Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Adur
- Town
- Shoreham-by-Sea
- County
- West Sussex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42716
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Current location
St Mary de Haura Church
Church Street
Shoreham-by-Sea
Adur
West Sussex
BN43 5ZB
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 21624 05135
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- STONE TABLET WITH DECORATED BORDER
- Inscription
- 72ND INFANTRY BRIGADE / 8TH. BN. "THE QUEENS" 9TH BN. EAST SURRY REGT. / 8TH BN. "THE BUFFS" 8TH BN. ROYAL W.KENT REGT. / TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF THOSE GALLANT OFFICERS AND ALL RANKS OF THE / ABOVE UNITS WHO CAME FORWARD AT THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL , AND LAID DOWN / THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR. / HERE ON THE DOWNS ABOUT SHOREHAM THEY COMPLETED THE / GREATER PART OF THEIR TRAINING, BEFORE THEY WENT FORTH TO THE GREAT VENTURE.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: Undefined
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- 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
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