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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Allegory (eg: Victory)
- District
- Swale
- Town
- Sheerness
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), First World War - civilians, Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- R L Boulton & Sons (Sculptor)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1947
Current location
Bridge Road
Sheerness
Swale
Kent
ME12 1RJ
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 91818 74986
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Female figure surmounting a plinth, two steps and a small tablet resting on the lower step. The names are engraved on the sides of the plinth in black and there are short wrought iron railings around the top step.
- Inscription
- IN GLORIOUS MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF SHERNESS/ MEMORY OF/ SAILORS, SOLDIERS, AIRMEN/ AND CITIZENS/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ AND ALSO OF/ 1070 OFFICERS AND MEN/ OF H.M.S. BULWARK AND/ H.M.S.PRINCESS IRENE/ LOST IN SHEERNESS HARBOUR/ BY INTERNAL EXPLOSION/ NOV 26 1914 AND MAY 27 1915/ NAVY/ (Names)/ ARMY (Names)/ CITIZENS LOST IN H.M.S. PRINCESS IRENE/ (Names)/ KILLED IN ENEMY AIRCRAFT RAIDS/ NAVY/ (Names)/ ARMY/ (Names)/ CITIZENS/(Names) (AT BASE OF PLINTH) TRUE LOVE BY LIFE, TRUE LOVE BY DEATH IS TRIED/ LIVE THOU FOR ENGLAND, WE FOR ENGLAND DIED/ Second World War: ALSO IN COMMEMORATION OF/ THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ AND WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED/ IN THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE/ IN MINSTER ABBEY CHURCH
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, F
Akhurst, A
Allison
Allison
Amos
Anderson
Atkins
Ayling, W
Ayre
Back, H
See details for all 346 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 265
Served and returned: 0
Died: 265
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, manner of death, additional, decorations.
Order of information: Surname. - First World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 84
Served and returned: 0
Died: 84
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, date of death, manner of death.
Order of information: Surname. - 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
- Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Figure
- Listing information
- SHEERNESS WAR MEMORIAL
- 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
- Sheerness
- WMO ID: 161887
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 11-09-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Swale Borough Council have planned to clean the memorial since Feb 2004. A more detailed plan has been drawn up in July 2006.
- Costs
Site: Granted by Army Council.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic 8 April 1922 Photo of sculptor working on statue
- The Times 2 May 1922 p.13 col.b Unveiling by Adm Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas, CinC at the Nore.
- A Glint in the Sky by M Easdown and T Genth p.152 Published:Barnsley: Pen & Sword 2004 Photo of memorial shortly after unveiling
- Carter Postcard Collection
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