Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Brighton
Town
Brighton
County
East Sussex
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 4th December 1919
    Attended by: Archdeacon Southwell
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
58749

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Current location

Possibly moved here when the churches merged.
St Martin with St Wilfrid and St Alban Church
Lewis Road
Brighton
Brighton
East Sussex
BN2 3HN
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 31860 05400
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • St Albans Church (Redundant)
    Coombe Road
    Brighton
    Brighton
    East Sussex
    BN2 4ED
    England

    OS Grid Ref: TQ 32550 06160
    Denomination: Church of England
Description
Rectangular dedicatory stone tablet set within an ornate stone frame. Frame is formed of an incised top supported by a reeded column both sides. These are set on a stone shelf supported by two corbels.
Inscription
To the Glory of God and in memory of the men of this Parish who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1919/ (Names)/ Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends. John XV.13.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Baldey, F.
Baldwin, G. F.
Bish, E. T.
Brill, E. T. J.
Bristow, G. C.
Broadhurst, C.
Broadhurst, S.
Cane, L.
Chalk, W. E.
Champion, A.
See details for all 83 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 83
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 83
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death
    Order of information: year died,rank,surname,regiment,place of death
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 1520mm, width 2540mm
    Materials: Marble
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Reredos
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Unknown
Listing information
Condition
History
2007: The church was declared redundant in November 2006 and the Diocese's Redundant Churches Uses Committee has been seeking a new use for the church since then. There is a possibility that the memorials may need to be removed from the church once a new use is found. We will be given the new location if this happens. 2013: St Albans demolished and the site used for houses.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • West Sussex Gazette - Thursday 01 May 1919 A war memorial in St. Alban's Church. Preston, is to take the form of reredos with marble columns, and a marble tablet containing the names of parishioners who have died the country's service. The cost is put at about £125. which it is hoped will be raised before the end of the year.
  • West Sussex Gazette - Thursday 11 December 1919 LATE LOCAL NEWS BRIGHTON. Eighty-three men of St. Alban's parish gave their lives is the war. To keep their memory green, a reredos has been erected in the Coombe-road Church and a marble tablet records their names. In dedicating this war memorial on Thursday evening, Archdeacon Southwell mentioned that 10,000 men of Sussex gave their lives the fight for right and freedom, spoke of our country's greatness in the war, and emphasised the importance that we should not fail in peace to reap what our dead had died to gain.

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