Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Gate
- District
- Tunbridge Wells
- Town
- Royal Tunbridge Wells
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: June 1921
Attended by: Very Rev. the Dean of Rochester, St James' Training Corps, Lieut. Col. R Saunders
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 17157
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Current location
At the junction on St James Road.
St James' Church
Sandrock Road
Royal Tunbridge Wells
Tunbridge Wells
Kent
TN1 2NN
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 59137 39788
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A wooden lychgate with six wooden panels bearing names on the inside. Dedicatory inscription on the roof beams to the front and the rear of the gate, tiled roof. Carved figure of a knight, as well as a Latin cross, on the front roof beam.
- Inscription
- At the front of gate: IN MEMORY OF THE ST JAMES MEN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 (Names) At the rear of gate: THEIR BODIES ARE BURIED IN PEACE BUT THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Austin, John J
Balcombe, George W
Baldock, Charles E
Banks, Hugh
Barker, Frederick E
Benwell, George A
Blackford, Horace
Bloomfield, Frederick
Bloomfield, Jack
Brasier, George
See details for all 160 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 160
Served and returned: 0
Died: 160
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename.
Order of information: Surname.
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gate
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Gate
- 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
- WW1 MEN OF ST JAMES' CHURCH
- WMO ID: 106776
- Condition: Good [last updated on 13-11-2016]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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