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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- Dover
- Town
- Sandwich
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 03 April 2004
Attended by: Lt Gen Sir Scott Grant KCB
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 54455
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Current location
In the grounds
Pfizer Ltd
River Road
Sandwich
Dover
Kent
CT13 9FN
England
OS Grid Ref: TR 33610 59660
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Stone of remembrance on which is affixed a metal plaque. Below the inscription, on the left of the plaque is the crest of the town of Sandwich. On the right of the plaque is the badge of the Royal Engineers. The Pfizer trademark is in the centre of the plaque, beneath the inscription.
- Inscription
- The Royal Engineers' Return to Sandwich/ 3rd April 2004/ This monument marks the GRANTING OF THE KEY OF SANDWICH/ to the Royal Engineers./ Pfizer places it as a permanent memory/ of the time the Royal Engineers spent on this site and the/ contribution they made during both World Wars.
- 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 - Second World War (1939-1945)
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
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Stone of remembrance
Measurements: height 1200mm
Materials: Stone
- Plaque
- 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
- Royal Engineers
- WMO ID: 211205
- Condition: Good [last updated on 06-03-2018]
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- History
- Pfizer
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate
- Reference
- Isle of Thanet Gazette 7 / 26 March 2004
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