Winchelsea

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Reference WMO/106822

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St Thomas the Martyr

High Street

Winchelsea

TN36 4EB

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Wheel cross
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Elaborately carved stone wheel cross on straight shaft, octagonal plinth and two-stepped octagonal base. The inscription and names are incised into the faces of the plinth. The memorial is located in the north west corner of the churchyard. The memorial was cleaned and repaired in 2017, with a grant from the War Memorials Trust and local contributions.
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IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE SAILORS AND SOLDIERS OF THE EMPIRE IN THE GREAT WAR FOR HUMAN LIBERTY 1914-1918 AND ESPECIALLY THESE WINCHELSEA MEN WHOSE GRAVES ARE IN THE LAND WHERE THEY FELL BUT WHOSE NAMES WILL LONG BE HELD IN HONOUR IN THEIR NATIVE TOWN. ALSO IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE 1939 - 1945 WAR. THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

The names inscribed on the Monument for World War 1 are Archie Balding, Percy Freeman, Robert Griffin, Henry Patch, Noel Patch, Frederick G Penny, George Snashall, Norman Streeton and Thomas Tiltman. The names inscribed on the Monument for World War 2 are Donald Alford, Stanley Breeds, George Cook, Robert Jenkins, Ronald McDonald, Terence Montague, Anthony Stuart and Harry Willeard.

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