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    Memorial

    Royal Sea Bathing Hospital - Memorial Tablet

    Tablet

    Source: Copyright W J Rowe

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    Current Location

    On the ground outside the redundant Chapel., Royal Sea Bathing Hospital, Canterbury Rd, Westbrook, Thanet, Kent, CT9 5BB, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TR 34340 70440

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    © WMR-35004

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    35004
    Description
    Stone tablet with a small Latin cross incised in the top centre, with the inscription below in black lettering.
    Inscription
    IN THANKSGIVING FOR THE/ PRESERVATION OF THIS HOSPITAL/ DURING THE WAR 1914-1919/ AND THE WAR 1939-1945/ IN MEMORY OF EDWIN S. MINTER/ WILLIAM KELLY/ AND THE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES/ OF THE STAFF AND PATIENTS WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    2
    Died
    2
    Additional Information
    Total is combined number for multiple wars listed together on the memorial
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Maintenance History
    2000: tablet is already broken in three parts and fallen off the mounting on the wall, and now lies just placed together.

    Components

    Tablet

    Height: 600mm

    Width: 400mm

    Depth: 40mm


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: At Risk


    • Other website http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/newsarchive.aspx?articleid=45170
    • Commonwealth War Graves Commission E S Minter http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/294467/MINTER, EDWIN STEPHEN
    • https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/173227