Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Canterbury
- Town
- Canterbury
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 23rd April 1919
Attended by: Unknown
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Lost
- WM Reference
- 49520
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- St George's Church
St George Street
Canterbury
Canterbury
Kent
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- St George's Church
- Description
- Bronze tablet with arch top with an imposed crown. Under this St George attacking a dragon . Under this a dedication in raised letters. The lower frame has a central rose.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN UNDYING MEMORY OF THE / OFFICERS AND MEN WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN / THE NAVAL ACTION AT ZEEBRUGGE / SAINT GEORGE'S DAY MCMXVIII // THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THEIR ADMIRAL / SOME OF THEIR COMRADES AND THE KENT BRANCH / OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF SAINT GEORGE // THE FLAG ABOVE WAS USED IN MAKING THE SIGNAL / SAINT GEORGE FOR ENGLAND
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- Condition
- Zeebrugge
- WMO ID: 258097
- Condition: Lost/Missing/Temporary [last updated on 17-02-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Postcard
- www.machadoink.com/St George.htm
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