Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Gate
- District
- Shepway
- Town
- Brookland
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2803
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Current location
GATEWAY TO CHURCH BURIAL GROUND
St Augustine's Church
High Street
Brookland
Shepway
Kent
TN29 9QP
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 98888 25742
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Brick gate posts with inset white tablets. Names in black on tablets.
- Inscription
- LEFT HAND POST UPPER TABLET: THESE GATES/ WERE ERECTED TO/ THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF/ THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918 LEFT HAND POST LOWER TABLET: 1939 - 1945 RIGHT HAND POST UPPER TABLET: (WW1 NAMES) RIGHT HAND POST LOWER TABLET: (WW2 NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baker, Edward
Batson, Leonard
Bodington, George
Brooks, George
Bull, William
Care, Albert
Chaplin, Richard
Chaplin, Thomas G
Gosbee, Charles
Huggett, James
See details for all 18 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gate posts
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brick - Gates
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Cast Iron - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Gate posts
- 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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