Chipstead War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 2020. Memorial.

Chipstead War Memorial

WRENN ID
tilted-moat-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Country
England
Date first listed
21 April 2020
Type
Memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

First World War Memorial, designed in 1920 by W P Banks of Dunton Green and unveiled in 1921.

MATERIALS: Kentish ragstone with granite tablets.

DESCRIPTION: Chipstead War Memorial stands within the grounds of Chevening Parish Hall and the Chapel of the Good Shepherd. The stone memorial takes the form of a Latin Cross atop an orb which is set on an octagonal shaft rising from an octagonal pedestal on a three-stepped base. Granite panels bearing incised inscriptions are recessed within each face of the pedestal.

The east face of the pedestal bears the inscription ‘ROLL OF HONOUR/ IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHO FELL/ IN THE SERVICE OF/ KING AND COUNTRY/ 1914 – 1918/ AND OF THOSE WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WAR OF/ 1939 – 1945’, while the west face of the pedestal reads ‘KOREAN WAR/ (1 NAME)/ SONS OF THIS PLACE/ LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID/ THAT YOU WHO LIVE/ ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD/ THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES/ THAT YOU WHO LIVE MAY REAP/ A RICHER HARVEST/ ERE YOU FALL ASLEEP/ (CROSS SYMBOL)’. The remaining faces of the pedestal record the names of 28 fallen from the First World War and 18 fallen from the Second World War.

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