Memorial

The Workmen of Tursdale Colliery

Tursdale Colliery serviceman showing 2018 replacement figure

Source: Copyright Dave Webster

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Current Location

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

OS Grid Reference

NZ 30427 35110

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 10248
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.

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 41
Died: 41
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of names: surname

History

Maintenance 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

Ceremonies

Unveiled

25 Mar 1922

Maj.Gen. Sir P.S. Wilkinson, K.C.M.G., C.H

Dedicated

25 Mar 1922

Venerable Archdeacon Derry

Conservation

Components

Lettering

Made from: Lead

Condition: Good

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The Workmen of Tursdale Colliery

Current Location

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Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

Ceremonies

Conservation

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