Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Swale
- Town
- Leaveland
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 41193
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Current location
St Laurence's Church
Workhouse Rd
Leaveland
Swale
Kent
ME13 0NP
England
OS Grid Ref: TR 00490 54850
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- WHITE TILES SET WITHIN A MARBLE FRAME. INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING COLOURED SHIELD AT THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE TILES
- Inscription
- TO THE MEMORY OF/ COL. MURRAY VENABLES HILTON/ OF THE WORCESTERSHIRE REGT/ KILLED IN FRANCE 20 OCT 1915 WHILE/ COMMANDING 7TH BN E. LANCS. REGT./ TAKE THE LIVES THAT DIED FOR DUTY/ IN THY TENDER PIERCED HAND/ CROWN THE FAULTY LIFE WITH BEAUTY/ OFFERED FOR THE FATHERLAND.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Hilton, Murray Venables
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: depth 30MM, height 510MM, width 820MM
Materials: Marble
- Frame
- 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 - Responsibility
- PCC
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