West Malling War Memorial

The West Malling War Memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary. Designed by W K McDermott ARIBA and built by J A Davison, it was unveiled in 1921 and is accessed via steps on the west side of the High Street.

Constructed from rock-faced and ashlar Kentish ragstone, the memorial features a stone cross. The base consists of two piers made of rock-faced Kentish ragstone with flat coping. Between these piers is an ashlar panel that has a shouldered top with moulded coping stones. At the center of this panel is a pointed-arch recess that holds a metal plaque listing the names of the men from West Malling who fought and died during the Great War from 1914 to 1918. Below this, on the canted apron, is a supplementary plaque that names the fallen from the Second World War. The inscription on the memorial reads: "THE / NAMES OF / WEST MALLING / MEN WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 ARE HERE RECORDED / THEY DIED FOR RIGHT AND FREEDOM / MAY THEY REST IN PEACE GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN / THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE / FOR HIS FRIENDS - 48 NAMES. AND OF THE FOLLOWING WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE 1939 – WAR - 26 NAMES."

The memorial is topped by a tall, plain stone cross.