The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Cenotaph

The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Cenotaph is a memorial made of Portland stone, located at the junction of paths in the north-east part of Brenchley Gardens. It is designed in the style of Luyens’ cenotaph in Whitehall, London, and stands on a rectangular stone platform with three steps. The cenotaph has a rectangular shape and features a plain chest tomb with a moulded cover at the top, upon which lies a laurel wreath. This tomb is supported by a three-stage base, which is set back towards the upper section, and beneath it is a two-stage base with cyma recta moulding at the foot of the shaft.

The cenotaph has minimal decorative features. At the upper corners of the shaft, there are carved stone bosses with laurels suspended by stone fillets. Inscriptions on the south-east and north-west faces commemorate the glorious dead of the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, noting a total of 6,866 ranks, as well as an additional 1,663 ranks. The north-east face above the wreath displays the date MCM/XIX, and below it MCM/XLV; the south-west face shows MCM/XIV above the wreath and MCM/XXXIX below it.