Hoo St Werburgh War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 2018. War memorial.

Hoo St Werburgh War Memorial

WRENN ID: keen-landing-furze
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Medway
Country: England
Date first listed: 26 January 2018
Type: War memorial
Source: Historic England listing

Description

First World War memorial with later additions for the Second World War.

MATERIALS: carved from granite.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises a granite wheel headed cross, carved with a long sword (point downwards). The cross sits upon a rubble-faced tapering square plinth, which in turn sits upon a rubble-faced single step. The memorial sits within a circular paved area. Each face of the plinth has a dressed panel bearing inscriptions in black leaded letters. The inscriptions read TO THE / GREATER GLORY OF GOD / AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR KING AND COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918 / MAY THEY REST IN PEACE // NAMES // OUR / GLORIOUS / DEAD // 1939 – 1945 / NAMES //.

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