Memorial

All Saints Church

Herstmonceux WW1

Source: Copyright John Miller

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Current Location

All Saints Church, Church Road, Herstmonceux, Wealden, East Sussex, BN27 1RN, England

TQ 64267 10182

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 17306
Description: Two separate matching light coloured stone WW1 and WW2 tablets. Both have cornices and rest on two corbels. The plain lettering is dark.
Inscription: WW1 tablet: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN DEAR MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF HERSTMONCEUX WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR / THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919. // (Names) // "O VALIANT HEARTS WHO YOUR GLORY CAME, / THROUGH DUST OF CONFLICT AND THROUGH BATTLE FLAME, / SPLENDID YOU PASSED, THE GREAT SURRENDER MADE, / INTO THE LIGHT THAT NEVER MORE SHALL FADE."// WW2 tablet: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN DEAR MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF HERSTMONCEUX WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR / THEIR COUNTRY FROM 1939 - 1945. // (Names) // THEY REST IN PEACE. //

Tablets

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Family Roots F.H.S. (Eastbourne & District), 'Rolls of Honour and War Memorials in Some East Sussex Villages', compiled by L. Medhurst & E. Pitcher (1991), p. 15-16.