Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Rother
- Town
- Battle
- County
- East Sussex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 16943
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Current location
In the entrance hall
Battle Memorial Hall
81 High Street
Battle
Rother
East Sussex
TN33 0AQ
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 74840 15860
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- WOOD BOARD WITH PEDIMENT. MAIN PART OF THE BOARD HAS DEDICATORY INCRIPTION FLANKED BY NAMES OF THE FALLEN SET WITHIN INDIVIDUAL PANELS. LOWER BOARD HAS LIST OF NAMES SET WITHIN A PANEL. ALL INSCRIPTIONS IN GOLD LETTERING BADGE OF THE BRITISH LEGION IS AT THE TOP OF THE BOARD
- Inscription
- UPPER LEFT & RIGHT COLUMNS: (NAMES) UPPER CENTRE COLUMN: IN MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF BATTLE / WHO FELL IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / ERECTED BY THEIR / COMRADES OF THE BRITISH LEGION / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE LOWER BOARD: 1939 - 1945 / (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anderson, B C
Beaney, A E
Blackman, E C
Boxall, F E
Breeze, N
Catton, F
Cockett, H E
Congden, H C
Curry, W L
Eldridge, B R
See details for all 42 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 42
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 42
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 27
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 27
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Board
- 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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