Memorial

Kemsing

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Current Location

On the corner of High Street and St Edith's Rd, High Street, Kemsing, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 6NA, England

TQ 55494 58679

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 54530
Description: Stone cross on tall tapered shaft surmounting a two stepped base. This in turn stands on a curved brick wall on which are seven plaques bearing the various inscriptions. These are evenly spaced, with two each on the posts that flank the wall, and one centrally, directly beneath the cross, on the central part of the wall which protrudes out from the main body of the wall. There are three steps leading up to the wall, these are curved, and with the wall complete a circular area.
Inscription: Plaque: IN MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF KEMSING WO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WARS 1914-1918 THAT WE MIGHT LIVE Plaque: LORD GOD OF HOSTS BE WITH US YET, LEST WE FORGET, LEST WE FORGET Plaque: FROM WAR AND THE SIN OF FORGETFULNESS GOOD LORD DELIVER US 1914-1918. Plaque: IT IS NOTHING TO YOU ALL YE THAT PASS BY 1939-1945 Plaque: REMEMBER THOSE WHO DIED (Exact line spacing unknown)

Maker(s): Mr Godfrey Pinkerton, Architect
Costs: £855
Sponsor Type: public
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: Villagers provided free labour. Work to add the Second World War names and make general repairs and improvements to the memorial and its surroundings cost £800, again raised almost entirely by public subscription.