Rochester War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 2017. War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Rochester War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lunar-quartz-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Medway
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 May 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Portland stone memorial cross stands in a small war memorial garden to the east of the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary of Rochester (Grade I-listed), overlooking the High Street. It consists of a tall, blind, wheel-head cross with an octagonal shaft and moulded foot, standing on a base. The base comprises an octagonal drum with a shallow circular head. The base stands on three octagonal steps.
A sword is carved in low relief on the front face of the cross. At the centre of the wheel-head to the rear is a carving of a warship in full sail. The inscription to the front face of the base reads LEST WE/ FORGET/ 1914 1918 with, on the top step, 1939 1945.
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, 6 June 2017.
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