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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Clock or clock tower
- District
- Sevenoaks
- Town
- Dunton Green
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 20 July 1930
Attended by: Mrs Wreford - Dedicated
Date: 20 July 1930
Attended by: Rev. J. Gilder (Vicar) - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 16144
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Current location
Dunton Green Village Hall
London Road
Dunton Green
Sevenoaks
Kent
TN13 2TE
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 50986 57626
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Stone clock tower set on two steps and a triangular pediment. Clock with Roman numerals above and three inset tablets with the inscription on the front face.
- Inscription
- 1914 - 1919/ IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ (NAMES)/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, W
Bassett, H
Bellingham, C
Brazier, D. A.
Brazier, H. G.
Budgen, T
Burkin, R. H.
Chapling, E
Coe, W
Collison, F. H. S.
See details for all 49 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 22
Served and returned: 0
Died: 22
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 27
Served and returned: 0
Died: 27
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Clock
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Tower
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Clock
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Dunton Green
- WMO ID: 137807
- Condition: Good [last updated on 16-12-2016]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser - Friday 12 July 1929 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001068/19290712/236/0013 DUNTON GREEN WAR MEMORIAL. COUNCIL FORM DEPUTATION. (Parish council discussing possibility of a sports ground as a village war memorial.)
- Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser - Friday 21 December 1945 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001068/19451221/058/0004 WAR MEMORIAL DAMAGED Brick Through Face of Clock at Dunton Green.
- Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser - Friday 25 July 1930 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001068/19300725/046/0002 DUNTON GREEN WAR MEMORIAL (photograph) All the controversy of the past ten years as to the form of the memorial to the Fallen of Dunton Green was forgotten on Sunday afternoon, when, in the presence of a large congregation, Mrs. Wreford unveiled the clock tower outside the Village Hall. ....
- Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser - Friday 29 March 1929 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001068/19290329/033/0002
- Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser - Friday 20 June 1930 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001068/19300620/177/0012 DUNTON GREEN WAR MEMORIAL. The unveiling of the Dunton Green War Memorial has been arranged for Sunday, July 20th. at 3 p.m., by Mrs. Wreford. (Reports says there had been a long controversy before a design was agreed upon. The funds in hand are not quite sufficient to meet the expenses incurred or to provide for maintenance)
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