Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Durham
- Town
- Ferryhill
- County
- Durham
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 8 November 1930
Attended by: Major J A L Downey;
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 10539
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Current location
Ferryhill Town Hall Gardens
North Street
Ferryhill
Durham
Durham
DL17 8JL
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 28794 32828
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- East Howle & Crossing
Durham
Durham
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- East Howle & Crossing
- Description
- Foundation supporting a two-stepped base surmounted by a tapering plinth and slightly tapered rectangular shaft with wheel cross. Inscription and names formed by pinned-lead lettering and numerals on all plinth faces and one step face. The memorial foundation is surrounded by a single course of paving stones and the whole is enclosed within a fenced garden area, adjacent to the existing Ferryhill War Memorial.
- Inscription
- [6 o'clock plinth face] : Sacred / TO THE MEMORY OF / EAST HOWLE AND CROSSINGS, / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR. / 1914 - 1918. / [6 o'clock step face] : "PASS NOT THIS STONE IN SORROW BUT IN PRIDE / AND MAY YOU LIVE AS NOBLY AS THEY DIED." /// [3 and 9 o'clock plinth faces] : (21 NAMES) /// [12 o'clock plinth face] : 1939 - 45 / (3 NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Armstrong, R
Bell, J H
Boyes, A B
Clark, G
Collinson, W
Cull, C E
Dixon, H
Dunn, W
Hallanby, A
Higgins, T
See details for all 24 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename initial
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 21
Served and returned: 0
Died: 21
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename initials
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Lettering
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Lead - Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Lettering
- Listing information
- East Howle and Crossings War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- East Howle And Crossings
- WMO ID: 199845
- Condition: Good [last updated on 03-07-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- North East War Memorials Project, web page - www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=7253
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