Howden-le-Wear War Memorial

The granite memorial, c4m tall, stands on the east side of High Street, close to the junction with Bridge Street. It takes the form of an obelisk, square on plan, rising from the pediment of a tapering pedestal. A sheathed sword, carved in low relief on the front face of the obelisk, hangs from its sword belt from the obelisk’s pyramidal top, with a wreath carved below. The pedestal stands on a two-stage base, that stands on two low steps. The memorial is surrounded by a square enclosure formed of a plain metal rail suspended from low, pyramidal, posts.

The admonition LEST WE FORGET is inscribed on the front-facing pediment. Below this, on the front face of the pedestal, the principal dedicatory inscription reads TO THE HONOUR AND IN SACRED/ MEMORY OF THE BRAVE MEN FROM/ HOWDEN-LE-WEAR AND DISTRICT/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ (NAMES). The names continue onto the upper stage of the base, followed by 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES) and further Second World War names recorded on the lower stage also.

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.