Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Sevenoaks
Town
Penshurst
County
Kent
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Maker
Sir Giles Gilbert Scott ARA RA (Sculptor)
Messrs. Burslem and Son. of Tunbridge Wells (Makers)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 1 August 1920
    Attended by: Lieutenant-General Sir George Fowke, K.C.B., K.C.M.G.
  • Dedicated
    Date: 1 August 1920
    Attended by: Rev. G. H. Rycroft (Rector of Penshurst)
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
16171

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Current location

North wall (West end) of the nave.
St John the Baptist Church
Penshurst Road
Penshurst
Sevenoaks
Kent
TN11 8BL
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 52724 43857
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
ELABORATE WALL TABLET IN FOUR PARTS, EACH ONE SET ABOVE THE OTHER. TOP - RECTANGULAR PANEL CAPPED WITH SLOPING TRIANGULAR BLOCK. SECOND PART - NAME LIST SUPPORTED BY TWO STONE FURLED FLAGS. THIRD PART - WW2 NAMES ON BOARD SHELF. FINAL PART - INSCRIPTION. TOP PANEL HAS RAISED GOLD DECORATIONS OF HALF PALMETTES ON EACH SIDE WITH A SCROLL FLORIATE DESIGN SUPPORTING THE CENTRAL WREATH
Inscription
TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THOSE MEN FROM/ PENSHURST, WHO DIED VALIANTLY HELPED BY/ THE POWER OF GOD TO SAVE THEIR COUNTRY IN/ THE GREAT WAR WAGED FROM 1914 TO 1919/ THIS MONUMENT RECORDING THEIR NAMES HAS/ BEEN PLACED HERE WITH GRATITUDE AND PRIDE/ (NAMES)/ THESE FOLLOWED THEM IN GLORY 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)/ "ARM YOURSELVES AND BE YE MEN OF VALOUR, AND BE IN READINESS/ FOR THE CONFLICT; FOR IT IS BETTER FOR US TO PERISH IN BATTLE/ THAN TO TO LOOK UPON THE OUTRAGE OF OUR NATION AND OUR ALTARS./ AS THE WILL OF GOD IS IN HEAVEN. EVEN SO LET HIM DO."/ ACCINGIMINI, SALISBURY ANTIPHONER
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Baker, Joseph
Baker, Noel William
Bassett, Albert
Bowles, Herbert Henry William
Brooks, Percy
Campany, Ronald Edward
Carr, Albert Owen
Chandler, Ernest Charles
Constable, Ralph
Cooper, Victor William
See details for all 57 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 50
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 50
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename,age of death,decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 7
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 7
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename,age of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: depth 225MM, height 33650MM, width 1300MM
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Kent & Sussex Courier - Friday 06 August 1920 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000483/19200806/029/0007 On Sunday Lieutenant-General Sir George Fowke. K.C.B.. K.C.M.G., who waa accompanied by Lady Fowke, unveiled the War Memorial which has been erected Penshurst Church to the memory of the fifty men belonging to the parish who died in the late war.
  • Kent & Sussex Courier - Friday 06 August 1920 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000483/19200806/023/0005?browse = false PENSHURST MEMORIAL TO THE FALLEN. UNVEILED BY LIEUT-GENERAL SIR. FOWKE. The Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, Penshurst, was crowded Sunday afternoon on the occasion of the unveiling and dedication of a monument in the nave, given as a memorial to those who died in the Great War by their fellow-parishioners.

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