Meopham War Memorial

MATERIALS: Portland stone.

DESCRIPTION: Meopham War Memorial stands in the northern corner of Meopham Green, facing the road, in a small garden. It consists of a stone cross rising from a moulded collar on an octagonal shaft. That stands on an octagonal stone plinth with a slight cornice, and a two-stepped octagonal base.

Around the circumference of the plinth’s cornice the principal dedicatory inscription reads TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD AND/ IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF/ MEOPHAM WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT/ WAR 1914 – 1918. The faces of the plinth bear the names of those who lost their lives.

There is an additional stone tablet at the foot of the memorial commemorating Second World War losses. The tablet bears the inscription AND TO THOSE WHO/ FELL IN THE SECOND/ WORLD WAR 1939-1945 (14 NAMES).

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Two grey granite flower vases flank the Second World War tablet: these vases are not of special interest.

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.

This List entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 10/05/2017