Memorial details

Memorial type
Stone of remembrance
District
Sevenoaks
Town
Edenbridge
County
Kent
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War - civilians
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 30 September 2016
    Attended by: Unknown
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
76526

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Current location

Village Garden
Crockham Hill
Edenbridge
Sevenoaks
Kent
TN8 6RR
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 44208 50657
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Grey slate monolith with rough cut edges. Carries the 30 names of nurses, staff and infants who died on Friday, 30th 1944 when Weald House Residential School, in use as a London County Council nursery for evacuated infant children, was destroyed by a V1 flying bomb (doodlebug).
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF THE NURSES STAFF AND CHILDREN / OF THE L.C.C. RESIDENTIAL / SCHOOL AT WEALD HOUSE / CROCKHAM HILL / KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION ON JUNE 30TH 1944. // STAFF / (names) // CHILDREN / (names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Ansell, Christopher
Blatch, Michael
Channing, Veronica
Coburn, William
Cody, Colleen
Cody, John
Devine, Jacqueline
Fisher, Hilda
Fothergill, Kenneth
Gerrard, Annie
See details for all 30 names
Commemorations
  • Second World War - civilians
    Total names on memorial: 30
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 30
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: occupation, forename, surname,year died, age at death,
    Order of information: Occupation
Components
  • Stone of remembrance
    Measurements: height 1524mm, width 914mm
    Materials: Undefined
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Details: Erected by the people of Crockham

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