Memorial

The Tommies at Croxdale Front Street

Croxdale

Memorial Name: The Tommies at Croxdale Front Street (C104.07)

NEWMP Ref No.: C104.07

Parish: Croxdale

Original Location:

By the Roadside, opposite The Croxdale Inn, Front Street East DH6 5HX

Which War:

1914-18

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

November 2018

Who Commissioned:

Co-Funded by Cllrs. Jan Blakey, Stuart Dunn and Maurn McKeon

Inscription:

1914 To the Glory of God   1918
and in memory of the men from Croxdale, Hett and
Sunderland Bridge who fought and died for justice and liberty

 

Memorial Description:

WW1 Seat plus 2 ‘Tommies’ soldiers

Plaque on a tripod stand

31½ inches high by 47 inches wide (80cms x 120cms)

Names:

23 surnames, initials and sphere of service
See Transcript

Notes:

Similar seats and a single Tommy were placed at Hett and Sunderland Bridge.

Sources:

Photos James Pasby

Additional Research Documents

Research Acknowledgements:

Dorothy Hall

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Names Documents:

   

Croxdale Road side

   

   1914 To the Glory of God   1918

   And in memory of the men from Croxdale, Hett and

   Sunderland Bridge who fought and died for justice and liberty

   

   S. Ayre          J.R. Hope

   DLI              DLI

   J. Alker         A. Nichols

   Gloucester       DLI

   H. Bell          D. O’Connell

   DLI              West Yorks

   G. Brown         R.M. Procktor

   DLI              Coldstream GRS

   J.W. Blackburn   H. Smith

   DLI              York & Lancs

   R. Brewis        J.T. Temporley

   DLI              Yorks East

   E. Clark         T.A. Tarn

   —              DLI

   J. Essen         J.T Wallace

   RGA              DLI

   F. Forman        J.S Watson

   Lieut Warwick    DLI

   J.J. Gibson      T.H. Wilkinson

   DLI              Loyal North Lancs

   J. Gurkin        J. Wilson

   DLI              DLI

   E. Hanson 

   ASC

Names C104.07

 

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