Memorials to the victims of the 1916 Faversham Munitions Explosion

The mass grave is in the central part of the cemetery, oriented approximately north-south in alignment with the grid pattern walkways. The grave comprises a low, granite-kerbed enclosure, about 10m by 50m, with regular low piers with caps, and flights of steps at either end flanked by urn-topped piers. At the centre of the grave is a large free-standing Celtic cross raised on a three-stepped base.

The principal dedicatory inscription on the front face of the base reads SACRED TO THE/ MEMORY OF THE MEN/ WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR/ COUNTRY 2ND. APRIL 1916./ ‘FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING/ LEAVE NOW THY SERVANTS SLEEPING.’ The names of the victims of the explosion buried here are leaded into the wall coping, with the names of those buried elsewhere appearing on a large free-standing stone c0.5m to the east, also included in the listing but not mapped.

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.