Memorial

Tenterden

Column

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Current Location

High Street, Tenterden, Ashford, Kent, TN30 6LB, England

TQ 88182 33192

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Type of Memorial: Pillar / Column
WMR Reference Number: 1807
Description: A square stone column with a pitched top mounted on a square-set plinth with a four-stepped stone base. The relief of cherub head and wings are situated above the inscription. There is also a relief of a sail ship (the Arms of Tenterden) at the top of the column.
Inscription: 1914 - 1919/ TO THE MEN OF TENTERDEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ DURING THE GREAT WARS/ LIVE THOU FOR ENGLAND/ WE FOR ENGLAND DIED/ (Names) 1939 - 1945/ (Names)/

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 25
Died: 25
Information shown: Initials, surname, rank.
Order of names: Surname
Additional Information: The second world war names appear to be on the face of the steps beneath the first world war names.

Maker(s): W Wrigley Diggle, Designer
N Hitch, Sculptor
Messrs Weeks and Son , Builder

Unveiled

26th May 1920

COL J BODY D S O O B E

Dedicated

26th May 1920

Local Clergy/Dignitaries

Column

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: 1466045

Carter Postcard Collection
"Tenterden War Memorial." Historic England, https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1466045. Accessed 5 August 2024.