Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Gate
- District
- Rother
- Town
- Northiam
- County
- East Sussex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 17167
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Current location
At entrance to field
Playing Field
Main Street
Northiam
Rother
East Sussex
TN31 6LP
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 82612 24765
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Wooden gates with bronze plaques on both gate posts, commemorating four Prime Ministers visiting troops here before D-Day.
- Inscription
- South post plaque:- THESE GATES WERE ERECTED / BY PARISHIONERS OF NORTHIAM / TO COMMEMORATE THE VISIT / OF / FOUR PRIME MINISTERS / TO THESE FIELDS ON THE / 12TH. MAY. 1914. // North post plaque:- RT. HON. WINSTON S. CHURCHILL / P.C.. O.M. C.H.. F.R.S. / ----- GREAT BRITAIN // RT. HON. MACKENZIE KING / P.C.. C.M.G. / ----- CANADA // RT. HON. FIELD MARSHAL / JAN CHRISTIAN SMUTS / P.C.. O.M.. C.H.. K.G.. F.R.S. / ----- SOUTH AFRICA // HON. SIR GODFREY M. HUGGINS / C.H.. K.C.M.G.. F.R.C.S. / ----- SOUTHERN RHODESIA //
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 4
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Gates
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Synthetic Material
- Gates
- 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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