Memorial

Westgate on Sea - Royal British Legion, WW1, WW2 and Iraq

37543 Westgate On Sea RBL Memorial

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Current Location

At the junction of Sea Road with St Mildred's Road, British Legion Memorial, Sea Road, Westgate On Sea, Thanet, Kent, CT8 8SB, England

TR 32323 70421

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 37543
Description: Rectangular stone paving slab base surmounted by a tall rectangular sectioned, tapering, cairn-styled, rough-hewn rock incorporating a smooth-faced Latin cross set into the top. Pinned-lead lettering and numerals form the Great War inscription and names at two smoothened areas on the front face of the cairn. A landscape oriented, chamfer-edged tablet is set at a shallow angle at the 6 o'clock base bearing WW2 inscription and names. A similar shaped tablet is placed at the 3 o'clock base position and bears a single name for the 2003 conflict. Both tablets utilise pinned-lead lettering and numerals. The whole memorial is enclosed by a tubular rail fence supported by eight metal posts.
Inscription: 6 o 'clock Cairn face: BRITISH LEGION MEMORIAL/ "LEST WE FORGET"/ 1914 - 1918./ (79 NAMES) 6 o'clock base tablet: IN MEMORY/ ALSO OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING THE 1939-45 WAR THIS TABLET WAS/ ERECTED BY THE MAYOR ALDERMEN AND BURGESSES OF THE BOROUGH OF MARGATE/ A.D. 1951 / (29 NAMES) 3 o'clock base tablet: M. LAWRENCE 2003