Monkton War Memorial - Monkton Kent CT12 4JJ
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The Monkton village War Memorial - Monkton, Kent, CT12 4JJ
Waymark Code: WMG38G
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/07/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Norfolk12
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Monkton Parish War Memorial is sited outside St Mary Magdalene Church in Monkton Street, Monkton, Kent.

The inscription reads:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF MONKTON WHO / MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / DURING THE GREAT WARS : / 1914-1918. 1939-1945 / THIS MEMORIAL/ (RAISED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION) / IS DEDICATED / "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN / THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS / LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS." /

Listed under 1914-1918 are 13 men.

Charles ANDREWS : John CARTHEW : Ernest FITALL : George FOAD : Cecil GARLINGE :

William GARLINGE : Albert HAMMOND : Frederick HAMMOND : Frederick William IRELAND :

Frederick Thomas JOHNSON : Charles Alfred PRITCHARD : Sidney SHONK :

Percy William STEVENS.

Private or Public Monument?: Other

Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Public subscription

Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe

Physical Address of Monument:
Monkton Street
MonktonKent England
CT12 4JJ


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