Gravesend War Memorial

The memorial stands within the Windmill Hill Conservation Area in Windmill Hill Gardens in the centre of a landscaped circular garden. Paths lead to all four faces, with four steps leading up to the front and three steps leading away from the back. The memorial consists of a bronze statue of a winged Victory holding out a laurel wreath in her right hand, standing on a tall square granite plinth standing on a larger square granite plinth, standing on a square two-stepped base.

The top of the plinth on the front face has a carving of a wreath with a torch in the centre. Beneath this is the inscription ERECTED/ IN PROFOUND AND GRATEFUL/ REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN/ OF GRAVESEND WHO FELL IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ NOT ONCE OR TWICE IN OUR ROUGH ISLAND STORY/ THE PATH OF DUTY WAS THE WAY TO GLORY. Beneath this inscription are two columns of names and beneath this, on the lower plinth, is the inscription IN GRATEFUL AND ENDURING/ 1939- REMEMBRANCE- 1945/ OF ALL THOSE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED/ FORCES AND CIVILIANS OF THIS BOROUGH/ WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR. Beneath this is the inscription HIS with a cross through the centre of the H.

Each of the other three faces has two columns of names inscribed on the plinth. On the back face, above the names is a carving of the town coat of arms with the inscription DECUS ET TUTAMEN.

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, 4 October 2017.