- Type of Memorial
- Hospital / Clinic
- WMR Reference Number
- 1570
- Description
- Hospital commemorating WW1, with associated plain stone cross commemorating WW2 outside. The cross has a downward sword above the inscription. Decorative carving on tablet above door. The names of the dead are listed on two wooden boards inside the front entrance. A Book of Remembrance commemorating the dead from WW2 is in a glass and wood case next to the wooden boards, with a glass and wood lectern containing a Book of Remembrance for WW2 civilian casualties next to it.
- Inscription
- VICTORIA HOSPITAL/ DEAL WALMER & DISTRICT/ WAR MEMORIAL/ 1914 1918
9/ ERECTED 1923
Cross: IN MEMORY 1939 - 1945
Caption next to Book of Remembrance: This Book of Remembrance/ and the Stone Cross in the front of the Hospital/ are dedicated to those/ Members of the Armed Forces from Deal, Walmer/ and the surrounding area/ who have their lives during the Second World War/ 1939-1945/ This Book and Cross are the result of/ a public appeal organised by the Town Mayor/ Cllr. David Reid during his term of office 1984-85/ He was assisted by Tony Arnold of the East Kent/ Mercury and Captain George A Phllips RM/ [Obscured] by Terry Carroll/
Inscription in glass and wood cabinet: EXHORTATION/ THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD,/ AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD./ AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM/ NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN./ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM/ THE KOHIMA EPITAPH/ WHEN YOU GO HOME/ TELL THEM OF US AND SAY/ FOR YOUR TOMORROW WE GAVE OUR TODAY/ THE LEGION OF THE LIVING,/ SALUTES THE LEGION OF THE DEAD/ WE SHALL NOT BREAK FAITH WITH THEE
Board 1: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ FROM THIS DISTRICT WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ THE ROLL OF HONOUR/ DEAL/ (Names)
Board 2: WALMER/ (Names)/ KINGSDOWN/ (Names)/ SHOLDEN/ (Names)/ GREAT MONGEHAM/ (Names)/ NORTHBOURNE/ (Names)/ RIPPLE/ (Names)/ RINGWOULD/ (Names)/ LITTLE MONGEHAM/ & SUTTON/ (Names)/ IN MEMORIAM/ ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS/ COURT WALMER CASTLE No. 3066/ THE ROLL OF HONOUR/ (Names)