Memorial

Goudhurst - Plaques

Plaques

Source: Copyright Susan Featherstone

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Current Location

St Mary's Church, Back Lane, Goudhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN17 1AL, England

TQ 72401 37809

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 16295
Description: Two brass plaques attached to a wall mounted, portrait oriented, nowy-headed marble backboard with a landscape oriented marble base extension. Upper WW1 portrait oriented, nowy-headed plaque, at top centre, contains a raised cast design of St George on horseback slaying the dragon. WW2 landscape oriented plaque is beneath the WW1 plaque. Both plaques have similar border bands comprising "figure of eight" knotted vines, floriate and foliate designs in relief on a black ground. All inscriptions and names engraved and infilled with black paint.
Inscription: Upper plaque: 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. / (60 NAMES) // Lower Plaque: AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE / OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE WAR / 1939 - 1945 / (6 NAMES)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 60
Died: 60
Information shown: Rank, forenames, forename initials, surname, regiment or ship
Order of names: Rank. Each rank group listed alphabetically by surname

Maker(s): F Osborne and Co. Ltd, Manufacturer
Gawthorp and Sons, Manufacturer

Plaque

Height: 840mm

Width: 480mm

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good