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Cheriton Road Cemetery, Cheriton Road, Folkestone, Shepway, Kent, CT20 1DF, England
TR 21223 36512
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Mr George Prebble, Builder
Professor Eduard Lürssen, Designer
Unveiled
13 June 1881
Crew of the German frigate Niobe, British military and Coast Guard personnel, the Reverend M Woodward and the Reverend C J Ridsdale
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good
Historic England
Grade: II
List Entry: 1468684
Reasons for listing from Historic England website: Historic interest: * as an eloquent witness to the tragic sinking of the SMS Grosser Kurfürst (National Heritage List for England entry 1466825) in the English Channel in 1878 and the profound impact this event had on the people of Folkestone. Architectural interest: * as an unusual example of a funerary monument in England by the eminent German sculptor, Eduard Lürssen, featuring high-quality carvings of iconography associated with the German Imperial Navy.