Memorial

Borden Grammar School - WW1

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Current Location

Borden Grammar School, Avenue of Remembrance, Sittingbourne, Swale, Kent, ME10 4DB, England

TQ 90590 63380

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 84426
Description: Rectangular wooden board hung in landscape over a door. Commemoration at the top with the school coat of arms, set in a wreath of poppies, at the centre. Names are beneath in five columns. All lettering in gold leaf.
Inscription: IN HONOUR OF THE FOLLOWING OLD BOYS OF THIS SCHOOL WHO/ ARE KNOWN TO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR OF 1914 TO 1918/ (Names)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 40
Died: 40
Information shown: Surname, initial, honours
Order of names: Surname, initial
Additional Information: 33 of these men (and their service details) are also on IWM 84424, a series of wooden boards set above entrance to the school's classrooms.