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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Canterbury
- Town
- Blean
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 1919
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 16461
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Current location
St Cosmus and St Damian Church
Tyler Hill Road
Blean
Canterbury
Kent
CT2 9HU
England
OS Grid Ref: TR 12910 60669
Denomination: Church of England
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 (NAMES) MAKE THEM TO BE NUMBERED WITH THY SAINT 1914-18 War Memorial Recreation Ground on gate pillars
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anderson, F C
Benwell, W F
Berry, C E
Burgen, F
Bye, A C
Court, E
Norris, C E
Parker, T B
Price, Archie
Price, Arthur
See details for all 13 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,regiment
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 3FT, width 3FT
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- 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
- The grass is mowed 10 times per year brass cleaned regularly Made by Beeching Engineering Canterbury
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Blean Parish Council
- Reference
- WMOL 172098
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