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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Rochester Upon Medway
- Town
- High Halstow
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 16558
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Current location
St Margaret's Church
The Street
High Halstow
Rochester Upon Medway
Kent
ME3 8SL
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 77980 75280
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wall and corbel stone mounted, portrait oriented marble backboard supporting a second backboard constructed of wood which further supports two Great War incised marble tablets. Both tablets contain inscriptions with the lower tablet also bearing names. First letter of principal words, rank and war infilled with red paint and the remaining text infilled with black paint. Immediately below the corbel stones is another marble backboard supporting a landscape oriented, associated Second World War incised marble tablet. Rank and war period infilled red with remaining text infilled black.
- Inscription
- Upper tablet: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. / TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY / OF THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR. / 1914. 1919. / (11 NAMES) // Lower tablet: 1939 - 1945 / (4 NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bance, Charles
Bell, John J
Brown, Ronald
Castle, Howard
Foord, Robert
Gouge, George
Harryman, Sydney
Izaby, Albert
King, Charles
Longfield, Geoffrey
See details for all 15 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename, initial, surname
Order of information: Listed alphabetically by surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname
Order of information: Listed alphabetically by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Grey - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Backboard
- 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
- ST MARGARET'S CHURCH MEMORIAL TABLETS
- WMO ID: 107366
- Condition: Good [last updated on 21-05-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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