Folkestone Memorial Cairn

The monument stands at the top (west) end of the Road of Remembrance, approximately 30m from the main Folkestone war memorial. It is approximately 1.5m tall with a square cross-section. It takes the form of a cairn, tapering upwards, and is built in stone road setts. It has a shallow pyramidal stone cap. On the south face of the cairn is a bronze plaque which reads:

"NOT ONCE OR TWICE IN OUR ROUGH ISLAND STORY / THE PATH OF DUTY WAS THE WAY TO GLORY." / TENNYSON

ROAD / OF / REMEMBRANCE - flanked by the dates 1914 and 1918

DURING THE GREAT WAR, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF / BRITISH SOLDIERS PASSED ALONG THIS ROAD ON THEIR WAY / TO AND FROM THE BATTLEFIELDS OF EUROPE,

"AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN / AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM."

"ROSEMARY FOR REMEMBRANCE"

A second plaque has subsequently been added below which reads:

THE ROSEMARY BED / WAS PLANTED BY / SOROPTIMISTS INTERNATIONAL / FOLKESTONE / TO COMMEMORATE / THEIR 25TH ANNIVERSARY / 1965-1990

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, 30 November 2016.