Swanley

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Reference WMO/157976

Address:

St Mary The Virgin Church

St Marys Road

Swanley KENT

BR8 7BU

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Allegory (eg: Victory)
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Soapstone
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Winged Victory holding wreath and sword surmounting tall obelisk. Formerly at Swanley Cross. A sculpted figure of 'The Spirit of Sacrifice', a draped, winged, female figure standing on a globe. She holds a laurel wreath in her right hand and a downward pointing sword, grasped by the blade, in her out-stretched left hand. The statue surmounts an obelisk which rises from a square plinth with a two step square base. A bronze wreath is mounted on the obelisk between the plaques with the inscriptions.
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FRONT FACE OF COLUMN: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL / MEMORY OF THE / MEN OF / SWANLEY / WHO / LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1918/ AMONG THE NAMES RECORDED HERE IS THAT / OF STAFF PAYMASTER JOSEPH T GEDGE THE FIRST / BRITISH OFFICER TO FALL IN THE GREAT WAR / KILLED ON HMS AMPHION AUGUST 6 1914 // PLAQUE ON FRONT FACE OF PLINTH: IN THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF SWANLEY PARISH / WHO DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE / WORLD WAR II 1939-1945

WW1 - 110 Names ~~~~~ WW2 - 28 Names

Grade II (England)

1392300

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