Royal East Kent Yeomanry & Kent Yeomanry -- Canterbury High Street, Canterbury, Kent, UK
N 51° 16.732 E 001° 04.807
31U E 366097 N 5682587
The memorial to those who served in the Royal East Kent Yeomanry & Kent Yeomanry on the Canterbury High Street in Canterbury during WWI and the Second Boer War
Waymark Code: WMT4JR
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/24/2016
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This elegant pillar and pedestal memorial was erected in the 1920s to honor the men who served in the Royal East Kent Yeomanry & East Kent Yeomanry from their raising in 1794 to their decommissioning in 1921. It also recognizes specifically those of their comrades who died in service during the WWI, and in South Africa during the Second Boer War 1900-1901.
The memorial pedestal is topped by an adorned pillar. Pedestal is engraved as follows:
[N side]
To the Memory of the Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Men of the Royal East Kent Yeomanry & Kent Yeomanry
[W side]
"Gallipoli 1915"
"Egypt 1916-1917"
"Gaza, Jerulsalem."
"Tell Asur."
"Palestine 1917-1918"
GREAT WAR
1914-1918
"Somme 1918 Baupaume 1918"
"Hondenberg Line" "Epehey"
"Pursuit to Mons"
"France and Flanders"
1918
[S side]
South Africa
1900-1901
[E side]
Royal East Kent Yeomanry
Raised 1794
Disbanded 1921"
Private or Public Monument?: Private
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Royal East Kent Yeomanry
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe
Physical Address of Monument:
Canterbury High Street
Canterbury, Kent UK
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Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed
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