Felton War Memorial

The c5m tall Aberdeen granite memorial stands at the roadside, on the north bank of the River Coquet. It takes the form of a Celtic cross, richly ornamented with complex interlace patterns carved in low relief on the wheel-head and cross shaft. The shaft rises from a small pedestal. The pedestal stands on a tapering plinth and the whole is raised on a square three-stepped base.

The principal dedicatory inscription on the front face of the pedestal reads PRO PATRIA/ 1914 – 1919/ A TRIBUTE OF/ REVERENT REMEMBRANCE TO/ OUR GLORIOUS DEAD. The First World War names are recorded by township on the faces of the plinth:

(north face) FELTON/ (16 NAMES)

(east face) THIRSTON/ (13 NAMES)

(west face) ACTON/ (2 NAMES)/ ESHOTT/ (6 NAMES)/ SWARLAND/ (3 NAMES)

A sloping plaque at the foot of the memorial to the front reads 1939 – 1945/ FELTON/ (2 NAMES)/ THIRSTON/ (1 NAME)/ ACTON/ (2 NAMES)/ ESHOTT/ (2 NAMES)/ SWARLAND/ 5 NAMES).

The memorial is enclosed by low metal posts carrying a chain.

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, 9 February 2017.