ST GILES THE ABBOT CHURCH

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Reference WMO/112526

Address:

St Giles the Abbot Church Churchyard

Church Road

Farnborough

BR2

England

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Type: Freestanding
Description: Wheel cross
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The war memorial in the village of Farnborough in north west Kent is in the churchyard of St Giles the Abbot. The church, along with the churchyard and everything within it, is Grade B listed. The memorial is a slim Celtic cross, with rosettes on the circular parts of the stonework between the arms of the cross, one in each quadrant. Near the top of the shaft of the cross is an alcove containing a stone figure. The memorial stands on a plinth on a shallow square base which stands on a quadrate cross base. A larger base extends from beneath this, into which two sets of steps are cut. There is a plaque on the front face of the plinth, one inscription on the front face of the extended base, and one on the front face of the step below this. A long wall extending east from beside the cross is covered in rectangular tiles each commemorating an individual. The tiles are inscribed with the name, rank, regiment and date of death and place of burial of each of the fallen of World War One. The extended base is now covered in tiles commemorating the fallen of World War Two in the same way.
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