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    Memorial

    Newhaven Town - WW1 and WW2

    Cross

    Source: Copyright Matt Ebeling

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    Current Location

    Memorial Garden, South Way, junction with Bridge Street, Newhaven, Lewes, East Sussex, BN9 9PH, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 44664 01396

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    17147
    Description
    A fully enclosed wheel cross mounted on an obelisk of Forest of Dean blue stone with polished red granite panels in which are inscribed the names of the dead from WW1. Square plinth and base. The entire is surrounded by railings. The names of the 90 Newhaven residents who died in the Second World War were added to the base in 2007.
    Inscription
    THEIR NAME/ LIVETH FOR EVERMORE THIS MEMORIAL/ IS ERECTED/ TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF NEWHAVEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SERVICE OF/ THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ DURING THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ ALSO TO THEIR COMRADES WHO FELL/ 1939 - 1945 (Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    127
    Died
    127
    Information shown
    Surname, forename.
    Order of names
    Surname.
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Maker(s)
    • Mr. C. T. Hooper, Town Surveyor, Designer

    Costs
    £350

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    21 March 1948

    Major Tufton Beamish MC MP, Reverend R Norman Evans (Rector of Newhaven),

    Unveiled

    2 October 1921

    Lord Leconfield, Lord Lieutenant of Sussex;

    Previous Location(s)

    Junction Chapel Street, South Road and Fort Road, Newhaven , Lewes, East Sussex, BN9 9QH, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 44681 01125

    Year of move

    2005

    Reason for move

    Moved to memorial garden to bring three memorials (this memorial, the Transport (Merchant Navy) memorial (listed under 17148), and Royal Canadian Engineers memorial (listed under 17153)) together for the first time.

    Custodian
    Local authority

    Components

    Cross

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Plaques / Panels with names

    Made from: Granite - Red


    Condition: Good


    Report a Concern

    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    190043

    To report a concern about the condition of this memorial, visit War Memorial Trust.

    Help update these details if the condition is wrongWar Memorials Register Logo
    • http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Sussex/Newhaven.html - Accessed 19 September 2016.
    • Family Roots F.H.S. (Eastbourne & District), 'Rolls of Honour and War Memorials in Some East Sussex Villages', Vol 5, compiled by L. Medhurst & E. Pitcher (1992), p 21-24.
    • "Newhaven Mourns War Dead", Sussex Express, Friday 26 March 1948, p. 6.
    • "Newhaven Memorial", Daily Mirror, Tuesday 4 October 1921, p. 20
    • "Newhaven", West Sussex Gazette, Thursday 06 October 1921, p. 11.