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Ferryhill
Town or City: Ferryhill
County: County Durham
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM6032
Value of grant: £1022.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2013
UKNIWM reference number: 10307
This memorial consists of a marble soldier with rifle standing on a polished granite tapering plinth, which is atop of a rough-hewn granite base. The plinth is inscribed with a gold guild dedication to the men of Ferryhill who served in World War I and World War II. The memorial stands in the Ferryhill Town Hall Gardens, County Durham. The memorial is Grade II listed.
In 2013 War Memorials Trust offered a grant of £1,022 towards cleaning the memorial using a steam cleaning system, raking out the joints and re-pointing using lime mortar and re-guilding the lettering using a 23 ½ carat gold leaf.
The memorial was first erected and unveiled in 1920.
The inscription on the base reads:
Pass not this stone in sorrow but inpride
and may ye live as nobly as they died
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM6032
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 10307
War Memorials Online: 144095
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
