Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Canterbury
Town
Canterbury
County
Kent
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 9th October 1923
    Attended by: Archbishop of Canterbury
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
30122

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Current location

In the school chapel
St Edmund's School
St Thomas Hill
Canterbury
Canterbury
Kent
CT2 8HU
England

OS Grid Ref: TR 13410 59180
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
WALL MOUNTED, GRAY AND GREEN MARBLE TABLET SET IN WOOD SURROUND. SET INTO THE MARBLE AT TOP CENTRE IS A SOLDIER'S DEATH PLAQUE, BUT WITH THE NAME OF ST EDMUND'S CANTERBURY RATHER THAN A SOLDIER.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN/MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF / THE SCHOOL WHO GAVE THEIR/LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN/THE GREAT WAR THIS CHAPEL HAS/BEEN ENLARGED AND BEAUTIFIED
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Bacon, F H
Berkeley, C
Bree, E R S
Burges, E L A H
Carthew, W M
Clarke, J P D
Coutts, N V
Darby, W E C A
Davenport, F E A O
Elliott, G E
See details for all 53 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 53
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 53
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: initials, surname
    Order of information: initials, surname
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 137Omm, width 910mm
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
Condition
Costs

Comments: Funds totalling £4600 for the tablet and chapel extension came from the school and its former pupils

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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