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Reference WMO/137205

Address:

St James The Less Churchyard

Kingston

Kingsbridge

TQ7 4QB

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Latin cross
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)
About the memorial: Kingston War Memorial was dedicated by Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, at a Service held on November 20th 1921 to commemorate the nine men from the parish who died in the Great War 1914-18. It is situated near the back/west gate of the churchyard of St James the Less Parish Church, Kingston and comprises an approximately 16 ft. ‘medium’ granite cross on a ‘coarse’ granite base, with a stone and shingle covered surround. A Roll of Honour inside the Church lists all 59 men (sharing 34 family names), who went to war from a village with a population of approximately 399 (1901 census). There is also a Memorial plaque in the Church to those lost in World War II and a copper bowl dedicated to the memory of Terry Randle who died during the Malayan campaign. In 1995 the external Memorial was cleaned and the names of the 7 men who died in WWII were added. The rededication took place, following a Service of Thanksgiving for the 50th anniversary of VE Day, on 7th May 1995. Access to the Memorial is through the Churchyard via steps and grass paths, an access ramp will be in place by April 2014.Relevant service information on those who died, family connections in Kingston, final burial places and links to other Memorials, have been researched by W. (Bill) Scarrett and Anne Scarret of Kingston and published through Kingston Local History Society. A summary of this and other relevant information on the Memorial can be found under www.kingstonparishcouncil.co.uk and www.kingstonlocalhistory.co.uk
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(on the front) TO OUR / GLORIOUS DEAD / [9 names] / KINGSTON'S MEMORIAL / TO HER SONS WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918. / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN / THAN THIS. (on the right side) SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945 / [7 names] / 1956 MALAYA / [1 name]

WW1. C. Victor Triggs; Horace Donald Kingdom; Samuel A Goss; Herbert C. Fox; Richard B. Rogers; George Alfred Masters; James Agg; Arthur Redfearn; Frank D. Boolds. WW2. William George Edwards; Edgar Alfred Gill; William Alan Lavers; Lionel John Lugger; Frank Randle; Ernest Edgar Theobald; Leslie Troup. Malayan Campaign. Terry Randle

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