Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Bells or bell tower
- District
- Rochester Upon Medway
- Town
- Chatham
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Non-Combat Deaths
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 41047
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Current location
Building was formerly known as St Gorges Church
St George’s Centre
Pembroke Rd
Chatham
Rochester Upon Medway
Kent
ME4 4UH
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 76420 69510
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Tenor bell with dedicatory brass plaque with incised inscription placed on a wooden backboard.
- Inscription
- THREE NEW CHURCH BELLS ERECTED TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD, WERE PRESENTED/ (TENOR) BY H.M.S. BIRMINGHAM, AS A MEMORIAL TO/ (Names)/ WHO DIED ON THE AFRICA STATION, 1927-1929,/ AND THE OTHER TWO BELLS BY THE/ COMMODORE, OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE/ ROYAL NAVAL BARRACKS, CHATHAM.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Non-Combat Deaths
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,place of death,additional
Order of information: rank,place of death,additional
- Non-Combat Deaths
- Components
- Bells
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Bells
- 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
- Private
- Responsibility
- Medway Council
- Reference
- St Georges Centre, Chatham Maritime, Gillingham, Kent: A Guide to the Memorials (Medway Council)
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