Memorial

Swanley

Statue

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Current Location

St Mary the Virgin Church, St Mary's Road, Swanley, Sevenoaks, Kent, BR8 7AG, England

OS Grid Reference

TQ 51217 68744

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Allegory (eg: Victory)
WMR Reference Number: 1149
Description: A sculpted figure of 'The Spirit of Sacrifice', a draped, winged, female figure standing on a globe. She holds a laurel wreath in her right hand and a downward pointing sword, grasped by the blade, in her out-stretched left hand. The statue surmounts an obelisk of Portland Stone which rises from a square plinth with a two step square base. A bronze wreath is mounted on the obelisk between the plaques with the inscriptions.
Inscription: Obelisk, East face: TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF/ SWANLEY/ WHO/ LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918./ Obelisk, east face, plaque: AMONG THE NAMES RECORDED HERE IS THAT/ OF STAFF PAYMASTER JOSEPH T. GEDGE. THE FIRST/ BRITISH OFFICER TO FALL IN THE GREAT WAR./ KILLED ON H.M.S. AMPHION AUGUST . 6 . 1914. Obelisk, east face, plaque: IN THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF SWANLEY PARISH / WHO DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE / WORLD WAR II 1939-1945 Obelisk, North and South faces: (Names)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 110
Died: 110
Information shown: Surname, forename.
Order of names: Surname.

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 28
Died: 28
Information shown: Surname, forename.
Order of names: Surname.

History

Maker(s): Louis Frederick Rosslyn RBS, South Kensington, Sculptor
Maintenance History: Grade II listed 5 Nov. 2007

Ceremonies

Unveiled

1 March 1922

Mrs Edmund Gedge

Dedicated

1 March 1922

Canon Savill, Vicar of Dartford and previously Vicar of St Paul's, Swanley

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