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    Memorial

    Etchingham

    Etchingham war memorial

    Source: Copyright John Miller

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    Current Location

    The Assumption of Blessed Mary and St Nicholas, High Street, Etchingham, Rother, East Sussex, TN19 7AW, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 71373 26182

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    16981
    Description
    Celtic cross with Sword of Sacrifice on the shaft. Three-stepped base surmounted by an octagonal plinth with names on the sides of the plinth, and an additional tablet for WW2 placed at the foot of the plinth on one side.
    Inscription
    PILLAR: UNTIL THE DAY DAWN TOP OF BASE: AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMEBER THEM SIDES OF BASE MCMXIC TO THE MCMXIX / GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY / OF MEN OF ETCHINGHAM WHO GAVE / UP THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / (NAMES) ADDITIONAL STONE: IN MEMORY / OF THOSE WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES 1939 - 1945 / (NAMES)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    15
    Died
    15
    Information shown
    surname
    Order of names
    surname
    Additional Information
    Names include Rudyard Kipling's son
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    5
    Died
    5
    Information shown
    surname,decorations
    Order of names
    surname,decorations
    Maker(s)
    • Sir Herbert Baker RA, Architect

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    08th April 1920

    RUDYARD KIPLING

    Dedicated

    08th April 1920

    Rudyard Kipling

    Custodian
    Parish Church

    Components

    Cross

    Height: C 3000MM


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Plinth

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Report a Concern

    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    230654

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