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Memorial details

Memorial type
Composite
District
Tonbridge And Malling
Town
Tonbridge
County
Kent
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Maker
F BARBEDIENNE (Sculptor)
MR HENRY WILSON RA (Designer)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 10th October 1925
    Attended by: Major General Sir William Edmund Ironside KCB CMG DSO (OT)
  • Dedicated
    Date: 10th October 1925
    Attended by: Right Rev Bishop Henry Russell Wakefield, formerly Bishop of Birmingham
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Lost
Lost
WM Reference
41346

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Previous locations
  • Tonbridge School Chapel
    High Street
    Tonbridge
    Tonbridge And Malling
    Kent
    TN9 1JP
    England

    OS Grid Ref: TQ 59050 47090
    Denomination: Church of England
Description
Highly decorative Gate of Remembrance leading from the ante-Chapel to the Chapel. Entire structure surmounted by a bronze figure of Christ descended from the cross with open arms. Below this is an alabaster tablet of the Divine Mother, representing the sacrifice of all Mothers who suffered loss. Surmounting the gates is a bronze group standing triumphant upon the dragon, consisting of St George with belted sword and two angels, symbolic of the conflict with evil. The belted sword represents an end to the conflict. On his right an Angel presents a youth to him, another on the left offers a garland of glory. Above the gate is heraldic work in painted alabaster: Central Medallion of Virgin and Child flanked by arms of United Kingdom, Skinners Company and the School, Rochester and Canterbury. Flanking the gates are twelve name panels.
Inscription
Plaque: MEMENTOTE IN CHRISTO HUJUS SCHOLAE ALUMNORUM, QUI SUI IMMEMORES PRO PATRIA OCCUBUERE/ (Names) Plaque: MEMENTOTE IN CHRISTO HUJUS SCHOLAE ALUMNORUM, QUI SUI IMMEMORES PRO PATRIA OCCUBUERE/ (Names) Above gate piers: THEY GAVE US PEACE BY THEIR WARFARE AND BY THEIR DEATH LIFE
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 418
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 418
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, forename.
    Order of information: Surname.
Components
  • Figure
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Alabaster
  • Figures
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Gates
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
  • Plaques / Panels with names
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Condition
History
1988: Chapel was destroyed by fire on 17th September 1988. The components of the Gate of Remembrance were salvaged and refurbished, and are now presented as individual memorials.
Trust fund/Scholarship
Yes
Purpose: An educational scheme for the education at Tonbridge of the sons of Fallen Old Boys was instituted in 1918
Sponsorship
Private
Details: Tonbridge School
Responsibility
Tonbridge School
Reference
  • The Times 29th May 1918 "Tonbridge War Memorial"
  • Local Publication/Booklet 10-12, 30 / c1995 The Chapel of Saint Augustine - Tonbridge School
  • Kent and Sussex Courier 1 / 23rd September 1988 "Blaze wrecks School Chapel"
  • BRITISH PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAR MEMORIALS by KERNOT, C F 92-93 / 1927 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:ROBERTS AND NEWTON 1927 LONDON
  • Local Publication/Booklet Oct 1925 Kentish Express and Ashford News
  • The Times 12th Oct 1925 "Tonbridge School War Memorial"
  • Book: Tonbridge School and the Great War of 1914-1919; A Record of the Services of Tonbridgians in the Great War by H. R. Stokoe. First Edition December, 1923. Printers:- The Whitefriars Press Ltd., London and Tonbridge. Number printed - 3,000.

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