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Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Dover
Town
Shepherdswell
County
Kent
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 11th November 1923
    Attended by: Col.-Commandant N. J. G. Cameron, the Colonel Commandant of the Dover Garrison
  • Dedicated
    Date: 1st August 1948
    Attended by: The Vicar and the Methodist Minister
  • Unveiled
    Date: 1st August 1948
    Attended by: President of the British Legion
  • Placed
    Date: After March 1923
    Attended by: Undefined
  • Dedicated
    Date: 11th November 1923
    Attended by: The Vicar, Rev. N. J. G. Cameron
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
1580

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Current location

On the Village Green
Junction Coldred Road and Mill Lane and Church Hill
Shepherdswell
Dover
Kent
CT15 7LQ
England

OS Grid Ref: TR 26180 47794
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Celtic cross with a sword of sacrifice in the centre mounted onto a plinth and base. Black inscription on the plinth and base.
Inscription
1914/ 1918/ IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF SHEPHERDSWELL/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ (Names)/ 1939-1945/ (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Archer, David
Atkins, A
Atkins, C H
Bean, L
Campbell, Andrew
Coppen, C H
Coppen, E E
Couchman, Stanley
Crookewit, A E
Dorman, Charles
See details for all 34 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 20
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 20
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: initials, surname
    Order of information: Surname, initial
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 14
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 14
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: forename, surname
    Order of information: Surname.
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
  • Shepherdswell War Memorial
  • 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
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Other website www.fadedgenes.co.uk/ShepherdswellMemorial.html
  • Dover Express - Friday 30 July 1948 Page 8 SHEPHERDSWELL War Memorial Addition of 1939-1945 tablet
  • Dover Express - Friday 26 March 1948 Page 2 "£20 to fix another tablet to the Memorial with the names of the1939=1945 War dead"
  • Dover Express - Friday 16 November 1923 ARMISTICE DAY AT SHEPHERDSELL. "ARMISTICE DAY AT SHEPHERDSWELL. A combined service for Armistice Day and the dedication of the and unveiling of the War Memorial, erected by the British Legion, was held at Shepherdswell Church and at the Memorial on Sunday morning."
  • Dover Express - Friday 30 March 1923 SHEPHERDSWELL PARISH COUNCIL MEETING. ANNUAL PARISH MEETING. "Correspondence between the local secretary, of the British Legion and the Parish Council with regard to the proposed erection of a memorial in the open as well as the one the Church, was read; and Major Archer explained that it had been considered by the British Legion that it would be nice to have some memorial in the shape of a cross open. After some discussion Major Archer proposed that the question be left over for discussion at the next large parish meeting in the mean time, the Legion to propose some suitable site and form for the memorial to take. "

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