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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Maidstone
- Town
- Lenham
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 41043
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Current location
St Mary's Church
Church Square
Lenham
Maidstone
Kent
ME17 2PP
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 89920 52120
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- WALL-MOUNTED WHITE MARBEL TABLET WITH GREY VEINED MARBLE FRAME. BLACK LETTERING. RED CROSS AT TOP CENTRE.
- Inscription
- SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE/ MEN FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE WAR 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ "O LORD SAVE THY PEOPLE, AND BLESS/ THINE INHERITANCE."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baldock, Charles William
Barton, John Percy
Bryant, Charles
Bugden, George
Burchett, William
Chambers, Charles
Chambers, George
Chapman, Bertie
Clark, Jesse
Coppins, George
See details for all 39 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 39
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 39
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- Tablet
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST MARY
- Grade I
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Other website www.fadedgenes.co.uk/LenhamMemorial.html
- WMOL 171319
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