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    Memorial

    Pembury

    Memorial

    Source: Copyright Richard Snow

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    Current Location

    Next to St Peter's upper church, War Memorial, Hastings Road, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 4PA, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 62581 40712

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    © WMR-1537

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    Type of Memorial
    Cenotaph
    WMR Reference Number
    1537
    Description
    A large cenotaph with a Celtic cross carved on the six o'clock face and a rectangular plaque below with the dedications. The whole is set on a shallow plinth and four steps. On the plinth is a longitudinal plaque with dedications to the Second World War.
    Inscription
    1914 - 1919/ DUTY HONOUR SELF-SACRIFICE/ (Names)/ 1939-1945/ (Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    49
    Died
    49
    Information shown
    Surname, forename, decorations.
    Order of names
    Surname.
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    18
    Died
    18
    Information shown
    Surname, forename.
    Order of names
    Surname.
    Maker(s)
    • ASHLEY S. KILBY ESQ, Architect

    Maintenance History
    2018: Metal plaques with engraved dedications added. Original stone tablets moved to a wall outside Pembury Primary School. New name and spelling errors also corrected.

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    Summer 1921

    Rev H Sinclair Brooke

    Components

    Cenotaph

    Height: C 4750MM

    Width: 1800MM

    Depth: 1570MM


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1465121

    Date first listed: 7 August 2019

    Plaque

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1465121

    Date first listed: 7 August 2019

    • Source: Image Library Published:MERESBOROUGH BOOKS 1984
    • Carter Postcard Collection
    • http://www.pastpages.co.uk/pemburyhistory/Buildings-War-Memorial.html