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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cenotaph
- District
- Maidstone
- Town
- Maidstone
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- Sir Edwin Lutyens (Designer)
Messrs GE Wallis & Sons Ltd (Builder) - Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 31 July 1921
Attended by: Major General Sir Edmund Leach - Dedicated
Date: 31 July 1921
Attended by: Archbishop of Canterbury - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 16548
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Current location
Brenchley Gardens
Station Road
Maidstone
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 1QN
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 75889 56126
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A stone cenotaph which replicates the Whitehall cenotaph.
- Inscription
- THE GLORIOUS DEAD OF THE QUEEN'S OWN ROYAL WEST KENT REGIMENT/ MCMXIV MCMXIX
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cenotaph
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Cenotaph
- Listing information
- The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Cenotaph
- 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
- Queens Own Royal West Kent Regt
- WMO ID: 156348
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 05-02-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- The Times page 5 Column D , 1 August 1921
- Bromley Mercury 5 Aug 1921
- Lewisham Borough News
- Carter Postcard Collection
- Book: Atkinson, CT "The Queen's Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-1918" (1924) Simpkin Marshall Hamilton, Kent & Co Ltd, London
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