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    Memorial

    Kent County Mental Hospital WW2

    Memorial Plaque

    Source: James Lakeland

    1/2

    Current Location

    St Andrew's Church, St Andrew's Road, Barming Heath, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 9LS, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 73600 55000

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    41246
    Description
    RECTANGULAR METAL PLAQUE MOUNTED ONTO AN OAK BACKBOARD. INSCRIPTIO IN WHITE LETTERING
    Inscription
    UPPER PLAQUE: 1939 - 194/ THESE ARE THEY WHO, AT THE CALL OF KING/ AND COUNTRY, LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO/ THEM, ENDURED HARDNESS, FACED DANGER AND/ PASSED FROM THE SIGHT OF MEN BY THE PATH/ OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE, GIVING UP THEIR/ LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM./ (NAMES)/ REMEMBER O LORD THESE THY SERVANTS LOWER PLAQUE: THESE TWO WAR MEMORIALS WERE FORMERLY MOUNTED/ IN THE CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR WITHIN THE GROUNDS OF/ THE OAKWOOD PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL./ THEY WERE FOUND IN A ROADSIDE DITCH./ THE CONGREGATION OF ST ANDREW'S FEEL THAT THE SACRIFICE/ OF THESE PEOPLE SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE HONOURED./ THEY HAVE BEEN RESTORED BY MAUREEN LOVERING/ AND REMOUNTED BY JAMES LAKELAND./ THEYR WERE RE DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE FALLEN/ ON 15-DECEMBER-2002/ "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING,/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    4
    Died
    4
    Information shown
    surname,regiment,forename
    Order of names
    surname,forename,regiment
    Maintenance History
    2001: PLAQUE IS CURRENLTY AT A PRIVATE DWELLING WHILST A NEW LOCATION IS BEING SOUGHT FOR IT. 15th December 2002: Both the WW1 and WW2 plaques are now in St Andrew's parish church in Barming Heath on the outskirts of Maidstone.

    Ceremonies

    Rededicated

    15th December 2002

    Local Clergy/Dignitaries

    Previous Location(s)

    ST SAVIOURS CHURCH, Queen's Road, Maidstone, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8AE, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SV 00051 00001

    Year of move

    2001

    Reason for move

    THE WW1 AND WW2 MEMORIALS WERE DUMPED WHEN THE HOSPITAL AND ST SAVIOURS CHAPEL IN THE GROUNDS WERE DEMOLISHED. THEY WERE SUBSEQUENTLY RESCUED BY THE TYNHAM BRANCH OF THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION AND A NEW HOME FOR THEM WAS FOUND IN THEIR CURRENT LOCATION

    Components

    Plaque

    Height: 520mm

    Width: 700mm


    Made from: Copper


    Condition: Good


    Backboard

    Height: 535MM

    Width: 715MM

    Depth: 20MM


    Made from: Wood - Oak


    Condition: Good


    • WW2 memorial War Memorials Trust WM3498 http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=750
    • WW1 memorial http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/41245
    • WW1 memorial War Memorials Trust WM1997 http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=265