Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Clock or clock tower
- District
- Maidstone
- Town
- Langley
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 16311
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Current location
St Mary's Church
Sutton Rd
Langley
Maidstone
Kent
ME17 3LZ
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 80520 51500
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A black faced clock with gold numbers and hands on the tower of the church. With an internal WW1light-colour stone tablet and black lettering supported by a pair of corbels.
- Inscription
- THIS TABLET / AND THE CLOCK IN THE TOWER / WERE ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / (NAMES) / WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919. // "WATCH THEREFORE AND PRAY ALWAYS THAT YE MAY BE ACCOUNTED / WORTHY .... TO STAND BEFORE THE SON OF MAN." St LUKE XXI.36.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Cout, Charles
Down, Thomas Eagles
Foord, Arthur William
Medhurst, Albert
Medhurst, Walter
Perrin, Isaac John
Sermor, Henry John
Sharp, Frederick
Tolhurst, Edmund George
Ward, Alfred Thomas
See details for all 11 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forenames, surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Clock
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Clock
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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