Memorial

Dover Patrol - WW1 and WW2

KentFallen 2002-5

Source: Copyright KentFallen 2002-5

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Current Location

At Leathercote's Point., Hawks Hill Road, Dover, Dover, Kent, CT15 6DT, England

TR 37343 45206

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Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 1579
Description: An obelisk mounted on a plinth and square base, the dedication is written on the two sides of the plinth.
Inscription: 6 o'clock face: THIS MONUMENT/ TO THE/ DOVER PATROL/ WAS ERECTED IN THE YEARS 1920 & 1921 BY/ PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION TOGETHER WITH THOSE/ AT CAP BLANC NEZ, FRANCE/ AND NEW YORK HARBOUR,/ AMERICA./ THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES SERVING THIER KING/ AND COUNTRY IN THE DOVER PATROL ARE RECORDED IN THE BOOK OF/ REMEMBRANCE IN THE TOWN HALL, DOVER, A COPY OF WHICH IS KEPT/ AT THE PARISH CHURCH, ST MARGARETS AT CLIFFE./ (Names) 3 o'clock face: THIS STONE WAS LAID BY/ H.R.H. PRINCE ARTHUR OF CONNAUGHT, K.G./ 19TH NOVEMBER 1919/ AND THE MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED BY/ H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G./ 27TH JULY 1921. 12 o'clock face: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN EVERLASTING/ REMEMBRANCE OF/ THE DOVER PATROL/ 1914 - 1919/ "THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE MAY/ WE BE WORTHY OF THEIR SACRIFICE"/ TO THE MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND MERCHANT NAVY/ WHO GAVE THIER LIVES IN SHIPS SAILING UPON THE WATERS OF THE DOVER STRAIT/ 1939 - 1946

Maker(s): SIR ASTON WEBB & SONS ARA RA HRBA HRE HRMS, Designer
Sponsor Type: other
Maintenance History: Renovated in the Summer of 1949 and inscription added commemorating those lost in WW2

Foundation Stone

19 November 1919

Lt Col Prince Arthur of Connaught KG, KT, GCMG,GCVO, CB

Dedicated

19 November 1919

Bishop Suffragan of Dover