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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Trophy / Relic
- District
- Ashford
- Town
- Ashford
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Presented
Date: 1 August 1919
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Unveiled
Date: 11 November 1989
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (1)
- Presented
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 43725
Current location
The Tank
St Georges Square
Ashford
Ashford
Kent
TN23 1JL
England
OS Grid Ref: TR 00860 42918
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- WW1 Mark IV female tank number 245 covered by a canopy.
- Inscription
- (Unknown)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Relic
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown
- Relic
- Listing information
- TANK SITUATED IN CENTRE OF NEW STREET
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Ashford - Tank WW1
- WMO ID: 81030
- Condition: Good [last updated on 15-05-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 1929 Engine, gearbox and fittings were removed and sold for scrap and the tank was converted into an electricity sub-station, which it remained until 1968. 1978 repainted by REME. In 1988 the canopy was added and missing armaments were replaced by replicas made in REME workshops.1989 plaque commemorating restoration unveiled.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate
- Responsibility
- Ashford Borough Council
- Reference
- War Memorials Trust WM1554 www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=504
- Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/7291934
- Other website www.kenthistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=1811.45
- Unidentified Newspaper/Magazine 'Windscreen'
- Our Blog ukniwm.wordpress.com/2007/08/03/memorial-tanks/
- A Glint in the Sky by M Easdown and T Genth pp.150-1. Published:Barnsley: Pen & Sword 2004 Photograph of tank in High St on day of presentation.
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