Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Allegory (eg: Victory)
- District
- Tunbridge Wells
- Town
- Benenden
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918), Second World War - civilians
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 27 February 1923
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1541
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Current location
At the junction with Walkhurst Road
Roadside
Benenden Road.
Benenden
Tunbridge Wells
Kent
TN17 4DE
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 81014 32864
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Seated bronze figure holding a wreath surmounting a plinth with three rectangular plaques mounted on the 6 o'clock face.
- Inscription
- TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF BENENDEN/ WHO FOUGHT AND DIED FOR JUSTICE/ AND LIBERTY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abrehart, Alfred Charles
Abrehart, Dorothy Jane
Baird, W
Barham, C
Beatty, M A A
Blakey, Joan Evelyn Ray
Boxall, C
Bridgland, H
Bridgland, V
Burt, A
See details for all 50 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 32
Served and returned: 0
Died: 32
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename, rank, regiment.
Order of information: Surname. - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename, rank.
Order of information: Surname. - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname.
Order of information: Surname.
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Plinth
- Listing information
- WAR MEMORIAL
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- MEN OF BENENDEN
- WMO ID: 149110
- Condition: Good [last updated on 15-03-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Other website www.btinternet.com/~james.fanning/benenden/page4.html
- Carter Postcard Collection
- Other website www.fadedgenes.co.uk/BenendenMemorial.html
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