Memorial
Spennymoor
Current Location
Town Square, 12, Cheapside, Spennymoor, Sedgefield, Durham, DL16 6AG, England
OS Grid Reference
NZ 25849 33908
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Pillar / Column
- WMR Reference Number
- 4
- 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.
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 360
- Died
- 360
- Information shown
- surname, decorations
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Number Commemorated
- 123
- Died
- 123
- Information shown
- surname, forenames
- Order of names
- surname
- War
- Afghanistan (2001-2014)
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- surname, forenames, year of death
- Maker(s)
E C Kenmir, Designer
E C Kenmir, Architect
Messrs Lowes & Sons, Ltd, Durham, Builder
- Costs
- £1,025
- Maintenance History
- CIRCA 1990: REFURBISHED
Ceremonies
Unveiled
Sunday 15th October 1922
J H B Forster, Esq, JP, the Managing Director of the Weardale Steel, Coal, and Coke Company Limited
Dedicated
Sunday 15th October 1922
The Rev Canon Wykes, E O Dunn Esq on behalf of the War Memorial Committee
- Custodian
- SPENNYMOOR TOWN COUNCIL
Components
- Column
Height: c 7000mm
Width: c 2500mm
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good
Historic England
Grade: II
List Entry: 1121444
The full listing can be found at https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1121444?section=official-list-entry