Crowborough

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Reference WMO/106787

Address:

All Saints' Church

Church Road

Crowborough

TN6 1EF

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Obelisk
Materials:
  • Metal Lead
  • Stone Granite
  • Stone Portland stone
  • Stone Sandstone
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Stone obelisk stands in front of curved wall. Obelisk set on stone plinth. Inscription carved into base. Laurel wreath in relief on front of obelisk. The curved stone wall bears twelve stone tablets. The six to the west of the obelisk presumably carry the WW1 names. Of the six tablets to the east, each of the end tablets is blank. The other four carry the WW2 names.
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On obelisk base: IN / PROUD AND GRATEFUL / MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF / CROWBOROUGH AND DISTRICT / WHO DIED / IN THE DEFENCE / OF THEIR COUNTRY / 1914-1919. / ERECTED BY PARENTS AND FRIENDS. / "THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS / ARE IN THE HAND OF GOD." ~~~ On tablets to the west of the obelisk: (names) ~~~ On tablets to the east of the obelisk: 1939 - 1945 / ROYAL NAVY/ (names) / ARMY/ (names) // (names) / ROYAL AIR FORCE / (names)/ MERCHANT NAVY/ (name) // CANADIAN ARMY/ (names)/ US ARMY AIR FORCE / (names) / CIVILIANS / (names) // (name)

See IWM record. 193 WWI names and 77 WWII names.

Grade II (England)

1447190

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