Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Eastbourne
- Town
- Hampden Park
- County
- East Sussex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 16940
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Current location
Opposite play area
War Memorial
Hampden Park Drive
Hampden Park
Eastbourne
East Sussex
BN22 9QR
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 60070 01810
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- STONE OBELISK SET ON STONE PLINTH. PLINTH BEARS INSCRIPTION AND NAMES IN BLACK LETTERING. PLINTH SURMOUNTS THREE-STEPPED STONE BASE. WHOLE SET ON PAVED AREA IN PARK.
- Inscription
- IN/ GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE/ MEN OF HAMPDEN PARK/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ THIS COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ TO THOSE WHO DIED/ 1939-1945/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Archer, Charles T.
Armener, Frank W
Avard, Harry
Boniface, Thomas A
Breach, C J Percival
Cole, L. Anthony
Coombs, S Howard
Creed, Stanley F
Davis, Ernest
Denton, Bertram C.
See details for all 39 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 22
Served and returned: 0
Died: 22
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 18
Served and returned: 0
Died: 18
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Memorial
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
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