East Howle and Crossings War Memorial

The memorial stands to the north side of a small garden between Ferryhill Town Hall and the Market Place. To its south are Ferryhill War Memorial and the Walton Memorial, both Grade II-listed. East Howle and Crossings War Memorial takes the form of a granite Celtic cross, c3m tall. The front face of wheel-head is ornamented with intricate interlace patterns carved in low relief. The front face of the cross shaft is outlined with a raised border delimiting two blind panels. The shaft rises from a tapering plinth with a plain, square, base. That stands on a single step of a different stone.

The principal dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth reads SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF/ EAST HOWLE AND CROSSINGS,/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR./ 1914 – 1918 with below, on the front face of the base, PASS NOT THIS STONE IN SORROW BUT IN PRIDE/ AND MAY YOU LIVE AS NOBLY AS THEY DIED. The First World War names are listed on the plinth sides, with the Second World War names on the rear face.

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.