Gravesend's original WWI war memorial

  • The original war memorial is now beside the main stairway to the former council chamber, and behind a number of things which have caused it to be damaged. - Taken by Alan O. Watkins 14 Apr 2014

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  • Gravesend's lone Victoria Cross winner was Lt Thomas Colyer-Ferguson. His is one of the names to be damaged on the town's original war memorial now in the keeping of the county council. - Taken by Alan O. Watkins 14 Apr 2014

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  • The history of Gravesend's original WW1 war memorial - Taken by Alan O. Watkins 14 Apr 2014

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  • Gravesend Town Hall War Memorial WW1 - Taken by Andrew Marshall 05 Jan 2020

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  • Gravesend Town Hall War Memorial WW1 - Taken by Andrew Marshall 05 Jan 2020

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  • Gravesend Town Hall War Memorial WW1 - Taken by Andrew Marshall 05 Jan 2020

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  • Gravesend Town Hall War Memorial WW1 - damage from items being stored against the memorial - Taken by Andrew Marshall 05 Jan 2020

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  • Gravesend Town Hall War Memorial WW1 - damage from items being stored against the memorial - Taken by Andrew Marshall 05 Jan 2020

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  • Gravesend Town Hall War Memorial WW1 - damage from items being stored against the memorial - Taken by Andrew Marshall 05 Jan 2020

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  • Gravesend Town Hall War Memorial WW1 - damage from items being stored against the memorial - Taken by Andrew Marshall 05 Jan 2020

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  • Gravesend Town Hall War Memorial WW1 - damage from items being stored against the memorial - Taken by Andrew Marshall 05 Jan 2020

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  • Gravesend Town Hall War Memorial WW1 - damage from items being stored against the memorial - Taken by Andrew Marshall 05 Jan 2020

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  • Gravesend Town Hall War Memorial WW1 - damage from items being stored against the memorial - Taken by Andrew Marshall 05 Jan 2020

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  • Gravesend Town Hall War Memorial WW1 - damage from items being stored against the memorial - Taken by Andrew Marshall 05 Jan 2020

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  • Gravesend Town Hall War Memorial WW1 - damage from items being stored against the memorial - Taken by Andrew Marshall 05 Jan 2020

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  • Gravesend Town Hall War Memorial WW1 - damage from items being stored against the memorial - Taken by Andrew Marshall 05 Jan 2020

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  • Gravesend Town Hall War Memorial WW1 - damage from paint - Taken by Andrew Marshall 05 Jan 2020

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  • Gravesend Town Hall War Memorial WW1 - damage from items being stored against the memorial - Taken by Andrew Marshall 05 Jan 2020

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  • Gravesend Town Hall War Memorial WW1 - damage from items being stored against the memorial - Taken by Andrew Marshall 05 Jan 2020

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  • Gravesend Town Hall War Memorial WW1 - damage from items being stored against the memorial - Taken by Andrew Marshall 05 Jan 2020

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  • Gravesend Town Hall War Memorial WW1 - damage from staining - Taken by Andrew Marshall 05 Jan 2020

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  • Gravesend Town Hall War Memorial WW1 - damage from paint and staining - Taken by Andrew Marshall 05 Jan 2020

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  • Gravesend Town Hall War Memorial WW1 - damage from staining - Taken by Andrew Marshall 05 Jan 2020

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  • Gravesend Town Hall War Memorial WW1 - damage from staining and paint - Taken by Andrew Marshall 05 Jan 2020

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  • Gravesend Town Hall War Memorial WW1 - damage from items being stored against the memorial - Taken by Andrew Marshall 10 May 2020

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Reference WMO/172536

Address:

Old Town Hall

High Street

Gravesend, Kent

England

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Type: Freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Timber Pine
Lettering: Painted
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: It has been damaged in recent years, but stands inside the entranceway to the old Town Hall in Gravesend (now a Kent County Council attraction and Coroners' Courtroom).
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The corpration hereby place on record the Names of Gravesend men who have fallen in the War. It is intended that on the Proclamation of Peace, these names shall be suitably recorded upon a permanent Memorial worthy of the great sacrifice that has been made for the cause of Fredom & the Empire. This panel displayed in front of the Town Hall from 1917 to 1937 was by order of the Council removed to its present position, the permanent memorial in Windmill Hill Gardens having been in the meantime duly erected.

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