War memorial outside St Oswald's Church, Durham

The memorial stands at the north-east entrance to the churchyard of the Church of St Oswald (Grade II*-listed). It comprises a stone Calvary cross, c 6m tall overall. The Calvary is gabled, with a scroll bearing the letters INRI above the figure of the crucified Christ. The cross head rises from a moulded collar. The tapering octagonal cross shaft stands on a pedestal, square on plan with broached corners. That stands on a square, three-stepped, base.

The inscriptions are cast into bronze plaques on the pedestal. The principal dedicatory inscription on the front face reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOUR OF/ ALL THE PARISHIONERS WHO SERVED/ AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THE CAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS/ AND PEACE IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918 R.I.P.

The First World War names are recorded on rectangular bronze plaques on the remaining three sides of the pedestal. Two similar, but smaller, plaques added to each side of the pedestal record the Second World War names.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 7 February 2017.