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    Memorial

    Chiddingly

    Chiddingly WW2 face 2

    Source: Copyright John Miller

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    Current Location

    Chiddingly Churchyard, Church Lane, Chiddingly, Wealden, East Sussex, BN8 6HT, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 54464 14171

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    17301
    Description
    A stone cross with a pitched roof sits on a tapered column. This column stands on an octagonal plinth which has the names and dedication inscribed on the faces. The whole memorial stands on a four-stepped octagonal base.
    Inscription
    Front face 1: 1914 - 1919 / REMEMBER WITH / THANKSGIVING THE / TRUE AND FAITHFUL / MEN WHO IN THESE / YEARS OF WAR WENT / FORTH FROM THIS PLACE / FOR GOD AND THE RIGHT / THE NAMES OF THOSE / WHO RETURNED NOT / AGAIN ARE HERE IN- / SCRIBED TO BE HONOUR- / ED FOR EVERMORE // Faces 2 and 8: (20 NAMES) // Rear face 5: REMEMBER / WITH HONOUR AND / THANKSGIVING / THOSE TRUE AND / FAITHFUL MEN / WHO LIKEWISE WENT / FROM THIS PLACE / IN THE YEARS OF / WAR 1939 - 1945 / AND RETURNED NOT AGAIN // Faces 4 and 6: (11 NAMES)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    20
    Died
    20
    Information shown
    Forename, surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    11
    Died
    11
    Information shown
    Forename, surname
    Order of names
    Listed alphabetically by surname

    Components

    Cross

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Report a Concern

    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    165329

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    • Family Roots F.H.S. (Eastbourne & District), 'Rolls of Honour and War Memorials in Some East Sussex Villages', compiled by L. Medhurst & E. Pitcher (1991), p. 6.