Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Thanet
- Town
- Westgate On Sea
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Iraq War (2003-2011)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 04th August 1923
Attended by: Bishop Suffragan of Croydon
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 37543
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Current location
Junction of Sea Road with St Mildreds Road
War Memorial
Sea Road
Westgate On Sea
Thanet
Kent
CT8 8SB
England
OS Grid Ref: TR 32323 70421
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- CROSS SET ON A CAIRN TYPE SETTING OF ROCK
- Inscription
- BRITISH LEGION MEMORIAL/ "LEST WE FORGET" WW2 IN MEMORY/ ALSO OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING THE 1939-45 WAR THIS TABLET WAS/ ERECTED BY THE MAYOR ALDERMEN AND BURGESSES OF THE BOROUGH OF MARGATE/ AD 1951
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Appleby, T
Baldwin, E C
Ball, G
Bax, S G
Beal, R W
Bennett, H B
Blows, N W J
Brass, J
Bushell, D
Champs, B
See details for all 109 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 79
Served and returned: 0
Died: 79
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname and initials
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 29
Served and returned: 0
Died: 29
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, initials
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname. - Iraq War (2003-2011)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initial, surname, year of death
Order of information: n/a
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Memorial
- Listing information
- Westgate-on-Sea British Legion War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Westgate-on-Sea
- WMO ID: 86893
- Condition: Good [last updated on 17-09-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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