Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Dover
- Town
- West Hougham
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1585
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Current location
St Laurence's Church
Church Lane
West Hougham
Dover
Kent
CT15 7AH
England
OS Grid Ref: TR 27849 39987
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wheel cross on plinth. Plinth bears the dedication and names.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN PERPETUAL MEMORY / OF THESE BRAVE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / FOR KING AND COUNTRY, RIGHT AND LIBERTY / 1914-1918 / (NAMES) / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE PARISHIONERS OF HOUGHAM DIED IN ACTION DURING WORLD WAR TWO
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Atkins, Sidney Edward
Cook, William
Dennett, Bertram
Dennett, Thomas Sutton
Evanson, Roger Macdonnell
Finnis, Percy
Foulds, John
Fox, Charles
Friend, William Robert
Gisby, William
See details for all 22 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, Surname
Order of information: Surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- Listing information
- WAR MEMORIAL IN THE CHURCHYARD OF CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE
- 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
- CHURCH HOUGHAM
- WMO ID: 120945
- Condition: Good [last updated on 15-05-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Grade II listed 5 Nov. 2007 APRIL 2005: application for grant
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Other website www.fadedgenes.co.uk/HoughamMemorial.html
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