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    Memorial

    Milton Regis

    Original

    Source: Copyright Grandarog Kent History Group

    1/11

    Current Location

    Plaques installed above seating around Sittingbourne War Memorial., Central Avenue, Sittingbourne, Swale, Kent, ME10 4AA, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 90609 63599

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    54552
    Description
    Stone cross supported by an octagonal shaft. This surmounts a double plinth and a two stepped base. The inscription is on metal plaques, attached to the plinth. Plaques now displayed around the Sittingbourne Cenotaph WMR Ref: 16205 due to memorial being destroyed in the storm of 1987.
    Inscription
    TO THE GREATER GLORY/ OF GOD AND IN/ HONOURED, GRATEFUL,/ AND UNDYING MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR./ 1914 - 1918.
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    199
    Died
    199
    Information shown
    Surname, forename.
    Order of names
    Surname.
    Maker(s)
    • Marshall Harvey, Designer

    Sponsor Type
    public
    Maintenance History
    1987: Badly damaged in 1987 storm and then later so badly vandalized that Swale Council decided to demolish it. Also two of the metal plaques bearing the names were stolen. All nine plaques were placed on the raised bed surrounding the Sittingbourne WW1 & 2 cenotaph - WMA 16205. A replacement war memorial with new slate tablets was dedicated on 14th October 2012 - WMA 71495. The stone remains in the grounds of the church.

    Ceremonies

    Dedicated

    November 1919

    Bishop Suffragan of Dover

    Previous Location(s)

    Churchyard, Holy Trinity Church, Green Porch Close, Milton Regis, Swale, Kent, ME10 2BL, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 90052 64956

    Denomination

    Church of England

    Year of move

    1987

    Reason for move

    The supporting stone work was destroyed by a falling tree in the storm of 1987. The plaques were placed on the raised bed surrounding the Sittingbourne WW1 & 2 cenotaph - WMR Ref: 16205.

    Components

    Plaques

    Height: 60cm

    Width: 60cm


    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    • East Kent Gazette 08 November 1919
    • The Gazette and Times 16 / 14 April 2004
    • The Gazette and Times 16 / 21 April 2004
    • The Telegraph 22 January 2012 - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/britain-at-war/9029601/Save-our-war-memorials-hopes-of-restoration-for-memorial-destroyed-in-great-storm-of-1987.html
    • The Telegraph 20 October 2012 - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/britain-at-war/9623577/Restored-at-last-memorial-destroyed-in-Great-Storm.html