Memorial

George Kent Ltd Employees

George Kent Memorial

Source: Copyright War Memorials Trust (WMO 255045)

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Current Location

Wardown House Museum and Gallery, Old Bedford Road, Luton, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 7HA, England

TL 08929 22967

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Type of Memorial: Roll of honour or book of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 7562
Description: Rectangular wooden frame incorporating three glazed panels. The centre panel commemorates those who died in either the First or Second World War (including civilians who died in WW1 through explosions in the manufacture of munitions); the panels that flank it list the company's employees who served in HM Forces in WW1. N.B. The names of those who died in the Forces in WW1 are listed twice on the memorial, i.e. in a side panel as having served and also in the centre panel as having died.
Inscription: Centre panel: MEMBERS OF THE FIRM OF GEORGE KENT/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918./ They whom this scroll commemorates were numbered among those who, at the/ call of King and Country, left all that was dear to them, endured hardness,/ faced danger, and finally passed out of the sight of men by the path of duty/ and self-sacrifice, giving up their own lives that others might live in freedom./ (Names)/ LIVES LOST THROUGH EXPLOSIONS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MUNITIONS/ (Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)/ LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN Left and right panels: MEMBERS OF THE FIRM/ WHO SERVED IN HM FORCES/ 1914 - 1918

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 456
Served: 411
Died: 45
Information shown: Surname, initials, decorations and (where appropriate) military unit, manner of death, place of death, date of death
Order of names: Listed alphabetically by surname: those who died are listed in the centre panel and also named on side panel (among those who had enlisted and served).

War: First World War - civilians
Number Commemorated: 10
Died: 10
Information shown: Surname, initials, date of death as the result of explosions during manufacture of munitions
Order of names: Listed alphabetically by surname