Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- District
- Wear Valley
- Town
- Coundon
- County
- Durham
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 25 Sep 1921
Attended by: Col. F. Walton, M.C., who stood in for Col. Vaux. - Rededicated
Date: 11 Nov 2007
Attended by: Undefined - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 71490
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Current location
Triangular site at Shop Hill Bank
Church Street/Wharton Street junction
Coundon
Wear Valley
Durham
DL14 8QU
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 23652 29898
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Sculpture of a WW1 soldier holding a rifle surmounting a square plinth, two steps and a base. The whole is enclosed by railings and a gravel surround. The soldier is a 2007 replacement for the original which had deteriorated through weathering and vandalism.
- Inscription
- To the Glory of God / and / in thankful remembrance / of the men / of this township / who made the supreme sacrifice / during the European War / 1914-1918 / and the World War / 1939-1945. /Their name liveth for evermore./[names]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alderson, J
Allison, W
Angle, J
Arnison, A
Atkinson, A
Atkinson, S
Banks, G
Beal, T
Blenkinshipp, R
Blenkinsopp, W
See details for all 212 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 174
Served and returned: 0
Died: 174
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname
Order of information: Surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 38
Served and returned: 0
Died: 38
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Sculpture
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Freestone
- Sculpture
- Listing information
- Coundon War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Coundon
- WMO ID: 214732
- Condition: Good [last updated on 29-01-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- The 2007 restoration of the statue and landscaping cost £50,000-see notes
- Costs
Comments: Messrs. Bolchow, Vaughan & Co. gave £70
Memorial: £450- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=6767
- Evening Despatch 26/9/1921 reports unveiling
- Darlington and Stockton Times 1/10/1921 reports unveiling
- Durham County Record Office File C Mil (P) has cutting with photograph, possibly dated 15/01/1969, of the soldier statue
- Durham County Advertiser 28/07/2005 reports efforts to replace the statue; 30/09/1921 reports unveiling
- Auckland and County Chronicle 15/7/1920; 15/4/1920 reports amount raised; 19/8/1920 shows picture of proposed memorial; 13/1/1921 reports fund raising; 28/7/1921 reports proposed unveiling; 29/9/1921 reports unveiling
- Northern Echo 26/9/1921 reports unveiling; 11/11/2006 reports proposals to restore the statue; 29/10/2007 reports restoration progress
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