Combined WWI and WWII memorial - St Peter & St Paul - Newnham, Kent
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Combined WWI & WWII memorial plaque on the outside north wall of SS Peter & Paul's church, Newnham.
Waymark Code: WMT0GN
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/03/2016
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Combined WWI & WWII memorial plaque on the outside north wall of SS Peter & Paul's church. It consists of a sculpted relief of an angel with outstretched wings standing on a pedestal.
Inscription -
THEIR NAMES LIVE FOR EVERMORE/ (NAMES)/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THE/ DE LAUNE CYCLING CLUB IN MEMORY/ OF THEIR MEMBERS WHO FELL IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
The base of the pedestal was cut away to allow second world war names to be added.
Names -
WWI:
England, William
Reed, Frank Charles
Tibbles, Percival John
Webster, Walter Henry
Williams, Arthur
WWII:
R.G. Barnes
R. Brisley
N.B. Farrow
A. McGregor
L. Beretta
S. Edmonds
G.W. Hinde
R. Neale
"During the Great War of 1914-18 Mrs Margaret Faunce De Laune sent many personal gifts to our members serving in the Forces. After the war, at a reunion dinner and concert, the Club presented her with a gold badge of honour as a "thank you".
At the same time the question of how best to remember those who were killed in action was resolved when a member suggested a memorial plaque. Another member carved the five names into a stone tablet; this is positioned on the outside wall of the church.
Captain De Laune duly unveiled the plaque on Easter Day 1920. The nine members who were killed in the Second World War were later added."
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