Memorial

Plaque Wearmouth Colliery 1914-18 Miners’ Hall

Southwick

Memorial Name: Plaque Wearmouth Colliery 1914-18 Miners' Hall (S130.10)

NEWMP Ref No.: S130.10

Parish: Southwick

Original Location:

Monkwearmouth Miners’ Hall, Roker Avenue

Present Location:

Wearmouth Welfare Ground, Thompson Road.

Just inside the grounds to the left of the entrance.

Moved several times. See Note 2 below.

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 18th March 1921 by J.E. Parrington

Materials Used:

Marble plaque on marble pattress on brick base.

How Money was Raised:

Given by the Directors of Wearmouth Colliery

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

Designed by Mr G.T. Brown

Inscription:

Pro Patria
Erected in memory of the miners of Wearmouth Colliery who
gave their lives for their country in the Great War 1914-19

Memorial Description:

Plaque 28 inches high x 57 inches wide (71cms x 145cms) on a base 34 inches high x 62 inches wide (86cms x 157cms).

The names are listed in five columns.

The lettering is incised and blackened using Roman capitals.

Names:

173 names, decorations and ranks.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. This memorial lay for some years on the grassy corner of a car park of Wearmouth Colliery Welfare Sports and Social Club near part of an old wall. The Welfare Ground was part of J.E. Parrington’s property which included his family home. The site of the Wearmouth Colliery is now a football stadium.

2. Originally placed in the Miners’ Union Hall, Roker Avenue, where it was at the back of the stage where meetings were held. British Coal built a new baths and offices complex, and the former building was sold by the NUM. The plaque was taken to the colliery and placed on the ground outside the colliery canteen. It was finally moved to its last location. Following the erection of the new memorial, S130.16, the old one disappeared, reputedly broken up and used in the foundations of the new.

3. There was a proposal to re-site it at the Stadium of Light football ground, but the Welfare Committee were firm in their decision that the Memorial should remain in its current location where it could be accessed by people who worked in the mines.

4. Following several years of requests for its repair from various sources, the memorial was considered to be beyond repair. An appeal was launched by Michael Murphy, Secretary, Wearmouth Colliery Miners Welfare to raise £3,000 towards the cost of a new memorial in its place, and to preserve the original under glass.

5. When the Great War started, 2560 men and boys of all classes were engaged at the colliery. By the time the war ended, 1,330 had seen service of some kind. 175 were killed.

Sources:

Photos: C. Sanders

Colliery Chronicle
Issue 18 Summer 2007 carries an article about this memorial and the men named on it, and the search for information on the names;
Issue 19 Autumn 2007 reports that information for names sought by Pam Tate is coming in.
Issue 20 will contain original letters relating to the names on the memorial.

Illustrated Chronicle
21/03/1921 reports unveiling.

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
26/03/1921 page 7 reports unveiling

Northern Echo
13/01/2007 reports launch of new appeal;
30/03/2007 gives a report with photos.

Sunderland Echo
19/03/1921 reports unveiling.
(Available on The British Newspaper Archive)

 

Sources Link: Illustrated Chronicle 03 21 Mon -1921

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
Arthur Youern;
Pamela Tate Southwick History and Preservation Society;
Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

SUNDERLAND   Carley Hill Cricket Ground

 

  PRO PATRIA

  Erected in memory of the miners of Wearmouth Colliery who

  gave their lives for their country in the Great War 1914-1919

 

Column 1     Column 2      Column 3

  Sgt. J. Abbott        Cpl. H.S. Cowie        Pte. J.T. Harrison       

  Cpl. A. Adams         L/Cpl. G.B. Crosby     Signr. D. Harrison       

  Pte. J.R. Adamson     Pte. W. Cuthbertson    Pte. G. Havey            

  Cpl. J. Allen         Pte. J. Cutter         QMS. J. Herd             

  Pte. W. Allen         Cpl. S. Cutting        Pte. P. Hill             

  Pte. A. Atkinson      Pte. T. Davis          Pte. R. Hird             

  Pte. W.E. Atkinson    Sgt. R.A. Davison      Pte. R. Hockridge        

  L/Cpl. T. Baggott     Drvr. H. Davison       Pte. J. Holyoak          

  L/Cpl. C. Bell        L/Cpl. W.S. Derby      Pte. J. Hogg             

  Pte. W. Bell          Sgt. T. Dixon MM.      Pte. A.E. Hughes         

  L/Cpl. J.W. Bell      Pte. G. Dorward        Pte. C. Hughes            

  Pte. C.E. Blake       Pte. W. Dorward        Pte. F. Hull             

  Pte. T. Boggan        Pte. G. Doyle          Pte. J.W. Hunter         

  Bomr. W. Boggan       Spr. D. Dryden         Pte. M. Huntley          

  Pte. G. Boggan        Drvr. T. Duffy         Pte. A. Hodgson          

  Signr. J.F. Boyd      Pte. T. Duffy          L/Cpl. A. Irwin          

  Pte. W. Boyle         L/Cpl. W. Dyer         Sgt. G. Jacobs DCM.      

  Pte. E. Bowen         L/Cpl. J. Elliott      Pte. F. Jennings         

  Pte. W. Buckley       Pte. R. Fairbairn      Pte. W. Johnson          

  Pte. F.W. Bunton      Pte. E. Farrell        Drvr. J.T. Jones         

  Pionr. E.B. Burnett   Pte. N. Farrow         Sgt. R. Kirton           

  Drvr. W. Burn         L/Cpl. J.L. Ferguson   Pte. T. Kisby            

  Drvr. J.W. Burnett    Pte. B. Finn           Gnr. R.W. Knox           

  Pte. J.M. Brodie      Capt G.K.T. Fisher     Pte. M. Lawther          

  Sgt. R. Cain          Drvr. W.T. Fisher      Pte. J.J. Lay            

  Cpl. J. Carrighan MM  Pte. J.F. Fleming      Gnr. W.E. Liddle         

  Pte. N. Cartwright    Drvr. J. Forster       Pte. R.H. Lodge          

  Pte. J. Chisholm      Pte. J.R. Frankland    Cpl. A. Madden          

  Spr. J.H. Child       Pte. A. Gettings       Sgt. J. Madden           

  Pte. G. Clark         Pte. W.H. Godfrey      Pte. T. Malaburn         

  Pte. R. Cockburn      Pte. R. Gordon         Pte. P.G. Mearns         

  Pte. E. Collins       Pte. F. Grady          Cpl. J.W. Milburn        

  Pte. W. Connolly      Pte. J. Grieveson      Pte. G. Miller           

  Pte. J. Cowie         Bomr. M. Glancy MM     Pte. J. Moore            

  Pte. J. Hall                                 Pte. R. Murray           

                                               Pte. E. Browning            

————————————————–

Column 4     Column 5

  Cpl. W. McDonald      Pte. J. Smart  

  Lieut. J. McCormack (Italian war medal) Pte. J.J. Smith

  Pte. J.W. McFarlane   Pte. H.S. Smith

  Gnr. J.W. McGory      Pte. J.J.Smith  

  Pte. J. McGill        Pte. J. Smith  

  Pte. A.J. McGough     Pte. J.W. Smith

  Cpl. J. McGreavy      Gnr. J. Southern

  Pte. J. McGuire       Pte. J.S. Spence  

  Bomr. G.W. McMillan   Cpl. J.W. Stobart

  Pte. R. McQuillan     Pte. R. Stoker

  Pte. M. Nightingale   Stoker (Navy) J. Stoker  

  Pte. H.O‘Donnell      Pte. J. Storey  

  Pte. A. Orton         Pte. R. Stott

  Pte. W. Raine         Pte. W. Strong

  Pte. J.W. Reed        Dvr. J.S. Taylor   

  Sgt. F. Reeves        L/Cpl. L. Thorn  

  Sgt. H.J. Reynolds    Cpl. G. Trevor  

  Pte. W. Roberts       Spr. ? Urwin  

  Pte. E.G. Roberts     Sgt. H. Vasey

  Pte. J. Robinson      Cpl. C. Walton  

  Pte. A. Robinson      Pte. J.B. Watson  

  Pte. I. Rogers        Pte. N. Webster  

  Pte. J. Rodgers       Pte. J. Webster

  Pte. J. Rushforth     Pte. R. Wigham   

  Pte. T. Reay          Pte. J.Y. Wilkinson

  Pte. J. Sanderson     Gnr. C.S. Wilson  

  Sgt. W. Scott         Gnr. P. Wilson    

  Pte. J. Scott         Pte. T. Winter  

  Pte. A. Scott         Pte. J. Woodward

  Gnr. G. Scott         Pte. J. Wright      

  Sgt. A. Scott MM.     Pte. R.G. Wrightson

  Drvr. M. Sheridan     Cpl. A. Youern       

  Drvr. F.Sheridan      Pte. W. Youern      

  L/Cpl. R. Shield      Pte. J. Young  

                        L/Cpl. J. Young

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