Smeeth War Memorial

Smeeth War Memorial, unveiled in 1919 and completed to the designs of the sculptor F J Russell.

MATERIALS: a granite stone monument with affixed bronze plaque.

PLAN: square plan-form.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial is situated approximately 50m to the south-west of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, set on an elevated plot overlooking Church Road. The roughly-hewn granite monument stands approximately three metres in height and takes the form of a Celtic wheel cross head on a square tapered plinth, set upon a chamfered base. The plinth has an incised inscription on its frontal face which reads: ‘IN MEMORY AND IN HONOUR OF / (Names) / MEN OF SMEETH WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918’. Set immediately in front of the memorial is a granite flower container. A bronze plaque, reading '1939-1945 / (names)', affixed to the cross shaft to commemorate the fallen of the Second World War was added in November 1947.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 31 January 2018.