Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Thanet
- Town
- St Nicholas At Wade
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War - civilians, Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1542
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Current location
St Nicholas' Church
The Street
St Nicholas At Wade
Thanet
Kent
CT7 0NR
England
OS Grid Ref: TR 26510 66700
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Two rectangular tablets, the upper WW1 set in a wooden frame and a gold latin cross at the top. Below is a second rectangular tablet with a gold latin cross at the top and the lettering in black.
- Inscription
- Tablet 1: IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF/ (Names)/ WHO AT THE CALL OF DUTY LAID DOWN THEIR/ LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ THIS TABLET IS PLACED BY THE INHABITANTS OF /ST NICHOLAS AND SARRE/ RIP Tablet 2: IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ THIS PARISH WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE/ OF THEIR COUNTRY 1939 - 1945/ (Names)/ CIVILIANS OF THE PARISH WHO/ WERE KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION/ THIS TABLET WAS PLACED BY/ THE PARISHIONERS/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baldock, Donald
Baldock, William Charles
Christian, Dorothy
Christian, Elizabeth
Cowdrey, Reginald
Cowdrey, Sidney John
Cowdrey, William Joseph
Gore, Daniel
Hollands, Albrt
Hollands, Frederick
See details for all 19 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: no
Information shown: Surname, forename, rank.
Order of information: Rank - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: no
Information shown: Surname, regiment.
Order of information: Surname. - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: no
Information shown: Forename, surname.
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Black - Tablets
Measurements: height 840MM, width 1150MM
Materials: Stone, Marble - White
- Backboard
- 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
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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