Greenside War Memorial. The war memorial was erected on a site given as a gift by the Stella Coal Company to the residents of Greenside. It stands at the junction of the Coalburns and Spen roads. The memorial was designed and executed by Mr D. Morrison (sculptor) of Gateshead. The unveiling and dedication ceremony took place on Saturday afternoon, 21st February, 1920. A large gathering of relatives, friends, and officials of the various organisations were present to hear Lieutenant Colonel F.R. Simpson, of Hedgefield House, officially open the proceedings. A firing party from the 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, headed a procession which included members of Greenside Church Choir, the clergy, local ambulance men and nursing sisters, Emma Colliery Prize Brass Band, members of the local Buffalo Lodges, Rechabites, boy scouts and school children. Mr Joseph Collins, chairman of the war memorial committee, presided. Major Spencer Arnott, of Greenside House, supported by Lieutenant Colonel A. Henderson. CMG. TD, of Gateshead, publicly handed over the care of the memorial to Councillor Robert Wren, chairman of Ryton Urban District Council. Mr James Robson, President of Durham Miners Association, and Mr William Whitely, Labour candidate for the Division, presented to each nearest relative a scroll. The memorial scrolls were presented on behalf of the Greenside Recognition Association. Following the end of the 1939-45 conflict a further twenty seven names of those who lost their lives from the village were added to the memorial. The memorial scroll shows the name of Private Joseph Graham, who was killed in action on 1st July 1916 at the Battle of the Somme. Joseph resided at 25 Stanhope Street, Greenside.
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