Memorial Details
Memorial
Cross 1939-45 Winterton Hospital grounds
Reference
S119.01
Place
SEDGEFIELD
Map ref
3529
Original Location
Former Winterton Hospital grounds. In front of west end of chapel building.
Which war
1939-45
Memorial Description
Cross, 10 feet high, of steel bars welded together on a small square concrete block. The dedication is a metal plate on the front of the block, on similar plates on the other three sides are depicted (left) the Army badge; (right) the Royal Navy badge, and (back) the R.A.F. badge. Lettering is in Roman capitals.
Materials used
Steel and concrete
Inscription
remember them
Names
None
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
Ken Saiger
Notes
1. There is no memorial in the chapel building nearby. In a conversation with a dealer in militaria, it was discovered that plaques from the hospital were found in a skip, and sold to a collector in the USA.
2. “In a sea of uncut grass, surrounded by the endless, empty buildings now (1997) due for closure or possible demolition. The fate of this memorial is very doubtful”.
3. The grounds have been built into a housing estate. The cross is still there, and a group has been set up to look after it.
4. A photograph taken by Ken Saiger at the Remembrance Day service on November 11th 2006 shows Father John Caden, St. John Fisher RC Church who conducted the service assisted by Rev. Michael Gobbett, Vicar of St. Edmund’s Church. The Mayor of Sedgefield Village, Councillor Dudley Waters is on the right; having laid a wreath; the bugler is Mr Eric Richards, retired Sedgefield barber and David Hillerby is lowering the St George Cross for the Silence.
2. “In a sea of uncut grass, surrounded by the endless, empty buildings now (1997) due for closure or possible demolition. The fate of this memorial is very doubtful”.
3. The grounds have been built into a housing estate. The cross is still there, and a group has been set up to look after it.
4. A photograph taken by Ken Saiger at the Remembrance Day service on November 11th 2006 shows Father John Caden, St. John Fisher RC Church who conducted the service assisted by Rev. Michael Gobbett, Vicar of St. Edmund’s Church. The Mayor of Sedgefield Village, Councillor Dudley Waters is on the right; having laid a wreath; the bugler is Mr Eric Richards, retired Sedgefield barber and David Hillerby is lowering the St George Cross for the Silence.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo: Simon Raine; photo at 2006 Remembrance Day Service: Ken Saiger
Durham Record Office Memorial Committee papers 1939-45 (cover years 1946-1951) CP/Se 33
The Advertiser (Darlington, Aycliffe and Sedgefield) 09/11/2006 reports proposed ceremony and determination that neither the cross nor Winterton Hospital patients should be forgotten.
Northern Echo 09/11/2006 reports arrangement for Remembrance Day service.
Source of quotation
“We will remember them” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon
Durham Record Office Memorial Committee papers 1939-45 (cover years 1946-1951) CP/Se 33
The Advertiser (Darlington, Aycliffe and Sedgefield) 09/11/2006 reports proposed ceremony and determination that neither the cross nor Winterton Hospital patients should be forgotten.
Northern Echo 09/11/2006 reports arrangement for Remembrance Day service.
Source of quotation
“We will remember them” For the Fallen Lawrence Binyon
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Research acknowledgements
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; John and Mavis Dixon; Christine Jemmeson; David Hillerby; Ken Saiger; Dorothy Hall
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