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Memorial details

Memorial type
Serviceman / Servicewoman
District
Durham
Town
Tursdale
County
Durham
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 25 Mar 1922
    Attended by: Maj.Gen. Sir P.S. Wilkinson, K.C.M.G., C.H
  • Dedicated
    Date: 25 Mar 1922
    Attended by: Venerable Archdeacon Derry
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
10248

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Current location

Outside the Aged Miners Cottages
Thinford Road
Tursdale
Durham
Durham
DH6 5PA
England

OS Grid Ref: NZ 30427 35110
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Base surmounted by plinth and by figure of a serviceman. Inscription in lead lettering on the plinth. Original soldier figure was badly damaged. The current figure, by Ray Lonsdale, was put in place in 2018.
Inscription
Plinth: SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY/ OF THE WORKMEN/ OF TURSDALE COLLIERY/ WHO PAID/ THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN THE WAR 1914 - 18/ "LEST WE FORGET"/ (NAMES) Small plaque between serviceman's legs: "NOT MUCH TO ASK"/ I need to put down this gun,/ Put it down and move away from this place,/ Back from the mud, through grass, then over sea,/ Put this gun down and close my eyes,/ Then see without having to bear witness, Listen without being forced to hear,/ And just stand./ Just stand at peace in my Durham home.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Attley, John
Barker, Charles
Bell, Geo H
Bell, John G
Bestford, Joseph
Brown, Norman
Burke, John
Chisholm, Thos P
Crosby, Thos
Curry, Stephen
See details for all 41 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 41
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 41
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forename
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Plinth
    Measurements: height 1524mm, width 1219.2mm
    Materials: Granite
  • Lettering
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Lead
  • Figure
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Steel
  • Base
    Measurements: height 254mm, width 1828.8mm
    Materials: Stone - Sandstone
  • Figure
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
Condition
History
The statue is missing-The marble statue was, possibly, demolished by a drunken person or by a car and the pieces taken to a Council yard. Another report states that the head was broken off by vandals and the rest of the figure removed for safe-keeping. It has been planned to replace it since 2004-this will happen in 2017 when a a 6ft steel statue of a soldier longing to return home from the war is installed
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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