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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Shepway
- Town
- Acrise
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: December 1920
Attended by: SIR HENRY MACKINNON
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 41169
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Current location
St Martin's Church
Acrise Place
Acrise
Shepway
Kent
CT18 8JZ
England
OS Grid Ref: TR 19390 42230
Denomination: Church of England
- Previous locations
- VILLAGE HALL
A260
Swingfield Minnis
Shepway
Kent
CT15 7HR
England
OS Grid Ref: TR 21620 43480
Denomination: Undefined - ACRYSE SCHOOL
Acrise
Shepway
Kent
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (1)
- VILLAGE HALL
- Description
- PLAIN RECTANGULAR BRASS PLAQUE MOUNTED ONTO A WOODEN BACKBOARD. ADDITIONAL BRASS PLAQUE ADDED AT THE BASE GIVES DETAILS OF ITS PREVIOUS LOCATION
- Inscription
- UPPER PLAQUE: IN PROUD AND HONOURED MEMORY OF THE/ FOLLOWING SCHOLARS OF THIS SCHOOL/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914 - 18./ (NAMES)/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" LOWER PLAQUE: THE ABOVE PLATE/ WAS REMOVED FROM/ ACRYSE SCHOOL/ GIFT OF J. E. ELDRIDGE/ UNVEILED BY/ SIR HENRY MACKINNON/ DECEMBER 1920/ GIVES GREAT PLEASURE TO/ HAVE IT ERECTED IN THIS HALL/ JANUARY 1959
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Atkins, W
Bailey, S
Eldridge, T
Fagg, J
Hambrook, A
Hart, C
Heyman, A
Marsh, R
May, W
See details for all 9 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Backboard
- 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
- VILLAGE HALL COMMITTEE
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