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Current location
Bishops Way
Maidstone
Maidstone
Kent
ME15 6YE
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 76033 55428
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- STONE LANTERN CROSS WITH FIGURES DEPICTED IN THE LANTERN SECTION FOUR FIGURES DEPICTED IN THE LANTERN ARE A KNIGHT WITH SHIELD, VIRGIN AND CHILD, A KING AND A WARRIOR WITH SPEAR AND DRAWN SWORD
- Inscription
- THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED AND/ DEDICATED 1918/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN PERPETUAL AND GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF MAINSTONE MEN/ WHO IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THE EMPIRE/ "TRUE LOVE BY LIFE TRUE LOVE BY DEATH IS TRIED LIVE THOU FOR ENGLAND WE FOR ENGLAND DIED"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: Undefined
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 12000MM
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- Listing information
- MONCKTON WAR MEMORIAL IN ALL SAINTS CHURCHYARD
- 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
- MAIDSTONE MEN - (PRIVATE MEMORIAL ERECTED BY HERBERT MONCKTON)
- WMO ID: 91809
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 27-01-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2005: Applied for grant from The Wolfson Foundation and English Heritage
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Responsibility
- CHURCH COUNCIL
- Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
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