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    Memorial

    Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment

    Cenotaph

    Source: Copyright Paul Tritton

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    Current Location

    Brenchley Gardens, Station Road, Maidstone, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1QN, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 75889 56126

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    © WMR-16548

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    Type of Memorial
    Cenotaph
    WMR Reference Number
    16548
    Description
    A stone cenotaph which replicates the Whitehall cenotaph.
    Inscription
    THE GLORIOUS DEAD OF THE QUEEN'S OWN ROYAL WEST KENT REGIMENT/ MCMXIV MCMXIX
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Maker(s)
    • Sir Edwin Lutyens, Designer

    • Messrs GE Wallis & Sons Ltd, Builder

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    31 July 1921

    Major General Sir Edmund Leach

    Dedicated

    31 July 1921

    Archbishop of Canterbury

    Components

    Cenotaph

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    • The Times page 5 Column D , 1 August 1921
    • Book: Atkinson, CT "The Queen's Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-1918" (1924) Simpkin Marshall Hamilton, Kent & Co Ltd, London
    • Carter Postcard Collection
    • Lewisham Borough News
    • Bromley Mercury 5 Aug 1921