Memorial
Sevenoaks Postal District
Memorial
Source: Copyright Susan Featherstone
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Current Location
Post Office, South Park, Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 1AA, England
OS Grid Reference
TQ 52990 54636
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 1486
- Description
- Board with nowy headed pediment and Sevenoaks coat of arms top centre.Names are in five columns with the fallen in the centre column. Dates of enlistment are given for WW1 while at the lower edge is a lion's head. Lettering is in gold.
- Inscription
- Top of Frame-SEVENOAKS POSTAL DISTRICT ROLL OF HONOUR Column 1-1914/[names Ashdown to Warren] Column 2- [1914 names Webb & Wenham]/1915/[names]/1916/[names Allen to Bevan] Column 3-[names of the fallen of WW1]/1939-1945/[names of the fallen] Column 4- [names for 1916 from Boniface] Column 5-1917/[names]/1918/[names] Bottom of Frame-1914 WHO STANDS IF FREEDOM FALL WHO DIES IF ENGLAND LIVE 1918
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 89
- Served
- 75
- Died
- 14
- Information shown
- surname, initials of forenames, decorations
- Order of names
- year of enlistment THEN surname (for the fallen), surname (with 2 out of order)- for the fallen
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Number Commemorated
- 4
- Died
- 4
- Information shown
- surname, initials of forenames, decorations
- Order of names
- surname
- Custodian
- ROYAL MAIL
Components
- Board
Made from: Wood
Condition: Good
- Frame
Made from: Wood
Condition: Good