Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Tonbridge And Malling
- Town
- Birling
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
All Saints Church
Snodland Road
Birling
Tonbridge And Malling
Kent
ME19 5JW
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 68016 60571
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A Celtic cross surmounting a tapered plinth, and three steps. The First World War names are on the faces of the plinth and the Second World War are on a sloping tablet against the first step.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face: IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF BIRLING/ WHO MADE THE GREAT SACRIFICE/ DURING THE WAR 1914 - 1919/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND/ IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM/ IN MEMORY ALSO OF (Names)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ WAR OF 1939 - 1945 3 and 9 o'clock face: (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baker, Charles
Bishop, Sydney
Blackman, Russell
Calder, Thomas
Day, Arthur C
Evans, Kenneth
Gladdish, Edward
Gladdish, William L
Holmewood, Raymond
Lane, Percival F
See details for all 17 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname.
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname.
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- 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
- All Saints Church - WW1&2
- WMO ID: 70989
- Condition: Good [last updated on 02-06-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
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