War Memorial Gate - High Street, Rochester, Kent, UK - World War II Memorials / Monuments on Waymarking.com

The wall, that holds the gates, runs along the south west side of the War Memorial Gardens. The gates, erected for the second world war dead, link the gardens with the cathedral precinct.

The gates are made from wrought iron, are painted black and there is some gilding. In the elaborate ironwork spanning the tops of the gates are the years "1939" and "1945" with a golden cross above. Coats-of-arms of the cathedral and Rochester are mounted in the centre of each gate. Coloured badges of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force are displayed above the gate opening.

There are two stone plaques set into the wall, one each side of the gates, that read:

THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR COUNTRY
NOT FOR FAME
FOR LIBERTY
NOT THEIR NAME

and:

THIS STONE WAS LAID
BY THE MAYOR
COUNCILLOR G. A. TICKNER. J.P.
19 APRIL 1958
THOMAS CRICK DEAN
Chaplain of the Fleet

Date of Dedication: 04/19/1958 Property Permission: Public Access times: From: 12:00 AM To: 11:59 PM Website for Waymark: [Web Link] Location of waymark: War Memorial Garden High Street Rochester, Kent United Kingdom Commemoration: Those lost in WW II Access instructions: Not listed

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