Memorial

Roll of Honour 1914-18 St. Thomas

Craghead

Memorial Name: Roll of Honour 1914-18 St. Thomas (C120.04)

NEWMP Ref No.: C120.04

Parish: Craghead

Original Location:

To the left of the memorial Screen with a Soldiers Table below it.

Moved in the 1960s to elsewhere in the Church

St. Thomas’ Church, Lowry Lane (closed 1997)

Past Location:

Durham Light Infantry Museum at Durham (closed)

DLI Collection at Spennymoor

Present Location:

The Story Durham (formerly D.L.I. Collection Spennymoor)

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Unveiled 14th April 1922 by Rev. J.B. Eddon, Vicar
Dedicated by Archdeacon Watkins.

Materials Used:

Paper behind glass in wood frame.

Cost:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cowie of Craghead

Sculptor, Artist or Designer:

G.H. Shortt of Sunderland

Inscription:

Craghead Parish
Roll of Honour.

Memorial Description:

Roll of Honour.

This is illuminated “from ancient Church Missals” with a small central picture at top which is a copy of Perugino’s ‘Crucifixion’.

There is a coloured border with gilded edging.

The names are calligraphed in three columns.

Names:

110 names and regiments.
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The Roll had been “kept from the beginning of the war and had grown steadily longer. At first they thought it might be a small one; but new paper had to be obtained on which to inscribe new names. Thank God, the roll was over. It was lengthy”.

2. In The Parish Magazine for December 1942 the Vicar writes:-
A Second “Roll of Honour”

As many know there is hung in the Church above the “Soldiers Table” an illuminated Roll of Honour containing the names of all the Craghead men who were killed in the Great War of 1914 to 1818 (sic) – list which corresponds to the list of names on the Cenotaph.

As now unfortunately, a list of new casualties must be made the Vicar will be much obliged if there is sent to him the exact, name, rank etc of any whose death is caused by the present war. He would also like to have similar information about any missing or Prisoners of war so that later on a correct list may be available for Commemoration purposes. In that way the difficulty experience when the Cenotaph was erected will not occur.

 

Sources:

Photos: Simon Raine; Dorothy Hall;

Consett and Stanley Chronicle
28/01/1921 reports proposed unveiling;
04/02/1921 reports unveiling.

Stanley News
03/02/1921;
20/04/1922

The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
Ref: EP/Cra 4/71 Parish Magazine December 1942 mentions ‘Soldiers Table’

 

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
C. Sanders;
John & Mavis Dixon

Research In Progress:

All the names on this memorial have been researched.

See Every Name a Story entries.

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Names Documents:

CRAGHEAD  St. Thomas’ Church (closed)

  

  Craghead Parish

  Roll of Honour

  

Column 1

  Rank     Name                  Regt.

  Pte.     Thomas Atkinson       D.L.I.

  Siglr.   John W. Bainbridge    R.F.A.

  Pte.     Thomas R. Bainbridge  K.O.Y.L.I.

  Pte.     Thomas Bamboro        D.L.I.

  Pte.     Charles Barnes        D.L.I.        

  Pte.     John Bell             D.L.I.

  Sgt.     William Blackburn     Dorsts.    

  Pte.     Fred Bowman           E. Yorks           

  A.B.     Alfred Boyes          R.N.D.

  Pte.     John Bristo           SctsBord.    

  Cpl.     Richard Brown         N.F.

  Pte.     Thomas Carr           N.F.

  A.B.     Thomas Carr           R.N.D.

  A.B.     William Carr          R.N.D.

  Pte.     Andrew Carter         R.Ins.F.

  Pte.     Arnold Coates         N.F.

  Pte.     Thomas Curtiss        1st Norf.

  Pte.     Andrew Corbett        N.F.

  Pte.     Joseph Craigs         7th Yorks.

  Pte.     Robert Craigs         D.L.I.

  Pte.     James T. Calvert      R.A.S.C.

  Pte.     Stanley Darwood       N.F.

  Pte.     Charles Dazley        N.F.

  Pte.     J.J. Dickinson        D.L.I.     

  Pte.     Thomas Dixon          R.Ins.Fus.

  Pte.     Thomas Dyson          N.F.

  Pte.     John Davison          R.Ins.Fus.

  Pte.     Ralph Davison         7th Yorks.

  Pte.     John Ellis            W.Yorks

  A.B.     Lance Ellison         R.N.D.

  Cpl.     Richard Ellison       R.N.D.

  Pte.     Thomas R. Emery       Bdr.Rgt.

  Pte.     John Flowers          R.F.A.  

  Pte.     Daniel Freeman        R.Ins.F.

  Lieut.   Henry Greener         D.L.I.

  Cpl.     John W. Greener       N.F.

  Pte.     William Grundy        N.F.

————————————————

Column 2

  

  Rank     Name                  Regt.

  Pte.     John Harold           N.F.

  Pte.     Charles Haw           N.F.

  Pte.     George Henderson      R.In.F.    

  Pte.     George Holmes         D.L.I.

  A.B.     Harry Horne           R.N.D.

  Pte.     John Horsley          L.B.

  Pte.     William Hunt          D.L.I.

  Pte.     A. Hands              K.O.Y.L.I.

  A.B.     J.E. Hetherington     R.N.D.

  Pte.     Robert W. Jacques     S.W.B.

  Pte.     Wilfred Johnson       N.F.

  Pte.     Arthur Kennedy        N.F.

  Pte.     Arthur Lancaster      N.F.

  L/C.     Charles Lancaster     N.F.

  L/C.     James Lancaster       N.F.   

  Pte.     Leslie Lathan         13th S.H.

  Sergt.   Vivian Lathan         K.O.S.B.

  Pte.     George E. Larmouth    R.In.F.  

  Pte.     Robert Larmouth       D.L.I.

  Pte.     Wm. Lewis             D.L.I.

  Pte.     James Lockie          R.Ins.Fus.

  Pte.     Matt. Lonsdale        D.L.I.

  Lieut.   Thomas Lowery         D.L.I.               

  Pte.     Richard Lowery        N.F.

  Sergt.   Henry Mansell         D.L.I.

  Pte.     William Martin        D.L.I.

  Pte.     Henry Mather          R.N.D.     

  Pte.     Thomas J. Maugham     L.C.

  Pte.     Hugh McDonald         D.L.I.

  Pte.     Rodger McGuire        T.I.

  Pte.     Thomas Mortimer       N.F.

  Pte.     John McGuire          6thBords.

  A.B.     James Mountain        R.N.

  Pte.     James Newman          N.F.

  A.B.     George Nichol         R.N.D.

  A.B.     Edward Ormston        R.N.D.

————————————————

Column 3

  Rank     Name                  Regt.

  Pte.     Thomas Owens          N.F.

  Pte.     Alfred Parker         D.L.I.

  Pte.     Samuel Pearson        D.L.I.

  A.B.     John Pounder          R.N.D.

  Sergt.   Thomas Price          D.L.I.

  A.B.     Charles Rackham       R.N.D.

  Pte.     Thomas Ramshaw       N.F.

  Pte.     William Rutherford    N.F.

  Pte.     William Robinson      C.G.

  Pte.     William Smith         N.F.

  Pte.     Thomas Salkeld        T.I.

  A.B.     Josiah Scaife         R.N.D.

  Pte.     John Scott            D.L.I.

  Pte.     John Simpson          N.F.

  Pte.     Edward Simpson        D.L.I.

  Cpl.     Norman Silk           D.L.I.

  A.B.     Joseph Snow           R.N.D.

  Pte.     Theo Staff            N.F.

  Pte.     Wm. Staples           C.G.

  Pte.     Rob. Stewart          W.R.

  Pte.     Thomas Smith          S.G.

  Pte.     George Savage         N.F.

  Pte.     John Talbot           N.F.

  Pte.     Wilfred Tearney       D.L.I.

  Pte.     Edwd. Thulway         N.F.

  Pte.     James Turner          D.L.I.

  Pte.     Thomas Taylor         R.A.M.C.

  Pte.     Benjamin Watson       D.L.I.

  A.B.     James Watson          R.N.D.

  Pte.     Wm. Ward              D.L.I.

  Pte.     James W. Ward         D.L.I.

  Pte.     Thomas Walton         N.F.

  Capt.    F.A. Weeks            D.L.I.

  Pte.     Joseph Wilkinson      R.I.F.

  Pte.     Henry White           D.L.I.

  Pte.     John Wallace          Bordr.Rg.

  Pte.     James Wheatman        7thYorks.

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