Memorial

Otham - WW1 and WW2

Celtic cross 1

Source: Copyright Andrew Tatham

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Current Location

Village green., Otham Street, Otham, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 8RT, England

TQ 79828 53652

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 1526
Description: Botonne cross set on a shaft, octagonal plinth and steps. The whole is set on a concrete base with low encircling wall.
Inscription: WEST SIDE: A D / 1914-1919 / IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE / OF THE MEN OF OTHAM / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE CAUSE OF TRUTH, / JUSTICE AND FREEDOM / THIS GREEN WAS GIVEN / AND THIS CROSS ERECTED. NORTH SIDE: (NAMES). EAST SIDE:A D / 1939-1945 / I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE / REV II 10 / (NAMES). SOUTH SIDE: I H C/ (NAMES)

Sponsor Type: private
Maintenance History: STONE BASE, MADE FROM STONE FROM HOOKERS QUARRY, NOW DOWDSWOOD ESTATE, WAS CONSTRUCTED 1946-1949. ARCHITECT: A.W. WARLAND. July 2010 cleaning planned

Unveiled

25th October 1919

FM Sir John French (Later Earl of Ypres) KP GCB OM GCVO KCMG

Cross

Height: 2800MM

Width: 2300MM

Depth: 2300MM

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good