Memorial

Wadhurst Cross- WW1 and WW2

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Current Location

Next to the fire station, Wadhurst Cross, High Street, Wadhurst, Wealden, East Sussex, TN5 6BX, England

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TQ 63637 32082

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 17235
Description: Wheel cross of stone with Celtic-style relief. Cross surmounts octagonal column which stands on an octagonal sectioned two-stage plinth and platform. Incised inscription circumnavigates the platform edge. Plinth stands on a three-stepped octagonal base enclosed by a paved area. Further incised inscription and names on both stages of plinth faces. Separate dedication stone with incised inscription added in 2014.
Inscription: Platform perimeter: LET THOSE > THAT COME > AFTER > SEE TO IT > THAT THEY > BE NOT > FORGOTTEN // Upper plinth: { 1914 } { IN GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE HUNDRED & / FOURTEEN MEN OF / WADHURST WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR } { 1919 } { (NAMES on each face) // Lower plinth: { 1939 } { AND OF THOSE WHO / FELL IN THE SECOND / WORLD WAR } { 1945 } { (NAMES on each face) // Stone: + / WADHURST'S WAR MEMORIAL WAS / ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED AND / DEDICATED IN 1921. IN THIS CENTENARY / YEAR OF THE DECLARATION OF WAR IN / 1914 THIS STONE IS DEDICATED TO / THE MEMORY OF ALL FROM WADHURST / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES INCLUDING / THOSE WHOSE NAMES ARE NOT / OTHERWISE RECORDED HERE /

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 116
Died: 116
Information shown: Forename initials, surname, rank

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 33
Died: 33
Information shown: Forename initials, surname. rank

History

Maker(s): A Burslem and Son, Mason
Sir Herbert Baker RA, Architect

Ceremonies

Unveiled

08 May 1921

Lt.Col. G L Courthorpe MC, MP;

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Wadhurst Cross- WW1 and WW2

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Wadhurst Cross- WW1 and WW2

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