Cliffe War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 2016. A Modern War memorial.
Cliffe War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- buried-threshold-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 May 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Period
- Modern
- Address
- Cliffe War Memorial, St Helen's Church, Church Street, Kent, Cliffe and Cliffe Woods, ME3 7QF
- OS grid reference
- TQ 735 766
- Coordinates
- 51.46178, 0.49729
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cliffe War Memorial is located on the southern edge of the churchyard, adjacent to the boundary wall and gate. It features a rough-hewn granite Celtic cross with a smooth cross motif carved in relief on the front. The cross has a tapering shaft that rests on a four-sided stone plinth, which is set within a raised square of grass bordered by granite kerbing and low granite posts.
The inscription on the East face of the plinth reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE BRAVE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH WHO LAID DOWN THEIR/ LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE/ VICTORIOUS STRUGGLE AGAINST THE/ ENEMIES OF MANKIND./ AUGUST 4TH 1914 – JUNE 28TH 1919." Below this, there are two columns of names of those who lost their lives. Each of the North and South faces has a single column of names, while the West face features the inscription "1939 – 1945," beneath which are two columns of names.
Local climate
Cliffe War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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