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Memorial details

Memorial type

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

First World War (1914-1918)

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 12th December 1920
Attended by: GENERAL SIR HENRY SCLATER GCB GBE
Dedicated
Date: 12th December 1920
Attended by: Bishop of Chichester
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Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

17152

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Current location

On the Green
War Memorial
Lewes Road
Danehill
Wealden
East Sussex
RH17 7ET
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 40243 27618
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

STONE CROSS SET ON TAPERING PLINTH. CROSS SET ON TWO-LAYERED STONE PLINTH WHICH BEARS INSCRIPTION AND NAMES.

Inscription

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS (EXACT LINE SPACING UNKNOWN) IN GRATITUDE TO ALL THE DANEHILL MEN WHO SERVED ON LAND AND SEA AND IN THE AIR AND IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF THE 45 MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 / (NAMES) (EXACT LINE SPACING UNKNOWN)

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Baker, Alfred
Baker, Charles
Baker, Ernest
Baker, Matthias
Baxter, Charles
Bennett, Reginald
Billings, Charles
Calvert, Lionel
Carter, Fritz
Coppard, John
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Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 30
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 30
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname

Components

Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone

Listing information

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Condition

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History

2002: MEMORIAL CLEANED AND REPAIRED WITH ADDITIONAL NAMES ADDED

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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