Cross 1914-1918 1939-45 East Howle

East Howle

In a council garden between North Street and Chapel Terrace, Ferryhill

a. 1914-18
b. 1939-45

a. Unveiled 8th November 1930 by Major J.A. Louis Downey D.S.O. of West Hartlepool.

Granite

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

Cross of wheeled type, total height 9 feet (2.7m).

It stands on a tapering pedestal 24 inches high (61cms) on two steps, one of which 39 inches x 24 inches 99cms x 61cms), and the other is 28 inches x 11 inches (71cms x 28cms).

The whole is 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 in black sans serif capitals, apart from the word “Sacred” which is in Gothic lower case.

1. The memorial was moved from East Howle to Ferryhill in the 1970s after the village was demolished.

Historic England Listing

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

C. Sanders;
Fitzhugh Collection, Middleton in Teesdale;
Dorothy Hall;
Tony Harding

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