
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Ashford
- Town
- Wye
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- BARRY HART (Letter cutter / Engraver)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 29 Jun 1948
Attended by: SIR JOHN RUSSELL DSC; OBE; FRS - Dedicated
Date: 29 Jun 1948
Attended by: Rev F G BRADE-BIRKS DOCTOR OF SCIENCE - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1507
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Current location
Inside cloister quadrangle.
Wye College
High Street
Wye
Ashford
Kent
TN25 5AH
England
OS Grid Ref: TR 05510 46840
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A rectangular tablet with the College Arms in the top right corner and the names in blue lettering below.
- Inscription
- First Tablet: 1939-1945 Second Tablet: LUCE ET LABORE/ WYE COLLEGE/ UNIVERSITY OF LONDON/ AGRICOLA CLUB/ WAR MEMORIAL FUND/ WE PRAY, YOU REMEMBER THE 190/ MEN OF WYE COLLEGE WHO WENT OUT TO/ BATTLE IN THE TWO WORLD WARS 1914-1918/ AND 1939-1945 BUT WHO DID NOT RETURN./ THE SACRIFICE OF THEIR LIVES IS/ COMMEMORATED BY THE INSCRIPTION/ OF THEIR NAMES UPON THE WALLS OF/ THE ANCIENT CLOISTERS OF THE COLLEGE/ AND BY THE FOUNDATION OF A FUND TO/ BE HELD ON TRUST FOR THE PURPOSE OF/ ASSISTING THOSE OF GENERATIONS TO COME/ TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION AT WYE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- 10th Earl Of Coventry, George
6th Duke Of Wellington, Henry
Arrowsmith, J. R.
Beauman, A. R. H.
Benton, G. K.
Buchanan, D. L.
Bulmer, O. T.
Burfield, B. J.
Clough, A. H.
Cole, J. D.
See details for all 62 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 62
Served and returned: 0
Died: 62
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname.
Order of information: Surname.
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Tablets
Measurements: depth 100mm, height 1800mm, width 1200mm
Materials: Stone - Caen
- Tablets
- 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
- Yes
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
- Responsibility
- AGRICOLA CLUB
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