Memorial

Folkestone - WW1 and WW2

KentFallen 2002-9 d

Source: Copyright KentFallen 2002-9

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Current Location

Roadside on roundabout. The Leas / Road of Remembrance / West Terrace, Roadside., The Leas, Folkestone, Shepway, Kent, CT20 1TH, England

TR 22803 35755

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Type of Memorial: Allegory (eg: Victory)
WMR Reference Number: 1616
Description: Motherhood figure on rectangular base. Right hand holds victory laurel, left holds cross attached to shaft with union jack at half mast. The figure symbolizes brotherhood and reverence and looks over the Channel towards the battlefields of France and Flanders. At the base of the figure is a bronze panel on which a moving mass of men is suggested in silhouette, and represents the continual flow of men who passed the spot during the war.
Inscription: Pedestal: TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ MAY THESE/ DEEDS BE/ HELD IN/ REVERENCE Plaque: THANKS BE TO GOD WHO GIVETH US THE VICTORY // IN EVER GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE BRAVE MEN FROM FOLKESTONE, / AND THE MANY THOUSANDS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE EMPIRE WHO PASSED THIS SPOT ON THEIR WAY / TO FIGHT IN THE GREAT WAR (1914-1918) FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS AND FREEDOM, AND ESPECIALLY THOSE / OF THIS TOWN WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE, AND WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE RECORDED, / THIS MEMORIAL IS HUMBLY DEDICATED Lower plaque: THIS MEMORIAL ALSO COMMEMORATES / THOSE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED SERVICES / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING / THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945 / AND THE MANY CIVILIAN INHABITANTS OF / THIS BOROUGH WHO LOST THEIR LIVES / AS A RESULT OF ENEMY ACTION / DURING THOSE YEARS.

Maker(s): Mr Ferdinand Victor Blundstone RBS, Sculptor
Maintenance History: June 2010: Listed Grade II* 2010: An additional bronze plaque is to be cast so the name of an individual can be added. It will have space for 19 more names to be added.