Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Gravesham
- Town
- Higham
- County
- Kent
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 71767
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Current location
On south wall
St John's Church
Hermitage Rd
Higham
Gravesham
Kent
ME3 7DB
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 71278 71456
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Brass plaque with single line border
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF OUR BELOVED SON / WILLIAM WHYNDOM PALMER / OF THE 11TH MIDDLESEX REGT WHO DIED / IN FRANCE FROM WOUNDS 18TH DEC. 1916 / BORN FEBRUARY 28TH 1889. // 'GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN TAHN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.'
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Relationship, forenames, surname, regiment, place of death, cause of death, date of death, date of birth,
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- 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
- The Antelope Garden
- WMO ID: 254094
- Condition: Good [last updated on 06-10-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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