Broadstairs War Memorial

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 30 November 2016

The memorial stands in front of Pierremont Hall (Grade II), facing the High Street. It comprises a tall stone Latin cross with a reversed sword carved on the front face. The cross stands on a square, corniced, plinth, raised on a shallow two-stepped base.

The front face of the plinth bears a bronze plaque by EM Courtney Pollock depicting, in relief, battling infantrymen and the walking wounded. In the background, a woman leans on the base of a Calvary, mourning the dead, whilst in the distance figures appear to be charging across the lines as a ruined house burns.

The principal dedicatory inscription is carved below this plaque, reading TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF OUR MEN/ AND WOMEN WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN BOTH WORLD WARS/ 1914 – 1918 1939 – 1945/ AND ALL OTHER CONFLICTS SINCE/ ‘WE WILL REMEMBER THEM’. The commemorated names for the First World War are carved into the sides of the plinth with, on the rear, the Second World War roll of honour.