Hollingbourne War Memorial

The memorial, placed on the north side of Eyhorne Street between the villages of Hollingbourne and Eyhorne Street, consists of a rough-hewn granite Celtic cross set on a three-tier granite base on a low concrete plinth. Adjoining the front and sides of the lower tier of the base are three wedge-shaped granite blocks added after the Second World and in 2006. The cross is set within an enclosure of low Kentish ragstone walls with concrete capping and reached via two stone steps.

The inscription, in lead lettering, set in an incised panel on the front of the top tier of the base reads: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ THROUGH THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. The names of the fallen are inscribed on the middle tier. The fallen of the Second World War are inscribed on the front granite wedge while additional names from both wars are inscribed on the two side wedges.

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.