Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Rochester Upon Medway
Town
Gillingham
County
Kent
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
88187

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Current location

Carved into a church pillar
St Augustine's Church
Rainham Road junction Rock Avenue
Gillingham
Rochester Upon Medway
Kent
ME7 5PW
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 77440 67020
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Carved directly into a church pillar using an artistic script.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN LOVING MEMORY / OF COLIN KNOX ANDERSON / LIEUTENANT IN THE Q.O. / ROYAL WEST KENT REGI- / MENT. KILLED IN ACTION / NEAR MONS AUG 23 1914. / HIS FATHER ERECTS THIS / (…) DEC. 2. 1916.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Anderson, Colin Knox
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: forenames, surname, rank, regiment, cause of death, place of death, date of death, relationship
    Order of information: Undefined
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • KentFallen = www.kentfallen.com/PDF REPORTS/CHATHAM ST AUGUSTINES.pdf
  • Shepton Mallet Journal - Friday 08 December 1916 St. Augustine’s, a new church at Gillingham. Kent, on the summit of the hill on which Augustine himself preached in the early days of Christianity, was consecrated by the Bishop of Rochester on Saturday; Mr. G. Knox Anderson, of Canterbury, gave £1,000, which enabled the church to opened before Christmas.

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