The Green Howards Regimental War Memorial including cross, steps, piers and railings

The Green Howards Regimental War Memorial is located at the junction of Pottergate and Frenchgate, positioned at the top of a tall flight of stone steps that rise from Frenchgate to the south. The memorial features a richly ornamented Celtic cross set on a square pedestal. Both faces of the cross and the cross shaft are adorned with interlace patterns carved in relief. At the base of the cross shaft, collars display the dates 1914 – 1918 and 1939 – 1945.

The main dedicatory inscription on the front panel of the pedestal reads: "TO COMMEMORATE THE GALLANT DEAD/ OF THE YORKSHIRE REGIMENT/ THE GREEN HOWARDS/ WHO FOUGHT AND DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR AND WHOSE NAMES/ ARE RECORDED IN A BOOK PLACED IN/ THE RICHMOND PARISH CHURCH." This inscription is repeated on the rear panel. The regimental cap badge used during the First World War is carved in low relief on the side panels.

The cross is situated on a high, rectangular ashlar platform, which features stone corner piers and metal railings. In front of the southern corner piers, simple stone panels that serve as planters list some of the locations where the regiment has served: to the left, "NORTH RUSSIA 1919/ AFGHANISTAN/ WAZIRISTAN/ PALESTINE/ MALAYA/ 'LEST WE FORGET'"; to the right, "NORTHERN IRELAND/ FALKLANDS/ 'LEST WE FORGET'".

There is also a rectangular planter, which is not of special interest, located on the north side of the memorial, inscribed with "AND/ OF ALL THOSE GREEN HOWARDS WHO FELL IN OTHER/ OPERATIONS." The platform has been slightly re-modelled since its unveiling, and the railings and stone piers have been extended along the south side of Frenchgate/Pottergate; this extension is excluded from the listing.