Memorial

Willingdon Parish Church - WW1 and WW2

Source: Copyright Rosalind Hodge

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Current Location

St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street, Willingdon, Wealden, East Sussex, BN20 9HT, England

TQ 58944 02449

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 17322
Description: Pair of stone tablets mounted one above the other. Upper, WW1 marble tablet sits in pointed, arch-shaped window-like niche with shelf like a window sill. Carved cross in relief at top flanked each side by a wreath in relief and lettering in black. Below, a stone WW2 tablet with blue and red incised inscription.
Inscription: WW1 Tablet: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND TO ENDHRINE / IN LASTING MEMORY AND HNOOUR / THE NAMES OF THOSE FROM THIS VILLAGE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY / IN THE WAR /1914-1919 / (Names) / ALL OF THE ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT / (Names) / THE TRIBUTE OF THEIR RELATIONS AND FRIENDS WW2 Tablet: ROYAL NAVY (Names) / ARMY (Names) / ROYAL AIR FORCE (Names) / MERCHANT NAVY (Name) / YE WHO LIVE IN ENGLAND'S PASTURES GREEN /REMEMBER US /AND THINK OF WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN / 1939 1945

Maintenance History: Friday 10 May 2019: Name added to memorial - Richard Swallow R. N. A. S.

Board

Made from: Wood

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. 28.