Memorial

St Mary's Church - WW1 and WW2

Gates

Source: Copyright Susan Featherstone

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Current Location

By the roadside boundary., St Mary's Church, High Street, West Malling, Tonbridge And Malling, Kent, ME19 6ND, England

TQ 67941 57544

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 16290
Description: A plain cross surmounting a shaped stone plinth which is flanked by columns. The dedicatory plaques are on the roadside face of the central plinth, with steps and low metal gates to the pavement.
Inscription: THE/ NAMES OF/ WEST MALLING/ MEN WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918 ARE HERE/ RECORDED/ THEY DIED FOR RIGHT AND FREEDOM - MAY THEY REST IN PEACE// GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN/ THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE/ FOR HIS FRIENDS// (Names) AND OF THE FOLLOWING WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE 1939 -1945 WAR// (Names)

Plaque

Made from: Metal

Condition: Good

Memorial

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good