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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Derwentside
- Town
- Hamsterley Colliery
- County
- Durham
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- J.J. Longhurst of Blackett Street, Newcastle (Calligrapher)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: Jun 1916
Attended by: Miss Mabel Watson who had travelled from Selkirk in Scotland leaving her ailing mother. She was acting on her brother’s behalf.
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 71338
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Current location
The Dene Community Centre
A694
Hamsterley Colliery
Derwentside
Durham
NE17 7PR
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 11342 56498
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Hamsterley Colliery Institute and Club
A694
Hamsterley Colliery
Derwentside
Durham
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Hamsterley Colliery Institute and Club
- Description
- Roll of Honour in dark wood frame 4 feet high x 3 feet wide behind glass. There is a coloured border of ?acanthus leaves. In each corner is a roundel bearing a small painted scene, with two more down the sides., depicting the colliery and working men’s club. Across the top is an array of flags of all the allies. There is another panoramic scene of the village in a rectangular frame below the dedication and above the names. The names are listed in five columns, handwritten in black ink, under regimental headings written in red.
- Inscription
- Roll of Honour / 1914-191 (sic) / of workmen of Hamsterley Colliery and Members of the Institute and Club / who have joined His Majesty’s Forces./[names]/God save the King.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, Mark
Aldridge, S
Aldsworth, William
Allan, George
Allan, John
Allan, Joseph
Allan, William
Anderson, Joseph
Armstrong, Edward
Armstrong, Matthew
See details for all 188 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 188
Served and returned: 188
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, regiment
Order of information: regiment THEN surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Roll of honour
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Paper, Wood, Glass
- Roll of honour
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Consett Guardian 9/6/1916 reports unveiling
- www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7548
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