Sittingbourne WWI & WWII

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Reference WMO/107710

Address:

Central Avenue

Sittingbourne

ME10 4AA

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Cenotaph
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A cenotaph on a two-stepped base in a paved area surrounded on three sides by a raised flower bed supported by a stone wall incorporating integral stone seating. The front of the cenotaph has a tablet with the dedication. Above this is a low relief carving of an angel flanked by a soldier and sailor. Above this is a carving of the Kent insignia within a laurel wreath. An upright metal laurel wreath with poppies and ribbons is on the top of the cenotaph. The WW1 names are on tablets placed on the sides and back of the cenotaph. The WW2 names are on small brass plaques on the slope of low wall surrounding the cenotaph, the insignia of each of the navy, army & air force, in that order, is placed before the respective list of names. The plaques on the raised bed are from the original Milton Regis memorial, destroyed in 1987 by a falling tree.
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Front: To the memory/ of the men of/ Sittingbourne/ who died serving/ their country/ in the Great/ War 1914-1918 // Their name/ liveth for/ evermore // Also in proud memory/ of all those from/ Sittingbourne who gave/ their lives for us in/ the Second World War/ 1939-1945 // We will remember them Rear: Greater love/ hath no man/ than this/ that a man lay/ down his lif/ for his friends/ John XV. 13 // WW1 names Sides: WW1 names.

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