Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Colliery

Heworth

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Colliery (H92.04)

NEWMP Ref No.: H92.04

Parish: Heworth

Original Location:

Colliery, on front of new stone lamp-house.

Present Location:

Unknown

Building demolished.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 16th July 1922 by Lt.Col. Shakespear, C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O. of 13th NF.
Dedicated by Rev. Father Costello

Materials Used:

Bronze plaque in stone setting.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Erected by High Heworth Working Party

Memorial Description:

Plaque approx. 48 inches high (122cms) in stone classical setting approx. 96 inches high (244cms).

It had a pedimented top and flat fluted columns on each side.

In the pediment is a wreath raised in half relief.

On the plaque, the names are incised in three columns.

Names:

120 names and ranks.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. More men from the colliery had served in the 13th NF than in any other unit.

2. There were 2,033 men and boys at the colliery. There were 860 between the age of 18 and 40, and 788 joined the colours. The other 72 were all permanently unfit.

3. The two children in the photograph taken in 1962 are the son and daughter of Mrs. Philipson, now the Verger of St.Alban’s, Heworth.

4. The names on this transcript have been compared with the GENUKI website, and some discrepancies found. These are (our name list first, with GENUKI names in brackets:
Hedley Patrick Pte. (Bradley, Patrick Pte.);
Cue? James L/C. (Case, James L/C.);
Clark J.R. (A.B.) (Clark, R.H. (A.B.):
Greenhall M. Pte. (Greenhalf, M. Pte);
Harle Benjamin Corpl. (Hails, Benjamin Corpl.);
Homes John Pte. (Humes, John Pte.):
Lunard Adam Pte. (Lunam, Adam Pte.)

Sources:

Old photo taken after unveiling in 1922, and one of two children standing in front of the memorial.

Illustrated Chronicle
17/07/1922 reports unveiling with photos.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
22/07/1922 reports unveiling.

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
John and Mavis Dixon;
Mr. Reay, local historian;
Mrs. Philipson;
Anthea Lang;
Dorothy Hall;
Richard Jennings

Research In Progress:

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Names Documents:

Heworth Colliery

The layout of this memorial is not known.  

The photograph shows the names in three columns,

but is completely unreadable.

The names below have been extracted from a newspaper report.

—————————————————–

  Pte.   Joseph Adams         AB      William E. Knights   

  L/C    William Arnell       Pte.    William Laws           

  Pte.   James Ashcroft       Driver  John Liddle          

  Pte.   Thomas Ashcroft      Lieut.  J. Long              

  Pte.   J.E. Atkinson        Pte.    Adam Lunam                

  Pte.   T.P. Barker          Sapper  Joseph Marshall     

  Pte.   James Bell           Pte.    William Maughan        

  Pte.   James  Berry         Pte.    John McGuire            

  Pte.   R.T. Bickerdyke      Pte.    James A. Milling       

  Pte.   W.C. Blythman        Sapper  Robert Mitchell        

  Pte.   James Brannen        Pte.    A.D. Morrison         

  AB     T.B. Brown           Pte.    Andrew Mortimer       

  AB     Robert Brown         Pte.    R. Morton             

  Pte.   Thomas Bruce         Pte.    John Mulligan         

  AB     Frank Burn           Sergt.  J. Murphy           

  Pte.   Edward Burnham       Driver  George Musgrove      

  Pte.   Robert Carson        AB      Samuel Newsome          

  Sgt.   John Carter          Pte.    F. O’Neil             

  Pte.   John E. Carter       L/C     W. Potts               

  L/C    James Case           Pte.    James Purdy           

  AB     R.H. Clark           Pte.    James   Quinn           

  Pte.   Thomas A. Clough     AB      Jas. R. Robinson        

  AB     Ernest Coltman       Pte.    Edward Ritchie        

  Pte.   William Crawford     Pte.    Thomas Robinson       

  Pte.   Thos. Cuthbertson    Pte.    Martin Rogan          

  Pte.   F.A. Dixon           AB      J.T. Ross               

  Pte.   M.B. Dixon           Driver  T. Rowland          

  Pte.   Jas. C. Dorman       Gunner  Edward Saynor        

  Pte.   Frank Eales          AB      B.S. Scott              

  Pte.   Robert Elliott       L/C     J.R. Short             

  Pte.   Matthew Evans        Pte.    William Simpson

  Pte.   William L. Evans     Pte.    J.D. Spoors

  AB     John Fleming         Pte.    Thomas Stephenson

  Gunner Thomas Fleming       Smith   G.S. Stephenson

  Gunner Robert Foster        Gunner  John Story

  Pte.   George E. Freeman    Sergt.  J.T. Story

  Pte.   J.J. French          Pte.    J.T. Stott

  Corpl. Peter Gaffney        L/C     William Suggett

  Pte.   James Gooding        Pte.    John Sutherland

  Pte.   Richard Gofton       Pte.    William Taylor

  Driver John T. Graham       Pte.    Fred Thompson

  Pte.   Edward Grainger      Pte.    George Thompson

  Pte.   M. Greenhalf         Pte.    T. Thompson

  Pte.   Alfred Greenwell     AB      John Tinkler

  Pte.   Hilton Gustard       Pte.    J.W. Tippett

  Pte.   Thomas Gustard       Pte.    William Towers

  Pte.   Thomas Guy           Pte.    J.S. Usher

  Corpl. Benjamin Hails       Pte.    George Wardle

  Stoker Thomas Hall          L/Sergt.Thomas Wardle

  Pte.   Robert Hall          Pte.    William Wardle

  Pte.   Henry Heckels        Pte.    J.K. Watchman

  Pte.   Patrick Hedley       AB      F.F. Watson

  Pte.   N. Hindmarsh         Sapper  Robert West

  Pte.   Robert Holmes        Ldg.    Stoker  John Wilson

  AB     James W. Hopper      Pte.    J.R. Wilson

  AB     W.E. Hughes          Stoker  John Wilkinson

  Pte.   John Humes           L/C     John Winwood

  Pte.   J.G. Jewitt          Pte.    Andrew Wood

  Pte.   Thomas Keenam        Pte.    George Wood

  Pte.   Thomas Knight        Pte.    Thomas Wood

NamesH92.04

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