Crimean War Memorial At Chatham Garrison Military Cemetery Crimean War Memorial At Fort Pitt is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1991. Memorial.
Crimean War Memorial At Chatham Garrison Military Cemetery Crimean War Memorial At Fort Pitt
- WRENN ID
- distant-pinnacle-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Medway
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1991
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TQ 76 NW 2/14
ROCHESTER CITY WAY Crimean war Memorial at Chatham Garrison Military Cemetery(Fort Pitt)
GII Crimean war Memorial.C.1858.Tooled rusticated plinth with one round-headed niche containing the insciption:'To the memory of many brave British Soldiers buried near this spot who gave their lives for the honour of their Sovereign and Country in 1854-8'.Surmounted by informally arranged cannons,pick-axe,rifle and shovel in cast-iron(painted).The nearby Crimea House,now part of Fort Pitt Grammar School for Girls(qv Ref 13/37),served as a hospital during the Crimean War.
Listing NGR: TQ7447668044
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 1 December 2016.
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