Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Shepway
- Town
- Sellindge
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2959
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Current location
St Mary the Virgin Church
A20
Sellindge
Shepway
Kent
TN25 6EL
England
OS Grid Ref: TR 09380 38450
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A metal plaque divided into three sections and mounted onto a marble tablet. On the central section of the plaque is a relief depicting a wounded or dead soldier on the battlefield with Christ standing over him. On either side and below the relief, the dedication is written in raised lettering. Two additional tablets are mounted beneath with the dedication and names to the Second World War written in black lettering.
- Inscription
- EVEN THERE ALSO SHALL THY RIGHT HAND LEAD ME/ (Names)/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOUR OF ALL THOSE FROM THIS PARISH WHO FOUGHT/ AND DIED FOR GOD AND KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 TO 1918/ (Names) IN/MEMORIAM/ 1939/ TO/ 1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ames, Arthur Wm Herbert
Bean, Lewis
Blythe, Stewart W
Bull, Bramwell
Chapman, Reginald Leslie
Fuller, Frank
Gammon, Archibald
Garman, James
Gaunt, John Kennedy
Hawkes, Albert
See details for all 26 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 18
Served and returned: 0
Died: 18
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename.
Order of information: Surname. - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename.
Order of information: Surname.
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Relief
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Relief
- 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 - Responsibility
- PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
- Reference
- Other website www.fadedgenes.co.uk/SellindgeMemorial.html
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