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Chevington and Broomhill
Town or City: Morpeth
County: Northumberland
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM1507
Value of grant: £150.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Works to hard landscape
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2003
UKNIWM reference number: 33681
Chevington and Broomhill war memorial stands in the grounds of St. John’s Church, Hadston, Northumberland. It takes the form of a stone cross on a tapering column set on a two-stepped plinth on a tall base. There are shallow steps at the bottom of the base. Laurel wreaths are carved in relief around the top step of the plinth. Shields bearing the words 'Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori' are fixed to the lower step of the plinth.
In 2003 War Memorials Trust gave £150 towards work to improve access to the memorial. As the memorial was behind a low stone wall, access to lay wreaths was becoming difficult as veterans aged. Remedial work was undertaken to remove part of the stone wall in front of the memorial to form a ramp to enable wheelchair access to the memorial, to relay the paved area in front of the memorial and to replace the iron rail around the site.
The memorial was designed and sculpted by J P Whittle and was unveiled in November 1921 by Fred Hemsley who had served as a private soldier in the Great War. There is a plaque on the front of the base of the memorial which reads
To the Glory of God
and in memory of
the men of
Chevington
and
Broomhill district
who fell in
the Great War
1914 – 1918
On the opposite face are carved the words
Lord God of Hosts
Be with us yet
Lest we forget
Lest we forget
The names of the men commemorated from the First World War are on plaques on the north and south faces of the base and the names of those from the Second World War are below these on a plaque on the steps at the bottom of the memorial.
The names from the First World War are
George Anderson Thomas Edwards
George B. Avery John Edmunds
Vincent Amos Robert Foreman
Matthew Burge John E. Forster
John Burn Norman Forster
Robert A. Bell John Ivor Grey
John Buddle James N. George
George H. Bates Herbert Goward
John R. Brown William Gillon
Richard Brown Henry Hebron
George W. Carson Robt. Hetherington
William Cook Thomas Harper
James Connelly James Hacking
Luke Connelly George Hakin
Thomas R. Craigs John Hepple
Edward Conroy Willm. Henderson
John Chrisp Jas. Henderson
Andrew Duff Joseph Hunter
James Davidson Frank Hedley
James D. Dalby John J. Harkins
William Dixon Gladstone Hardy
Dixon Donkin George Hogg
James R. Elder Jas. W. Jeffrey
Thomas Edwards Andw. Johnstone
James Kerr Edmund Ross
Leslie B. Kinghorn Thomas A. Swan
William Lyall John Smailes
Andrew Laidler David Smith
Willm. G. Laidler Thomas Smith
John Murrie James Stanton
Chas. P. McCloud John F. Stewart
William McCloud Joseph Scott
Andrew McCloud John Snowdon
James Moir George Simpson
Arthur Mitchinson Robert Skelton
Lewlyn. Mackenzie Adam Taylor
James Nichol George Trueman
Thomas Oliver George Todd
George Purvis Robert Todd
Joseph Patterson Adam Tait
John Richardson James Tait
Norman Richardson William Tait
George F. Robson Robert Tait
George Robertson Edward Thompson
Robert Robertson James T. Urwin
Alexr. Robinson George W. Wallace
George Rennison John Westle
Robert Ross Henry Whitfield
and names from the Second World War
James W. Clarke John B. Hall
Alexander Common Henry Hardy
Frederick Donkin Charles Hay
Percival Elliott William J. Humble
Joseph L. Fairbairn Herbert Hunter
Gordon Farrington George T. Jobson
James B. Fisher John Kinghorn
Leslie Hall Ralph Leightley
Ralph M.K. McCloud George A. Smith
Robert Nesbit David Straughan
John G. Ogle George E. Thompson
Thomas Ogle George A. Todd
George W. Purvis John T. Whinham
William W. Rutherford John Wood
Thomas R. Rutter John McE. Wright
George W. Simpson
Sidney L. Smart
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM1507
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 33681
North East War Memorials Project C27.01
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
