Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Tonbridge And Malling
Town
West Malling
County
Kent
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
72632

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Current location

On the south wall of the nave.
St Mary's Church
High Street
West Malling
Tonbridge And Malling
Kent
ME19 6ND
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 67906 57546
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
A smooth mottled black rectangular tablet with a round top. The Adam family crest and motto (CRUX MIHI GRATAQUIES) at the top. The lettering is in gold coloured capital letters. The tablet has a pair of corbels.
Inscription
TO/ THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ JAMES ADAM. M. D./ OF MALLING PLACE, KENT./ WHO DIED OCT. 25TH 1908, AGED 74./ ALSO HIS FOUR SONS./ LIEUT. JAMES RONALD GLENNIE ADAM/ KING’S DRAGOON GUARDS/ WHO SERVED IN SOUTH AFRICA THROUGHOUT THE BOER WAR/ AND DIED JULY 7TH 1906, AGED 28./ CAPT. ALAN GORDEN ACHESON ADAM/ 5TH BATTALION THE BUFFS/ KILLED WHILST LEADING HIS MEN/ INTO ACTION JAN. 21ST 1916 IN THE ADVANCE/ WITH GENERAL AYLMERS COLUMN TOO THE RELIEF/ OF KUT, MESOPOTAMIA, AGED 28./ CHARLES EDGAR HARVEY ADAM/ WHO DIED OCT. 13TH 1917, AGED 33./ CAPT. WALTER ADAM/ ROYAL EAST KENT YEOMANRY,/ ATTACHED MACHINE GUN CORPS 8TH COMPANY/ 3RD DIVISION B.E.F. WHO SERVED IN GALLIPOLI AND FRANCE/ AND DIED NOV. 3RD 1918, AFTER RECEIVING/ SEVERE WOUNDS IN FRONT OF ARRAS DURING/ THE GREAT GERMAN OFFENSIVE. MARCH 1918, AGED 37./ / THEY COUNTED NOT THEIR LIVES/ DEAR UNTO THEMSELVES.
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment, manner of death, date of death, place of death, age at death.
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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