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Wednesday, 12 July 2023

Yorkshire - Middlesborough War Memorials

 The Middlesbrough Cenotaph is located outside the entrance gates to Albert Park in front of the Dorman Museum. It commemorates the local men who died in the First and Second World Wars and other conflicts. 

Middlesborough Cenotaph Albert Park Gates


On either side of the entrance to Albert Park are 24 bronze panels which record the names of  3,137 men and women who lost their lives in the First World War dead. In includes 1,107 men from the Yorkshire Regiment.

Middlesborough Cenotaph and Bronze Panels

Middlesborough Cenotaph Bronze Panel

The design of the memorial is based on the Cenotaph in London and was unveiled on 11th November 1922. 

Middlesborough Cenotaph unveiling 11 Nov 1922

The north face bears the inscription THE GLORIOUS DEAD 1914–1919.

Middlesborough Cenotaph
WW1 1914-1919 Inscription


After the Second World War the cenotaph was rededicated and the south face inscribed with the epitaph THE GLORIOUS DEAD 1939–1945.

Middlesborough Cenotaph
 WW2 1939-1945 Inscription

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During the Crimean War the Russian city of Sevastopol was besieged from October 1854 to September 1855 before falling to British and French  troops. Captured cannons seized were sent to many towns in Britain and across the Empire. One cannon is located in Albert Park Middlesborough.

Middlesborough Albert Park Sevastopol Cannon IJ

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The  Dorman Memorial Museum in Middlesbrough is dedicated to the memory of Lieutenant George Lockwood Dorman and his comrades of the Yorkshire Regiment who lost their lives during the Boer War 1899-1901.

Dolman Memorial Museum Middlesborough

Lieutenant Dorman served with the 3rd Battalion, Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment). He died of an intestinal problem at Kroonstad in the Orange Free State on 30th March 1901 aged 21. He was the son of the industrialist Sir Arthur Dorman who co-founded Dorman Long and Co Ltd and funded the building of the museum.  It was opened on 1st July 1904 by Colonel Hoole of the Yorkshire Regiment.

Dolman Memorial Museum Middlesborough
Opening 
Ceremony 1st July 1904

Dolman Memorial Museum Middlesborough
Opening 
Ceremony Programme


The Middlesbrough Boer War Memorial is located in Albert Park commemorating Lieutenant GL Dorman and those men from Middlesborough who lost their lives in South Africa.

Middlesborough Boer War Memorial Albert Park

A bronze panel details TO THE MEMORY OF THE MIDDLESBROUGH MEN
WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION OR DIED OF WOUNDSOR DISEASE IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR A.D. 1899 - 1901 and records the names of those who were lost.

Middlesborough Boer War Memorial Albert Park

The memorial was unveiled on 7th June 1905 by Lieutenant-General Sir H M Leslie-Rundle, General Officer Commanding Northern Command.

Middlesborough Boer War Memorial Albert Park
Unveiling 
7th June 1905

Middlesborough Boer War Memorial Albert Park

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In the Albert Park Middlesborough a Remembrance garden is dedicated to "To All Who Gave Their Lives For Our Country". 

Middlesborough Albert Park  Remembrance Garden 






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Middlesborough Albert Park Clock

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The sundial in Albert Park Middlesbrough was donated by Henry Bolckow, a local industrialist who became the town's Mayor and its first Member of Parliament. Three faces show the time in Middlesbrough,, New York City and Melbourne.

Middlesborough Albert Park Sun Dial
New York time