Memorial

Goudhurst - WW1 and WW2

Cross in 2014

Source: Copyright Les Featherstone

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Current Location

The Ex-Servicemen's Club Garden, West Road, Goudhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN17 1AD, England

TQ 72197 37734

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 16217
Description: A two-stepped hexagonal base surmounted by a hexagonal plinth tapered shaft and Latin cross. There is a small gabled buttress placed at the front and rear of the foot of the cross. The plinth and shaft are mode of unworked stone with smoothed blocks set into it for dedication printed in black lettering.
Inscription: Shaft front: IHS / TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND IN PROUD AND / AFFECTIONATE / MEMORY OF THE / GOUDHURST MEN / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY / AND THE CAUSE OF / RIGHT AND FREEDOM / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 // Shaft rear: MIGHTY / BY / SACRIFICE / WE HAVE DONE / THAT WHICH WAS / OUR DUTY TO DO. / LUKE 17.10. // Plinth tablet 1: (21 NAMES) // Plinth tablet 2: (18 NAMES) / 1939-1945 / (6 NAMES) // Plinth tablet 3: (21 NAMES) //

Maker(s): H J Benians, ARIBA, Designer
H J Benians, ARIBA, Architect
Messrs Davis and Leaney, Builder
Mr Henry Cole, Mason
Costs: £759 7s 6d (£759.38)
Maintenance History: April 2025 the stonework was renovated and lettering reboldened by Steve Davis of Military Grave Restorer. HIs post clean pictures are now added August 2014: The stonework is cleaned and renovated, the name panels are replaced and incorrect spellings of names rectified. / 2000: Stonework renovated and new turf and shrubs placed around. 1999: Some weathering and lettering missing.