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Memorial details

Memorial type
Serviceman / Servicewoman
District
Sedgefield
Town
Ferryhill
County
Durham
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: Feb. 1925
    Attended by: BRIGADIER GENERAL SURTEES
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
10307

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Current location

Approx 20 metres west of Town Hall.
Ferryhill War Memorial
Market Place
Ferryhill
Sedgefield
Durham
DL17 8HX
England

OS Grid Ref: NZ 28793 32822
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Soldier in service dress with cap and pack with hands clasped around rifle barrel. The rifle rests on the ground. Gold incised lettering on all four faces of tapered pedestal with plinth and cornice. Further tablet on ground.
Inscription
Front face: TO / The Glory of God / AND IN THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE / OF THE MEN OF FERRYHILL, / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918. AND THE SECOND WORD WAR 1939 - 1945. // Front plinth: " PASS NOT THIS STONE IN SORROW BUT IN PRIDE / AND MAY YE LIVE AS NOBLY AS THEY DIED" Side faces: (NAMES) // Ground tablet: (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Adams, S
Airey, J
Allcroft, J
Allison, W
Alliston, E
Arnett, W
Atkinson, W
Bayles, W H
Bennett, A
Benson, J
See details for all 144 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 139
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 139
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: surname
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 7
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 7
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Pedestal
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite
  • Figure
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
  • WAR MEMORIAL CIRCA 20 METRES WEST OF TOWN HALL
  • 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
  • Historic England
Condition
History
1988 June 14: Listed Grade II.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • North East War Memorials Project F38.02
  • ID 112236

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