Church of St. Hilda, war memorial

This war memorial was listed Grade II in 2016 with the following description:
'The memorial was unveiled on 17 November 1921 by Mr J Sedeole, Churchwarden, and dedicated by the Bishop of Durham. Commissioned by the Parish Council, the memorial cost c£1,000, raised by public subscription. The memorial was designed by JH Morton FRIBA and sculpted by George Walker Milburn of York. It commemorates 83 local servicemen who died in the First World War.
The memorial stands in the churchyard of the Church of St Hilda (Grade II-listed), to the west of the church. Built in Stancliffe stone, the c7m tall memorial takes the form of an early medieval cross. The cross shaft rises from a plinth, which stands on a three-stepped base.
The front face of the cross head is richly ornamented with carved interlace, and the figure of Christ crucified in relief. The principal dedicatory inscription carved in relief on the cross shaft below reads TO THE/ GLORY OF/ GOD THIS/ CROSS WAS/ ERECTED IN/ THE YEAR/ OF OUR/ LORD 1921,/ IN/ GRATEFUL/ REMEMBR/ ANCE OF/ THE DECLA/ RATION OF/ PEACE IN/ THE GREAT/ EUROPEAN/ WAR AND/ IN MEMORY/ OF THOSE/ WHO FOUGHT/ AND FELL/ FOR THEIR/ SOVEREIGN/ AND EMPIRE/ BY SEA LAND/ AND AIR.
Below the panel containing this dedication, three ornamental panels carved in the front face of the cross shaft include interlace patterns, symbols of the Passion, and three ammonites, the emblem of St Hilda. The figure of St Hilda carrying a model of her church is carved in relief to the rear of the cross shaft. The commemorated names are carved on the four faces of the plinth.
The memorial stands on a raised platform approached by a rake of four steps from the east.'
One of the tallest war memorials within a church precinct in Tyne and Wear {1}. Set in a railed enclosure. It was cleaned in 1989 by Peter Cox Restoration of Newcastle.