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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Tunbridge Wells
- Town
- Sissinghurst
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 16218
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Current location
Trinity Church
Sissinghurst Road
Sissinghurst
Tunbridge Wells
Kent
TN17 2JL
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 79541 37534
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Octagonal cross on a four-sided plinth and two stepped base. Possible Masons mark on reverse.
- Inscription
- Front: TO/ THE MEN OF/ SISSINGHURST/ WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR/ KING & COUNTRY/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919 Back: THANKS BE TO GOD WHICH GIVETH US THE VICTORY Sides: (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Austen, F
Burden, V J
Cheesman, A E
Churchill, H C
Collins, C H
Day, E J
Drowley, C S
Eldridge, F H
Eldridge, P
Evenden, C S
See details for all 25 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 25
Served and returned: 0
Died: 25
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename, rank, regiment.
Order of information: Regiment, surname. - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, initial.
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 312mm, width 122mm
Materials: Granite
- Cross
- 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
- SISSINGHURST
- WMO ID: 107697
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 18-12-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2010: WW2 names are difficult to read due to lichen
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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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