Memorial Details
Memorial
Cross 1914-1918 1939-45 East Howle
Reference
F38.03
Place
FERRYHILL
Map ref
NZ 287328
Original Location
East Howle
Present Location
Council garden between North Street and Chapel Terrace Ferryhill
Which war
a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45
b. 1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
a. Unveiled 8th November 1930 by Major J.A. Louis Downey D.S.O. of West Hartlepool.
Memorial Description
Cross of wheeled type, total height 9 feet. It stands on a tapering pedestal 2 feet high on two steps, 3 feet 3 inches x 2 feet, and 2 feet 4 inches x 11 inches. The whole set into a small square paved enclosure. The dedication is on the front face of the plinth, the names for 1914-18 on two other sides, those for 1939-45 on the back. The lettering is of black lead pinned on in sans serif capitals, apart from the word “Sacred” which is in Gothic lower case.
Materials used
Granite
Inscription
a. Sacred / to the memory of / the men of / East Howle and Crossings / who gave their lives / in the Great War / 1914-1918.
Pass not this stone / in sorrow but in pride. / and may you live as nobly as / they died.
b. 1939-1945
Pass not this stone / in sorrow but in pride. / and may you live as nobly as / they died.
b. 1939-1945
Names
Notes
1. The memorial was moved from East Howle to Ferryhill in the 1970s after the village was demolished.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders; Simon Raine; Dorothy Hall
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail 10/11/1930 reports unveiling. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Source of quotation
“Pass not this stone in sorrow . . .” : Not ascertained
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail 10/11/1930 reports unveiling. (Available on The British Newspaper Archive)
Source of quotation
“Pass not this stone in sorrow . . .” : Not ascertained
External web link
Research acknowledgements
C. Sanders; Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale; Dorothy Hall; Tony Harding
Research In Progress
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Cross 1914-1918 1939-45 East Howle (F38.03)
FERRYHILL Roadside
Sacred
to the memory of
the men of
East Howle and Crossings
who gave their lives
in the Great War
1914-1918.
On riser:
Pass not this stone in sorrow but in pride
and may you live as nobly as they died.
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Right side Left side
Armstrong. R. Hutchinson. R.
Bell. J.H. Hutchinson. Rd.
Boyes. A.B. Jones. G.
Clark. C. Scott. R.
Collinson. W. Scott. J.A.
Cull. C.E. Surtees. C.
Dixon. H. Sheldon. T.
Dunn. W. Stratford. T.
Hallanby. A. Turner. R.
Higgins. T. Whitfield. G.
Hodson. J.
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Rear
1939-45
Laurens, J.
Pattinson, K.
Scott, W.
NamesF38.03
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