Garden of Honour,

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Reference WMO/167249

Address:

Royal British Legion village

Aylesford

ME20 7NL

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Composite
Materials:
  • Unknown Unknown
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The Garden of Honour contains the stone War Memorial on which is amounted a cross and plaque and is set against the historic wall The Garden of Honour is a place where everyone can go to remember those who served, and still serve in our Armed Forces. The latest plaque to be installed on the Wall of Honour on the 17 August 2018 was for Private Albert Bursford, of Newmarket, who gave his life for his country on the very first day of the battle of Cambrai in France, 1917, when a bullet entered the tank he was driving, killing him, aged 21. He was laid to rest by nearby farmers on their land, only for his impromptu grave to be destroyed by shellfire sometime later during the war. No physical memorial has since been established in the UK for Albert, however, his name has now been placed on the Wall of Honour which has been set up in line with the Centenary Recognition Project.
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Bronze plaque with raised letters "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/EDWIN COLLINS SGT RAFVR/JAMES SPARROW F.SGT RAF/ALFRED C HURLEY LAC RAFVR/MICHAEL M WATSON P.O RAFVR/ DAVID M LOVE MM SGT R.ULSTER RIFLES/ALBERT STEVENS PTE LDV/WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE 2ND WORLD WAR/WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"

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