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    Memorial

    Shepherdswell - WW1 and WW2

    Shepherdswell - WW1 Names

    Source: Copyright Kent Fallen

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    Current Location

    On the Village Green, Junction Coldred Road and Mill Lane and Church Hill, Shepherdswell, Dover, Kent, CT15 7LQ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TR 26180 47794

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    1580
    Description
    Celtic cross with a sword of sacrifice in the centre mounted onto a plinth and base. Black inscription on the plinth and base.
    Inscription
    1914/ 1918/ IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF SHEPHERDSWELL/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ (Names)/ 1939-1945/ (Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    20
    Died
    20
    Information shown
    initials, surname
    Order of names
    Surname, initial
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    14
    Died
    14
    Information shown
    forename, surname
    Order of names
    Surname.

    Components

    Cross

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    • Dover Express - Friday 30 March 1923 SHEPHERDSWELL PARISH COUNCIL MEETING. ANNUAL PARISH MEETING. "Correspondence between the local secretary, of the British Legion and the Parish Council with regard to the proposed erection of a memorial in the open as well as the one the Church, was read; and Major Archer explained that it had been considered by the British Legion that it would be nice to have some memorial in the shape of a cross open. After some discussion Major Archer proposed that the question be left over for discussion at the next large parish meeting in the mean time, the Legion to propose some suitable site and form for the memorial to take. "
    • Dover Express - Friday 16 November 1923 ARMISTICE DAY AT SHEPHERDSELL. "ARMISTICE DAY AT SHEPHERDSWELL. A combined service for Armistice Day and the dedication of the and unveiling of the War Memorial, erected by the British Legion, was held at Shepherdswell Church and at the Memorial on Sunday morning."
  • Dover Express - Friday 26 March 1948 Page 2 "£20 to fix another tablet to the Memorial with the names of the1939=1945 War dead"
  • Other website http://www.fadedgenes.co.uk/ShepherdswellMemorial.html
  • Dover Express - Friday 30 July 1948 Page 8 SHEPHERDSWELL War Memorial Addition of 1939-1945 tablet