Private Michael Heaviside VC arriving at Shield Row station
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Private Michael Heaviside VC of Craghead arriving at Shield Row station, Stanley, County Durham in 1917. Michael Heaviside was born in Gilesgate Durham City in October 1880, he served as a stretcher-bearer in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Boer War and later joined 4 DLI, as a Reservist, whilst working as a miner at Burnhope Colliery and later at Craghead. When WWI began, he immediately joined 15 DLI and served with this Service Battalion throughout the war. He won his Victoria Cross for his bravery at Fontaine le Croisilles in France on 6 May 1917 when he took water under heavy fire to a wounded soldier in no-man's land. That night he went back with stetcher bearers to carry the man to safety. After the war, Michael Heaviside returned to work underground. He died in his home on 26 April 1939 aged 58 years and is buried at St Thomas's Churchyard, Craghead. His family presented his medals to the Regiment during a parade at Brancepeth Castle in 1957. Source: DLI Museum
I can't even believe i am sat within a stones throw of Shield Row, a couple of villages-along the top of the hill. I'm utterly astonished that that many people came out for his arrival back at the tiny pit-village. That was a local affair, He had just come home... that was the hill-folk welcoming him back...look at the unity of everyone there. That's what we used to be up here. North of England.
I spoke to an old shep outside the shopfront in Annfield Plain (Two stops along the line from the film) the other day. "It was 'Affluent' up here at one time. Big huge bloody Co-Op over there, Massive shopfront, everywhere was posh and people were comfort'able. Look at it now"
This vid has just me see a bit of what he meant. So these were all either well-rehearsed crisis-actors OR; there once was a great place called Stanley, and north, east, south and west Stanley.
Thousands of people., obviously not just from shield row. Would there really have been such an exodus of Royal Ceremony and half the military and regional groups to a crumby small railway station up high on a hill in the windy north. No way. Leaves me with only one conclusion. Stanley must have been awesome.
This man was my Great Great Grandfather
Very interesting my ancestors the hagan family grew up in this part of the world but can't see what happened to them great watching there old videos from so long ago.
He’s my great great great grandad
Great the footage survived
Huge thanks to Hero Heaviside who gets my Battlefield Commission to Brigadier *Salutes* for bringing the limelight back to the region
Can you upload the BMEG video please. I believe the I.T. technician has it stored on his pc (resource center),
Patrick - Bmeg (Beamish Model Engineering Group)