Sandgate War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Sandgate War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- hushed-corner-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MATERIALS: Cornish granite.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises a tall floriated cross with carved collar surmounting a square tapering shaft set on an octagonal plinth. This is set upon a four-stepped base.
On the sides of the plinth are decorated oval bronze plaques which carry the inscriptions. On the front face the inscription reads: 'THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION IN MEMORY OF THOSE INHABITANTS WHO FELL DURING THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-18. IT ALSO MARKS THE SPOT WHERE A BOMB EXPLODED DURING THE GERMAN AIR RAID OF MAY 25TH 1917'.
On the back another bronze plaque carries the names and the regiments of the 46 men commemorated.
A further plaque commemorates those who fell in the Second World War.
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, 30 November 2016.
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