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Memorial details

Memorial type
Pillar / Column
District
Sedgefield
Town
Spennymoor
County
Durham
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918), Afghanistan (2001-2014)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: Sunday 15th October 1922
    Attended by: J H B Forster, Esq, JP, the Managing Director of the Weardale Steel, Coal, and Coke Company Limited
  • Dedicated
    Date: 15 October 1922
    Attended by: Canon Wykes, Vicar of St Andrew`s Church
  • Undefined
    Date: Undefined
    Attended by: Undefined
  • Unveiled
    Date: 15 October 1922
    Attended by: J H B Forster, Managing Director of Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Company
  • Dedicated
    Date: Sunday 15th October 1922
    Attended by: The Rev Canon Wykes, E O Dunn Esq on behalf of the War Memorial Committee
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Lost
Not lost
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Current location

12
Town Square
Cheapside
Spennymoor
Sedgefield
Durham
DL16 6AG
England

OS Grid Ref: NZ 25849 33908
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
TIERED, ORNATE COLUMN WITH LAUREL WREATHS AND CROSS DEPICTED ON IT. MEMORIAL MADE FROM GREENLAW STONE. A SEPARATE PLAQUE HAS BEEN ADDED AT THE BOTTOM OF ONE OF THE FACES GIVING THE NAMES OF THE FALLEN FROM WW2. From the War Memorials online website - Elaborate memorial with central block housed below large, flat topped, square roof supported by 4 Ionic columns. The roof supports a stone coffin which in turn supports a smaller version of the column supported roof topped by a dome. The front face of the lower block has a cross & dedication, with the sides showing names, all in black lettering. All stands on a substantial platform in plot surrounded, by iron railings, placed on platform at road junction.
Inscription
(main face) PRO DEO ET PRO PATRIA/ (cross / sword)/ TO THOSE MEN OF SPENNYMOOR/ URBAN DISTRICT WHO FELL/ WHILE DEFENDING/ OUR LIBERTY/ LET THEIR NAMES BE CHERISHED/ WITH GRATITUDE AND PRIDE AND THE/ REMEMBRANCE OF THEIR STEADFAST/ ENDURANCE AND GALLANT SACRIFICE/ BE ENSHRINED IN THE HEARTS OF/ THIS PEOPLE FOR EVER/ AND LET THIS LAND/ WHOSE HEARTHS THEY SAVED FROM SHAME/ FOR MANY AND MANY AN AGE PROCLAIM/ ETERNAL HONOUR TO THEIR NAME (other three faces all comprise names of the fallen from WW1 and is headed OUR GLORIOUS DEAD.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Abley, Ernest W
Abley, I
Abley, S
Adams, F W
Alderson, B
Alderson, G
Alderson, M
Anderson, E W
Anderson, F
Anderson, George
See details for all 484 names
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 123
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 123
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames
    Order of information: surname
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 360
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 360
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Afghanistan (2001-2014)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, year of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Memorial
    Measurements: height c 7000mm, width c 2500mm
    Materials: Stone
  • Column
    Measurements: depth 3m, height 5m, width 3m
    Materials: Stone
  • Undefined
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Listing information
  • SPENNYMOOR U.D. WAR MEMORIAL WITH DWARF WALLS, RAILINGS AND GATE AROUND
  • 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
CIRCA 1990: REFURBISHED
Costs

Site: NIL- Given by Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Company
Memorial: £1,025

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
SPENNYMOOR TOWN COUNCIL
Reference

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