
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Composite
- District
- Dover
- Town
- Dover
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- Captain Richard Reginald Goulden (Designer)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 05th November 1924
Attended by: VICE ADMIRAL SIR ROGER KEYES - Rededicated
Date: 06 November 1949
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Dedicated
Date: 05th November 1924
Attended by: Archbishop of Canterbury - Show More (2)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1615
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Current location
Dover Town Hall
Biggin St
Dover
Dover
Kent
CT16 1DW
England
OS Grid Ref: TR 31644 41707
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Bronze statue of young boy. Figure hold cross in left hand. Statue stands on plinth which bears inscription. Walls of granite either side of plinth which bear names on metal plaques. Whole stands in garden of remembrance. Further stone within flower beds of garden.
- Inscription
- On the plinth: TO THE GLORIOUS/ MEMORY OF THE/ PEOPLE OF DOVER/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT WARS/ 1914-1919 1939-1945/ (Names) On the stone in flower bed: THIS MEMORIAL/ WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC/ SUBSCRIPTION FUNDS/ COLLECTED FOR DOVER/ PRISONERS OF WAR BEING/ ALSO GIVEN AS A THANK/ OFFERING BY THOSE WHO/ RETURNED SAFELY.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 782
Served and returned: 0
Died: 782
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initials, surname.
Order of information: Surname. - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 21
Served and returned: 0
Died: 21
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname.
Order of information: Surname.
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Wall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Wall
- Listing information
- People of Dover 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
- Condition
- PEOPLE OF DOVER
- WMO ID: 131346
- Condition: Good [last updated on 10-04-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN: BRITISH FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIALS by BOORMAN, DEREK 97-98 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:SESSIONS 1988 YORK
- Dover Express 23 November 1984
- Carter Postcard Collection
- Kent Messenger 25 June 1993
- Other website doverwarmemorialproject.org.uk/
- WAR MEMORIALS FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT by BORG, ALAN 101 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:LEO COOPER 1991 LONDON
- Other website homepage.ntlworld.com/gareth.moore7/
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