Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Shelter
- District
- Kensington And Chelsea
- Town
- Kensington
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1919
Attended by:
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 69698
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Current location
Kensington Gardens
Broadwalk
Kensington
Kensington And Chelsea
Greater London
W2 3JH
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 26012 80115
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A pair of matching simple rectangular wooden shelters with inscriptions carved into the wood of shelters. The north shelter commemorates the Navy, the south shelter the Army.
- Inscription
- [Northern shelter] (West side) Erected by/ "The Silver Thimble Fund"/ 1919 / (East side) In Memory of Our Sailors/ Who Upheld "Britain's Sure Shield"/ 1914-1918 [Southern shelter] (West side) Erected by/ "The Silver Thimble Fund"/ 1919/ (East side) In Memory of Our Soldiers/ Who Fought in the Great War/ 1914-1918
- 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
- Shelter
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Shelter
- Listing information
- War Memorial Shelters
- 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
- War Memorial Shelters
- WMO ID: 225867
- Condition: Good [last updated on 03-11-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Buildings and Monuments in the Royal Parks, (The Royal Parks, 1997), pp.60,65,67
- London Remembers: www.londonremembers.com/memorials/thimble-shelters-south
- London Remembers: www.londonremembers.com/memorials/thimble-shelters-north
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