Memorial

Plaque 1914-18 Holy Trinity

Pelton

Memorial Name: Plaque 1914-18 Holy Trinity (P26.01)

NEWMP Ref No.: P26.01

Parish: Pelton

Original Location:

Holy Trinity Church, Church Road.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 6th February 1920 by Mr. J.W. Taylor, ex-M.P.,
dedicated by the Bishop of Durham.

Materials Used:

Light oak

Cost:

£81

How Money was Raised:

Collections taken at funerals over five years.

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

The Church Shop, Tanners Row, York.

Inscription:

Pray for the faithful
warriors who
gave their lives
in the Great War
for God, King and
Country.

For God, King and Country.

Memorial Description:

Plaque 84 inches high x 108 inches wide (2.36m x 2.74m)

It has seven panels with the central panel raised higher with ornamented top.

At centre top is a crown, underneath which is a shield on which is the “IHS” monogram, with the St. George’s ensign on the left and the Union flag on the right, both in full colour.

At the top of the central panel itself is a crucifix with the dedication on a scroll raised in half relief on either side.

At the extreme edges, and on the verticals dividing the panels, is a shield bearing a red cross while on the right is a shield bearing the arms of Durham, all raised in half relief.

Two sets of three panels on either side carry names in a single column on each, while the central panel carries names in two columns.

All lettering is in elaborate capitals.

Along the base is a shelf for flower vases.

Names:

200 full names
See transcript.

Notes:

1. There was a proposal to erect a Celtic-type cross in the middle of the village green. The cost was estimated at £300, of which only £17 had been raised.

2. Two further proposals were for a lych-gate at the church entrance, and a motorised ambulance which would cost £400. The ambulance was favoured. The colliery owners would be asked to provide a garage. However, the Colliery management had already decided to purchase an ambulance for the Collieries, and the parish scheme would therefore overlap. The Committee decided to opt for the lych-gate.

3. Returning soldiers were presented with silver medals.

4. The names of Robert and Henry Straughan, who were brothers, should be spelt Strachan (Mr. Jim Hall).

5. Care should be taken when reading this memorial. A single letter is sometimes omitted from the name, such as “Hnry” for “Henry” and “Jhn” for “John”, “Rlph” for “Ralph”, “Ths” for “Thomas”. The name Hutchinson is spelled Hutcinson, though it is not clear whether this is simply a mistake. Four names are split across two lines John Featherstone Dodds, Thomas Nicholas Lonsdale, John Penman Ridley Wilkinson and Johnson Hardcastle Wilson.

Sources:

Photos: Dorothy Hall; C. Sanders

Blaydon Courier
14/02/1920 reports unveiling.

Chester le Street Chronicle
06/12/1918 reports proposals for a Celtic-type cross;
28/11/1919 reports motor ambulance and lychgate proposals;
13/02/1920 reports unveiling.

Consett Guardian
13/02/1920 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Daily Chronicle
09/02/1920 page 9 reports unveiling

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
14/02/1920 reports unveiling.

Northern Echo
09/02/1920 reports unveiling.

Pelton Nairn and Rand, European Library.

Sources Link: Consett Guardian 02 13 Fri -1920
Sources Link: Northern Echo 02 09 Mon -1920

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Dorothy Hall;
C. Sanders;
Tony Harding;
Jim Hall (Consett);
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale

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Names Documents:

Centre top:

 

  Pray for the faith        in the Great War

  Ful warriors who          for God, King and

  gave their lives          Country

  

  For God, King and Country.

———————————————————

Column 1              Column 2               Column 3

 

  Philip Foster        Robert Slater Pye      Jack Cowan

  William Gent         William Bolam          Leonard Collins

  George Maxwell Hart  Thomas Grundy          Joseph Miller

  James Fish           William Bonney         John George Davidson

  Clive Leach          Swainston West         Garret Horner

  Alexander Stobbart   Joseph Southwick       James Griffin

  William Pears        David Arthur Hedley    William Hnry. Smith

  James Bentley        John Featherstone      James Owers Hall

  Henry Purvis         —-   Dodds           Thomas Welsh

  Joseph Fisher        Robert Wilson Jacques  John Penman –

  William Wilson       Thomas Neville             Ridley Wilkinson

  William Oliver       Thomas Bonney          James Wm. Forster

  George Tooley        William MacDonald      James Nesbitt

  William Smith        Michael Neville        Henry Nesbitt

  Charles Walls        George Richardson      Robert Lee

  Arthur Bracey        Thomas Nicholas        Jas.Wm. Middleton

  John Haddon          —-    Lonsdale       David Douglas

  John Emmerson        George Lumsden         Isaac Clark

  William Marshall     Anthony Dunbar         Tom Taylor

  Liddle Towers        Ralph Gradon           Thomas Gibson

  Thomas Shacklady     W. Fred. Marshall      James Sheldon

  John William Kirk    Jacob Martin           Rlph. Dawson Rendall

  Eric Hetherington    Joseph Paxton          John Carr

  George McCarthy      James Logan            Alfred Clasper

  George Rutherford    Thos. Gray Herron      Arthur Weatherill

  Samuel Thompson      Edward Malcomb         George Budd

  Arthur Strong        Robert Gedling         John Hubble

———————————————————

Column 5             Column 6

 

  Henry Smith          William Stephenson

  John Chas Speed      Robert Lennox

  Thomas Hewison       George Chapman

  John Thomas Tarn     Frederick Proctor

  Geo. William Riddle  Thomas Longstaff

  Albert Edwd. Downey  Thos.Willm. Michael  

  John William Smith   Geo. Alloysius Hunter

  Geo. William Brown   Robert Trotter

  George Richardson    Matthew Yorke

  William Gardner      James Miller

  George Barton        Thomas McDermott

  Stanley Stockburn    Geo. Alder Bradford

  Robson Turnbull      James Reed

  Thomas Dinning       Geo. Robin. Scruman

  James Dinning        Thomas Bewicke

  John Wardle          William Sheldrake

  Christopher Anderson Joseph Bird

———————————————————

Column 7               Column 8                 Column 9

  

  Robert Muncaster     George Robson          Joseph Lambert

  William Hogg         John Sands             John Joseph Stoker

  William Dixon        Jas.Willm. Sneller     Edward Goodwin

  William Dixon        Thomas Hutcinson       John Richardson

  Johnson Hardcastle   Frederick Clasper      Thomas Vickers

  —-    Wilson       Frederick Thompson     James Robson

  William Guire        Edd.Vincent McDermot   William Evans

  John Bland           Charles Curle          Edward Patterson

  Thomas Lowerson      George Donkin          William Gray

  Matthew Parker       Edward Young           Ernest Thompson

  William Howes        Thomas Walton          George Bromley

  Edward Hope          David Johnson          Jhn. Philip Harding

  Robert Straugahn     William Laverick       George Richardson

  Robert Thompson      Henry Sillett          Ths. Nicholas Lonsdale

  John Dobson          John Geo. Rundle       Albert Downey

  Robert Moffitt       Arthur Riddle          George Lumsden

  William Surtees      Henry Straughan        Thomas French

  Frederick Leighton   Henry Turnbull         William Wray

  Thomas Stobbs        Jacob Morton           Joseph Reed

  Robt. Farns Lawson   Arthur Lonsdale        Joseph Little

  Robert Batty         John Clasper           Thomas Dawson

  Sidney Oliver        William Curry          David Johnson

  John Skilcorn        Wm. Thompson Welsh     Jhn. Geo. Middlemas

  George Howey         Josph. Henry Pringle   John Dawson

  Ernest Kay           Hugh Ritson            Robert Dawson

  Patrick Errington    Moses McDermott        James Gray

  John George Gooch    Lionel Woodruff        Thomas Coulson

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