West Malling War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 March 2017. War memorial.
West Malling War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- under-forge-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 March 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- West Malling War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, High Street, ME19 6NE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 679 575
- Coordinates
- 51.29226, 0.40721
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
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.
Local climate
West Malling War Memorial receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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