idea of a polished wood memorial with enamel letters was replaced by the memorial which can be seen today. The new memorial was unveiled by the Chairman on 10 November 1948, and the newspaper reports of the unveiling refer to the 179 names, 57 of whom died in the Second World War.

6. When the County Council left Shire Hall and moved to County Hall in 1963, the memorial was placed in its present location outside the Council chamber.

Sources:

Photos: Simon Raine; Dorothy Hall

Northern Despatch
11/11/1948 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo
11/11/1948 carries photo.

North of England Open Air Museum,
Beamish Archives has a photo of 1948 unveiling

Sources Link: Northern Dispatch 11 11 Thu -1948

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
Dorothy Hall;
James Pasby;
North of England Open Air Museum, Beamish.

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Names Documents:

DURHAM   County Hall

 

    In Memory of

    The Members of the Staff of the

    Durham County Council

    who fell in the wars 1914-1918 and 1939-1945

    ——————————————————

    Column 1           Column 2            Column 3

    1914-1918          1914-1918           1914-1918          

    Francis Allen      Richard Corker      John H. Horne      

    Jos. Armstrong     Arthur H. Corner    John W. Huggins    

    William Arnett     A.B. Cosgrave       Richard Jameson    

    Jos. H Atkinson    Jacob Crabb         Robert Jones       

    Oswald C. Ash      George Crawford     Henry King         

    Jas. F.G. Ashworth Ralph Deighton      Jas. H. Lawson     

    Alf. J. Axtell     Hy. Drummond        K. Macdonald       

    John W. Barr       John Duke           George McPherson   

    John Barclay       John O. Elliott     Alex J. Metcalfe   

    John Barton        Ingrm. T. Elsdon    G.E. Middlemass    

    William Bates      Edward Fairless     Thomas Minks       

    Willm. H. Bayles   Thomas Ferguson     William R. Moody   

    N. Beardmore       J.C. Flavell        Harry Moore        

    Thomas H. Bell     Basil Ford          Gilbert Noon       

    Gordon Bower       Robt. W. Forster    A.E.L. Parker      

    W.H. Bradley       Wilson Forrest      E.F. Pattinson     

    Alfred L. Brock    I.T.T. Francis      H.T. Peadon        

    Christphr. Brown   J.B. Frankton       Thos. S. Pratt     

    Thomas Brown       M. Fullerton        Thos. P. Prudham   

    W.L.G. Brown       Matt. Gibson        Thos. B. Pyburn    

    William T. Brown   Robt. L. Groves     Robert Pybus       

    H.A. Buffham       Joseph Guy          A.L. Richardson    

    N.W. Chambers      T.R.S. Harrison     W.E. Richardson    

    Henry Chipchase    Walter S. Hedger    Oliver Richmond    

    Arthur Chester     John G. Heslop      Tyson Rigg         

    Percy Clark        William Heslop      Geo. S. Rivers     

    John G. Clark      A. Hetherington     A.W. Robertson     

    James E. Cook      John W. Hogan       T.N. Robinson      

    Percy Cook         Robert Hogg         John W. Robson     

    Arthur Coon        John Hook           Robert Robson      

    Saml. S. Collin    William D. Hoole    Robt. R. Robson    

    ——————————————————

    Column 4           Column 5            Column 6

    1914-1918          1939-1945           1939-1945

    John F. Rowell     Edward Alderson     Harry Mossop

    Hugh Rowell        Leslie Austin       J.L. Owen

    Michl. W. Rudd     Arthur Beresford    J.G. Parker

    Jas. J. Sanderson  John Blight         G.E. Peart

    Fred Seed          W.F. Bryce          D.G. Penman

    Stan. Shepherd     George Bolam        Arthur Quinn

    L. Shortridge      William Booth       J.W. Richardson

    John H. Sinclair   Edmund Byers        C.A. Riley

    Thomas H. Smith    J.B. Cairns         Stephen Robson

    Arthur E. Smith    Stanley Conlin      A.W. Rutledge

    Richd. R. Soulsby  J.W. Cook           R.P. Short

    T.W. Stanfield     G.W. Dodds          J.H. Spark

    Harry Stobbs       W.G. Dowson         Norman Stevens

    W.H. Stockdale     Robert Durham       F.W. Stanners

    Edwin Taylor       Geo. Eltringham     J.G. Tallentire

    Thos. H. Tiffin    William Gent        Thomas Timney

    W.H. Turnbull      Willm. Goldsborough Eric Watson

    Arthur Turner      H.I. Gordon         Jack Watson

    A.D.L. Vickers     P.J. Green          J.H. Wells

    Josh. P. Wake      C.R. Hall           A.W. Weston

    W.G.B. Walker      Stanley Howlett     George White

    Josh. M. Watson    Frank Kidd          W.O. White

    Sydy. Watson       Walter King         John Whitfield

    Ernest H. Waud     J.W. Kipling        Derek Williams

    Hawey S. Werry     R.W. Lawson         J.W. Wooff

    Edwd. R. Wilson    Dennis Lee          Maurice York

    Josh. K.C. Wood    Richard Longstaff

    William Wood       John Mason

    Charles Yearman    Eric Mawson

                       Daniel McDarby

                       J.K. Morrison   

NamesD47.052      

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