Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- Tonbridge And Malling
- Town
- Mereworth
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 16284
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Current location
Near church
Mereworth War Memorial
The Street
Mereworth
Tonbridge And Malling
Kent
ME18 5LU
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 65956 53747
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A rough-hewn stone slab with inscription on smooth side. A cross is beside the names of those who died in the Great War. A foot stone with the names of those who died in the 1939-1945 war has been added between 2008 & 2011.
- Inscription
- Stone of Remembrance: IN PERPETUAL HONOUR OF MEREWORTH MEN WHO SERVED / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 / (NAMES) // Footstone: AND LEST WE FORGET THE FALLEN / 1939 - 1945 / (9 NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bassett, H
Burton, T
Diprose, A
Goose, E
Harryman, J
Holdstock, H
Honeysett, R
Hook, C
Hook, F
Large, L
See details for all 16 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, initials, surname, service
Order of information: Surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 141
Served and returned: 120
Died: 21
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Served or fallen, rank, title, forename initials, surname, honours, regiment or service
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- First World War memorial
Measurements: depth 400mm, height 1,920mm, width 1,230mm
Materials: Stone - Second World War memorial
Measurements: depth 410mm, height 380mm, width 1,230mm
Materials: Stone
- First World War memorial
- Listing information
- Mereworth 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
- MEREWORTH STONE OF REMEMBRANCE
- WMO ID: 107633
- Condition: Good [last updated on 05-09-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- War Memorials Trust WM2593 www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=499
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