Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Comrades Club

Evenwood

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Comrades Club (E69.02)

NEWMP Ref No.: E69.02

Parish: Evenwood

Original Location:

Comrades Club (Demolished)

Present Location:

St. Paul’s Church, Chapel Street, Evenwood, Bishop Auckland DL14 9QY

In the nave.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled November 1921 by J. Lowson, an ex-soldier.

Materials Used:

Bronze plaque on oak pattress.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

H.B. Sale Ltd., B/ham.

Inscription:

Comrades of the Great War/ In Memoriam

Memorial Description:

Plaque 27 inches high x 24 inches wide (69cms x 61cms).

It is shaped like a shield resting on an oak pattress 30 inches high x 26 inches wide (76cms x 66cms), which echoes the shape.

There is a raised pattern around the edge.

The names are listed in three columns.

Lettering is raised, the dedication in Roman capitals, the rest in sans serif capitals.

Names:

37 names, ranks and regiments.
See transcript.

External Links:

Men who served with the Yokshire Regiment

Sources:

Photos: C. Sanders; Simon Raine; Kevin Richardson

Auckland and County Chronicle
17/11/1921

Darlington & Stockton Times
19/11/1921 briefly reports unveiling.

The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101

The People’s History – Gaunless Valley, Tom Hutchinson
contains photos of the church after burning in 1907 and re-opening in 1909.

Sources Link: Darlington and Stockton Times (North) 11 19 Sat -1921

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
Dorothy Hall;
John and Mavis Dixon;
Kevin Richardson;
Yorkshire Regiment Remembrance

Research In Progress:

The names on the Evenwood WW 1 memorial have been researched by Kevin Richardson in his book Evenwood Remembers.

The names on the Evenwood WW 2 memorial have been researched by Kevin Richardson in his book Evenwood Remembers Once Again

Contact: knrichardson53@gmail.com

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Names Documents:

EVENWOOD    In St. Paul’s Church

Comrades of the Great War

In memoriam

  2/Lieut. T.W. Applegarth       Pvte.    J. Ellerker      Pvte.    J. Skelhorn

                D.L.I.                        D.L.I.                    D.L.I.

  L.Cpl.   J.W. Arkless          Gnr.     W. Gray          Pvte.    W. Snowball

                Lincs.Regt.                   R.F.A.                    D.L.I.

  Spr.     A.K. Atkinson (M.M.)  Pvte.    J. Heseltine     Sgt.     T.W. Spence

                R.E.                          Y&L                       D.L.I.

  Pvte.    D. Baister           Pvte.    R. Heaviside     L/Cpl.   W. Storey

                D.L.I.                        D.L.I.                    Y&L

  A.B.     W. Carrick            Pvte.    J. Hewitt        Sgt.     E. Towers

                H.M.S. Ardent                 D.L.I.                    D.L.I.

  Cpl.     C.T. Cox              Pvte.    W. Howlett       Pvte.    J. Walling

                D.L.I.                        N.F.                      D.L.I.

  Pvte.    T. Davis              Pvte.    J. Hutchinson    L/Cpl.   J.W. Walton

                H.N.F.                        Manr.Regt.                York.

  Cpl.     H. Dixon              A.B.     A. Lynas         Pvte.    R. Wardle

                Border Regt.                  H.M.S. Ardent             D.L.I.

  Pvte.    C. Dowson             Pvte.    J. Maughan       Pvte.    R. Wilson

                R.Inn.Fus.                    D.L.I.                    6th Yorks

  Pvte.    T.H. Dunn             Pvte.    J. Maughan       A.B.     J.W. Wren

                D.L.I.                        D.L.I.                H.M.S.  Black Prince

                                 Pvte.    M.C. Middlemass

                                              D.L.I.

                                 Pvte.    J. Million

                                              D.L.I.

                                 Sgt.     G. Palmley

                                              D.L.I.

                                 Gnr.     F. Purvis

                                              R.G.A.

                                 Pvte.    J.H. Raine

                                              D.L.I.

                                 Pnr.     S.R. Rutter

                                              R.E.

                                 Sgt.     T.W. Simpson

                                              D.L.I.

NamesE69.02   

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