Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Tonbridge And Malling
- Town
- Burham
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 16543
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Current location
War Memorial
On the corner of Rochester Road and Church Road
Burham
Tonbridge And Malling
Kent
ME1 3RS
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 72763 62212
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A stone Latin cross mounted onto a block stone plinth with the dedications engraved in stone plaques.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face: IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE/ MEN OF BURHAM/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ AND ALSO IN THE SECOND/ WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945 3 o'clock face: (Names)/ FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names) 12 o'clock face: TO/ THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN/ THANKSGIVING/ FOR THE COMRADES WHO/ RETURNED 9 o'clock face: LEST WE FORGET/ (Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Apps, William
Ashdown, Frederick
Baker, Frederick J
Balchin, John B
Benjamin, John R
Bennett, Frederick
Cheeseman, Douglas H
Durbridge, Albert
Easterby, Charles N
Edwards, James
See details for all 46 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 38
Served and returned: 0
Died: 38
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forenames
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- 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
- BURHAM
- WMO ID: 157946
- Condition: Good [last updated on 08-09-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- 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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