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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Shrine
- District
- Wealden
- Town
- Little Horsted
- County
- East Sussex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 17258
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Current location
In the churchyard
north of church.
St Michael and All Angels Church
Lewes Road
Little Horsted
Wealden
East Sussex
TN22 5TS
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 47048 18314
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A free standing shrine of dressed stone with an arched opening containing an iron panel beneath a crucifix. The shrine has a tiled gable roof.
- Inscription
- THIS SHRINE WAS ERECTED BY PARISH / OF LITTLE HORSTED IN LOVING MEMORY OF / THEIR HEROIC DEAD + WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919 / (names) / OF YOUR CHARITY PRAY FOR THE SOULS OF / THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / GRANT THEM O LORD ETERNAL REST AND / LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE ON THEM. //
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Curtis, Ernest
Driver, Collis
French, Frederick
Smith, Walter
Thornton, Robert
Wren, Herbert
See details for all 6 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, surname,rank,regiment
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Shrine
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Plaque
- 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
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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