Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Canterbury
- Town
- Westbere
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 41025
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Current location
All Saints Church
Church Lane
Westbere
Canterbury
Kent
CT2 0HH
England
OS Grid Ref: TR 19213 61076
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Two plain rectangular white marble tablets mounted onto black marble backboards with dedications in the centre.
- Inscription
- GOD IS OUR HOPE AND STRENGTH/ IN PROUD AND HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF WESTBERE/ WHO SERVED THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ MEN WHO GAVE THIER LIVES/ (Names)/ MEN WHO SERVED/ (Names)/ THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY PARISHIONERS AND OF THOSE KILLED IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Amos, Arthur G
Amos, Henry G
Amos, Percy S
Boon, George E
Brice, Arthur
Brickwood, Albert Charles
Brindle, Alfred G
Burden, Ernest G
Burgess, Reginald
Carey, Charles P
See details for all 58 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 55
Served and returned: 45
Died: 10
Exact count: no
Information shown: Surname, forename, rank, regiment, decorations.
Order of information: Surname. - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename, rank, decorations.
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: depth 30MM, height 200MM, width 710MM
Materials: Marble - White - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- Tablet
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Westbere's Servicemen in World War 1 - Part 1 - Those who gave their lives - by Bruce Poulter - October 2013
- Westbere at War and those killed in the Second World War - by Bruce Poulter - October 2012
- Westbere's Servicemen in World War 1 - Part 2 - Those who served- by Bruce Poulter - January 2014
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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