Memorial
Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Later wars Green
Washington
Memorial Name: Cross 1914-18 1939-45 Later wars Green (W96.01)
NEWMP Ref No.: W96.01
Parish: Washington
The Green adjacent to the Church, Washington Village.
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
c. Falklands 1982
d. Gulf War 1990-1
e. Iraq 2003
f. Afghanistan 2006, 2013
g. Cyprus 1974
a. Unveiled 5th June 1920 by the Earl of Durham.
Heworth Bluestone
Welcome Home and Memorial Committee, Chairman, Mark Ford, J.P., Blue House.
Designer : Mr. Jos. Potts, Eldon Square, Newcastle, sculpted by Mr. J.W. Reed, Newcastle; ironwork provided by Messrs. Emley & Sons; general contractor was Mr. F. Stokoe of Washington.
Ownership and Maintenance: Sunderland City Council
a.
1914-1919
Sacred to the memory of
those from the parishes
of Washington and Barmston
who died for King and Country
b. 1939-1945
c. Falklands War 1982
d. Gulf War 1990-1991
e. Iraq 2003
f. Afghanistan 2006, 2006, 2013
g. Cyprus Emergency 1974.
Cross of Celtic type, standing on a pedestal, which stands on a platform of five steps inside a small fenced in enclosure.
The overall height is approximately 16 feet (4.8m).
The dedication is on the front face of the pedestal, with the names in two columns on that face and the other four faces.
The dates “1939-1945” are on the shaft of the cross.
The dates of successive conflicts have been added in ascending order on the shaft of the cross, along with names.
The lettering is mainly in sans serif capitals.
a. 181 surnames and initials.
b. 101 surnames and initials.
c. 1 surnames and initials.
d. 1 surname and initial.
e. 1 surname and initial.
f. 3 surnames and initials.
g. 1 surname and initials.
See transcript.
1. The memorial was placed on the green in 1920, after filling in the pond.
2. The Committee also gave to each of the relatives of the dead men illuminated addresses bearing photographs of the monument.
3. Mr. F. Stirling Newall, J.P. presented a motor ambulance and garage together with five year’s costs of upkeep to the village.
4. “The monument has a background shaped like a horseshoe, encircling a clump of small trees. The enclosure is to be further enriched by the planting of shrubbery in the autumn, to be given by the Earl. Thus when in bloom will form a veritable umbrella of brilliant foliage overhanging the cross. Hence it is not only most conspicuous to the pedestrian, but very much beautified by its leafy environment”. Another newspaper reports that the Earl of Durham would provide the shrubs.
5. Old photos show the memorial set onto a circular pavement.
6. The Earl of Durham was handed a medal as a souvenir of the occasion at the original unveiling.
7. From the district, some 1,000 men had signed on.
6. The memorial was in poor condition, but was restored about 1986 on the instigation of the Washington Village Society. The stonework was repaired and the names recut and filled with metal inserts.
8. The name of Simon Miller, killed in Iraq 2003, was added and unveiled at a ceremony on July 11th 2004. See his Every Name a Story entry.
9. In 2014 the Wessington U3A War Memorials Group produced a film called “Wad thou gan, Aye as wad” using Heritage Lottery Funding. It identifies all 378 men and one woman who fought and fell in Harraton, Washington and Usworth.
10. Guardsman Graeme Lawson has been added to the War Memorial, Circa 2025. See his Every Name a Story entry.
Photos: C. Sanders; James Pasby; Newcastle Central Library photograph c1930; old postcard: Tony Harding: Janis USA: Norman Dunn
Chester le Street Chronicle
11/06/1920 reports unveiling and donation of ambulance.
Durham Chronicle
11/06/1920 reports unveiling.
Durham County Advertiser
11/06/1920 reports unveiling.
Illustrated Chronicle
07/06/1920 reports unveiling with photos.
Newcastle Daily Chronicle
07/06/1920 reports unveiling.
Newcastle Weekly Chronicle
12/06/1920 reports unveiling.
Sunderland Echo
05/06/1920
10/09/2014 reports the making of the film in Note 9 above.
The Journal
12/07/2004 reports addition of Simon Miller name to memorial
Washington Church A History and Guide Margot Johnson, M.A., F.L.A. ISBN 0 946105 02 2
Additional Research Documents
W96.01 Poem 1920
Ethel and Neville Armstrong, Whickham and District L.H.S.;
Dr. Ralph W. Gould;
James Pasby,
C. Sanders;
Tony Harding;
Dorothy Hall;
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
Yorkshire Regiment Remembrance
Wessington U3A War Memorials Group (in Washington) has fairly extensive details of the WW1 men on Usworth, Washington Village and Harraton memorials. There are files of their information in libraries at Shiney Row, Washington, Sunderland, Newcastle, Gateshead, Birtley, Durham Record Office and Tyne Wear Archives Blandford Street Newcastle. There are also files of information about life and events in Harraton Parish during WW1 in the same places
DVDs can be watched through youtube
Washington men in the Great War – Wad thou gan?
Washington Men at The Somme
From Washington to Wipers and Warlencourt
The Wear at War
Washington in the Great War – Whisht Lads, a book by Peter Welsh L3 (from the author) published by Pen & Sword 2014 ISBN 978 1 78346 385 6
Contact: petewelshgettysburg@btinternet.com
If you know more about this memorial, please send the details to NEWMP.
WASHINGTON The Green
1914-1919
Sacred to the memory of
those from the parishes
of Washington and Barmston
who died for King and Country
Allen T. Bateman R.
Allsopp J. Bell E.
Anderson F. Beresford R.
Armstrong F. Besford S.
Armstrong J. Borthwick W.H.
Ash J.L. Braban A.
Atkinson H. Braban A.E.
Atkinson R. Branton J.
Baggott S. Brown G.R.
Baister C.W. Brown R.
Ball C.R. Brown W.
Ball W.J. Brown W.
Bannister J. Chilvers H.
Barnabas J. Claughan F.J.
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Cook J.W. Forster J.D.
Cornish J. Forster W.
Coulthard J. Foster G.
Cowel T. Foster J.T.
Coxon E.W. Futers V.
Daglish R. Gardner H.
Davison G.R. Gardner T.
Dean E. Gaston J.
Dixon V. Gilmaney J.
Dobson A. Golden G.
Dobson G. Gould R.S.
Donaldson T. Graham W.
Douglas J.T. Grainge R.W.
Doud P. Green J.E.
Drummond R. Hall E.
Duffy F.J. Hall G.N.
Duffy J.R. Hanlon T.
Dwyer J.E. Harding M.
Ellison J.E. & T. Harrison G.
Eltringham J.W. Haydock J.
Embleton F. Hedley W.
English M. Helm E.
Ferguson Sarah Holbrook S.
Forster J. Holmes T.
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Hopson J. Mason R.
House R.S. Mason W.
Hudart G.S. Megan T.
Humble J. Mills S.
Hunter E. Morgan F.
Jameson R. Mould R.
Jefferson R. Mould T.
Jefferson T. Murphy P.
Jobson R.N. McMenan H.
Jonas W. McLahaney J.H.
Knox W. McCrerey T.
Lambert F. Nesbitt J.H.
Lambert W. Nesbitt R.B.
Laws R.O. Nicholson C.H.
Layfield W. Nicholson H.M.
Lee W. Oswald H.J.
Lennox J.T. Palmer H.S.G.
Lindsay H.N. Patterson R.
Local J. Paxton T.W.
Lowrie G. Penaluna T.
Maddison J.A. Pittilla J.R.
Mallaburn T. Pluse T.
Marley W. Rawling J.W.
Marley W.J. Robinson W.
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Robson A.J. Sweeny J.
Rooney J. Tatters J.
Roper W. Thompson E.
Ross R.H. Thompson M.
Routledge W.C. Thompson R.
Saint R. Tindale G.
Sandy F. Todd J.G.
Sandy J.T. Turnbull B.
Scorer T. Urwin G.
Seed E. Urwin R.
Self S.C. Varley B.R.
Simm R.T. Wake J.
Simpson H. Wake M.
Smith C. Watson A.
Smith G. Watson E.
Smith J. White B.
Spence J. Wilkinson A.
Sproul J. Wilkinson H.
Stafford J.F. Wilkinson J.
Stanners R. Wilkinson J.
Stephenson J.W. Wilkinson R.
Stewart J. Wilden H.
Stokoe W.J.B. Wiseman T.
Storey J.E. Young A.J.
Wilson F.
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1939-45
On shaft of cross
Askew N.
Armstrong N.
Ball W.
Banks W.L.
Bolam G.
Beresford J.
Bootes W.W.
Brown J.
Brewis J.
Burrell R.
Buckham W.
Burgess R.
Burnett J.F.
Carpenter J.M.
Carr W.D.
Coulson H.
Coyle J.H.
Creswell W.
Creswell T.
Davison A.
Dawson R.
Dodds J.R.
Dodds J.
Dixon J.
Durham R.
Drummond A.
Eland A.
Eeles F.
Embleton T.W.
Ellison T.
Emmerson G.S.
Fisher T.
Forsyth T.
Fawcett S.
Geddes L.
Glew R.C.
Gough E.
Gray L.A.
Handysides L.
Hancock T.
Hepplwhite J.I.
Heslop T.W.
Hill W.E .
Hill J.
Hindmarch E.
Holt J.S.B.
Holt J.
Holdsworth C.
Hunt S.R.
Carrol A.
Arbuckle R.
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On shaft of cross
Johnson J.
Johnson H.
Johnson J.H.
Keers J.
Lamb H.
Lumsden T.R.
Madden J.
Mills R.
Monaghan F.B.
Morris G.A.L.
Mordey C.
McCartney J.
Norton N.
Palmer R.J.
Palmer J.A.
Palmer Edna
Pearson J.
Pimbley R.
Quinn J.
Race A.
Richardson A.
Richards W.
Ritchie G.
Ritchings A.D.
Richardson R.
Riddle F.
Ridley R.
Robinson R.
Rogerson J.
Rutter R.
Rumney M.
Stanners F.W.
Scott J.
Simpson C.B.
Simpson G.
Snowball T.
Spencer R.W.
Thornton R.W.
Trotter R.
Wardle J.
Watson G.W.
Watson C.S.
Walsh L.
Waters R.
Wells S.G.
Wood E.
Young J.
Young Jack
Marley N.
Parker J.D.
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On shaft of cross
Cyprus
1974
Lawson G.
Afghanistan
2013
Walker R.
Iraq 2003
Miller S.
Afghanistan
2006
Tansey S.
1914-1919
Pearson J.
Gulf War
1990-1991
Dent N.T.
Falklands War
1982
White S.J.
Jackson D.R.
Afghanistan
2006
(1914-18)
Helm P.
Ivers R.W.
Lamb P.
Lambton W.
McHugh M.
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