War memorial cross at The King's School, Canterbury

The Clipsham stone memorial cross stands at the southern side of the Memorial Court, to the south of the Norman Staircase (Grade I-listed). The memorial takes the form of a c7m tall cross with an octagonal shaft, standing on a plinth and three-stepped, octagonal, base. The school badge is carved into the head of the cross on the south-west side, with a reversed sword carved onto the north-east side. The drum-like plinth, octagonal in section, has a shallow circular head. An inscription carved in relief around this circular head reads LORD GOD OF HOSTS BE WITH US YET, LEST WE FORGET, LEST WE FORGET.

Further inscriptions on the base read OUR HELP/ STANDETH/ IN THE NAME/ OF THE LORD and IN PROUD AND THANKFUL/ MEMORY OF THE BOYS OF/ KING’S SCHOOL WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND/ COUNTRY 1914-1919. The face of the step below has been cut away to add the later inscription, AND IN THE SECOND/ WORLD WAR 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.