Dedicated Trees - Avenue of Remembrance - Sittingbourne, Kent - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

All the trees lining the Avenue of Remembrance in Sittingbourne are dedicated to the fallen in WWI.

"Avenue of lime trees with individual name plaque placed at the foot of each one. Additional trees planted for the fallen of WW2. Dedicatory plaque placed at the start of the road and additoinal plaques placed along it.

Plaque one: Avenue of Remembrance/ 1914 - 1918./ the trees in this avenue were planted and named in/ remembrance of sittingbourne men who fell in the great war
Plaque 2: Avenue of Remembrance/ the great war 1914 - 1918/ trees planted in 1921 on this/ site in memory of those from/ sittingbourne killed in the/ great war have been replaced/ by swale brough council/ j sainsbury plc and save our living memorial with the/ cooperation of the royal/ british legion and local/ ex-service associations the/ new trees bear the original/ names on individual plaques/ their names live forever
Plaque 3: this tree/ replaces memorial trees in the/ avenue of remembrance/ planted in memory of the/ following sittingbourne men/ who gave their lives in/ the service of their country/ (names)/ 1914 - 1918 other plaques: (names)"

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Private or Public Monument?: Other Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Not known Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Website for this Monument: [Web Link] Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed Physical Address of Monument: Not listed

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