Memorial

Biggin Hill - WW1 and WW2

KentFallen 2002-9

Source: Copyright KentFallen 2002-9

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Current Location

Located near the junction between Jail Lane and Main Road, War Memorial, Main Road (A233), Biggin Hill, Bromley, Greater London, TN16 3DY, England

TQ 41785 59441

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Type of Memorial: Pillar / Column
WMR Reference Number: 1488
Description: Brick base surmounted by stepped plinth and square column with capstone on top. The inscription and names of the fallen are carved on two sides of the column and base although there are no indications on the memorial which war the names refer to. There is a lead cross inlaid in lower base under the inscription. The memorial is placed within a small garden bordered by 1m high bushes on three sides and metal railings at the front. A small brass plate is placed on the main face of the memorial, on the bottom slab.
Inscription: (32 names on front face)/ TO THE FALLEN OF THIS PARISH/ THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE (27 names on the right face) Brass plate - ALSO REMEMBERED/ WITH GRATEFUL APPRECIATION/ THOSE WHO, SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR,/ HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN CONFLICTS/ AND PEACE-KEEPING MISSIONS/ THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

Maker(s): MESSRS F CHAPPELL AND SON, Mason
Sponsor Type: public
Maintenance History: DATE UNKNOWN: PROPOSED PLANS TO BLACKEN NAMES, REINSTATE MISSING LETTERS, CLEAN MEMORIAL AND PAINT RAILINGS AROUND IT. 1993: BRICK BASE REPOINTED

Unveiled

21st March 1923

Group Capt. Blandy DSO