- Type of Memorial
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- WMR Reference Number
- 54549
- Description
- Book of Remembrance. Typed lettering. Pages for each of the services, followed by a poem
- Inscription
- FRONT PAGE: 1939.....1945/ In memory of the/ Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen/ of/ Faversham and District/ Who, in the line of duty and self-sacrifice during the/ Second World War/ gave up their lives that others might live in/ Peace and Freedom/ Let not time dictate forgetfulness as the/ passing years obscure our vision of their/ today. Imbue the communities that nurtured/ them with an awareness of their greater deed/ and respect worthy of their sacrifice
Royal Navy/ (NAMES)
Missing/ Least said the better, the bill unpaid, the dead letter/ No roses, and the end for Smith my friend/ last words don't matter, for their are none to flatter/ words will not fill the post, of Smith the ghost/ For Smith, our brother, son of loving mother/ the ocean lifted, stirred, and left no word/ Michael Redgrave/ (in The way to the Stars 1945)
The Army/ (NAMES)
When the wild roses took the sun/ Now scattered on the thorn, their hearts glow red/ So on the briars of a conquered earth/ Prodigal lie our English dead/ Gently the petals, of that gallant flower/ Do their fierce crimson centres hide/ And young men, stilled, have gleaming left/ A heritage of pride/ Celia Johnson 1945
The Royal Air Force/ (NAMES)
The Royal Marines/ (NAMES)/ The Merchant Navy/ (NAMES)/ The Fire Brigade/ (NAMES)
They shall not grow old/ as we that are left grow old./ Age shall not weary them/ nor the years condemn./ At the going down of the sun,/ and in the morning, We will remember them/ Laurence Binyon/ 'For the Fallen'