Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Clock or clock tower
- District
- Swale
- Town
- Upchurch
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 16444
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Current location
St Mary the Virgin Church
Horsham Lane
Upchurch
Swale
Kent
ME9 7AL
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 84357 67502
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A clock and clock chimes with a dedicatory stone tablet.
- Inscription
- THE CLOCK AND CHIMES/ WERE ERECTED BY/ THE PEOPLE OF UPCHURCH/ AS A THANKSGIVING FOR/ VICTORY AND PEACE/ CHRISTMAS 1918
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- 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
- History
- 2003: DAMAGED ESTIMATED AT A COST OF £100 DUE TO VANDALS CLIMBING SCAFFOLDING ON THE CLOCK TOWER AND BENDING BACK THE ARMS ON THE CLOCK
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- CHURCH
- Reference
- Bygone Kent. Volume 39 Number 3, 2018. Report on refurbishment.
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