Memorial

Shotley Bridge Cottages

Tablet

Source: Copyright Clare Singleton

1/1

Current Location

Memorial Cottages, Off A694, Shotley Bridge, Derwentside, Durham, DH8 0HP, England

NZ 09211 53175

Send us details and photographs of your local war memorials, to help enhance the information about the people, places and events they commemorate.

This record shows everything IWM currently knows about this memorial. We are continually updating our records.

To share information or photographs, contact us.

Type of Memorial: Memorial homes / Alms houses
WMR Reference Number: 34223
Description: Row of three terraced cottages with dedicatory sandstone tablet. Incised inscription in black painted lettering. In the right front garden is a stone boulder with the edges left rough, telling the story of the restoration in memory of the dead in all conflicts since the Great War. The lettering is incised in Roman capitals and painted black. In the left front garden is a stone with a dedication for 1939-45 and three columns of names.
Inscription: TABLET: THESE COTTAGES WERE/ ERECTED IN MEMORY OF/ MEN FROM THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ (Names...) New tablet added in 2014-These cottages were/ erected in memory of/ men from this neighbourhood/ who died as a result of/service in the Great War/[names] STONE in right hand front garden: THE RESTORATION OF/ THESE COTTAGES IN 1992/ IS DEDICATED TO THE/ MEMORY OF THOSE/ SERVICE PERSONNEL/ FROM THE AREA WHO/ HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES/ IN WORLDWIDE CONFLICT/ SINCE THE END OF THE/ GREAT WAR IN DEFENCE OF/ FREEDOM./ THEY WILL BE/ REMEMBERED ALWAYS. Stone in left hand front garden- Dedicated to the men from the Community of Shotley Bridge/ who lost their lives in the Second World War 1939 to 1945

Maker(s): JR Surtees, Builder
Sponsor Type: public
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: The Piele family gave the site and ‘handsome donations’. Over £4,000 was raised