Memorial

Machine Gun Corps - WW1

Source: Annie Bamford

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Current Location

Inside the cemetery gates., Folkestone Cemetery, Cheriton Road, Folkestone, Shepway, Kent, CT19 5JU, England

TR 21358 36484

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Type of Memorial: Cenotaph
WMR Reference Number: 16086
Description: A cenotaph with a shroud draped on top and a bronze crest.
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ & IN MEMORY OF/ THE/ 39 OFFICERS AND 458/ WARRANT OFFICERS, NON/ COMMISSIONED OFFICERS &/ MEN OF THE MACHINE GUN CORPS/ (CALVARY)/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ 'THE SUPREME SACRIFICE'/

Unveiled

19th February 1921

Major-General Sir F. H. Sykes, G.B.E., K.C.B., C.M.G. (Controller-General of Civil Aviation)

Dedicated

19th February 1921

Rev. A. Dallas Ennis, O.B.E., Senior Chaplain to the Forces.

Memorial

Made from: Granite - Cornish

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: 1468864

Listed April 2020 Lank Cornish Granite.

Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald - Saturday 26 February 1921 Page 6 MACHINE GUN CORPS (Cav.) WAR MEMORIAL / UNVEILING BY MAJOR-GENERAL SYKES / IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY / TRIBUTE TO THE FALLEN / INSPIRED BY "EXTERNAL PRINCIPLES." ---