Gravesend Home Guard Memorial

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Reference WMO/267301

Address:

The Old Town

High Street

Gravesend

DA11 0AZ

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Brass
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A brass plaque engraved with an inscription commemorating the service of 2708 men of the borough of Gravesend who served with the 16th (Gravesend) Battalion Kent Home Guard during WW2
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Presented to the 16th (Gravesend) Battalion Kent Home Guard by the Mayor Aldermen Councillors & Burgesses of the Borough of Gravesend to commemorate the services of 2708 men of this borough who served with the battalion during the years 1940-1945 when Britain was in mortal danger 1946 J.I. Hagard Mayor

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