Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Sevenoaks
- Town
- Fawkham
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 54511
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Current location
Fawkham Green
Longfield
Fawkham
Sevenoaks
Kent
DA3 8NL
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 58563 65494
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Rough-hewn Latin cross with tapering shaft set on a square, round-top plinth and square base. Plinth bears the inscription. Lead lettering.
- Inscription
- Plinth: THIS CROSS/ IS PLACED HERE IN ORDER/ THAT WE MAY NEVER FORGET/ (Names)/ OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED/ FOR OUR COUNTRY1914-1919 (Names) Shaft: 1939-45/ (Name)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, rank, decorations.
Order of information: Rank. - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename.
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Cornish - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Memorial
Measurements: height 1850mm
Materials: Undefined
- Cross
- 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
- Fawkham
- WMO ID: 71085
- Condition: Good [last updated on 12-06-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2007: Application made to War Memorials Trust for restoration.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- War Memorials Trust WM2082 www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=432
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