Reculver War Memorial
RECULVER WAR MEMORIAL, RECULVER LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393473
- Date first listed:
- 09-Oct-2009
- List Entry Name:
- Reculver War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- RECULVER WAR MEMORIAL, RECULVER LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393473
- Date first listed:
- 09-Oct-2009
- List Entry Name:
- Reculver War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- RECULVER WAR MEMORIAL, RECULVER LANE
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- RECULVER WAR MEMORIAL, RECULVER LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Canterbury (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TR 21182 68049
Reasons for Designation
The Reculver War Memorial is designated for the following principal reasons: * It is of special interest as an eloquent witness to the impact of tragic world events on this community in both World Wars; * It has group value with the listed Church of Saint Mary The Virgin. * This stone of remembrance has a robust simplicity heightened by its prominent location on the edge of the churchyard, looking out across fields towards the sea.
Details
CANTERBURY
856/0/10015 RECULVER LANE
09-OCT-09 Reculver
RECULVER WAR MEMORIAL
II
War memorial. Erected 1919. Designer unknown.
DESCRIPTION: Located on the edge of St Mary the Virgin churchyard, next to the road between Hillborough and Reculver approximately 30m from the west end of the church. It is in the form of a tall (approximately 3m including plinth) stone of remembrance of rough-hewn granite set on a similarly rough-hewn rectangular granite plinth facing north-west across the road. On the graveyard side it is surrounded by a low semi-circular rustic stone wall. The tablet has a carved Latin cross directly below its slightly curved top and beneath this the inscription is placed on a large incised rectangular panel, again with a curved top. The inscription reads: THIS STONE / WAS ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS OF / RECULVER IN MEMORY OF THE MEN / CONNECTED WITH THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 // GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE / FOR HIS FRIENDS. The names of the 18 Fallen in World War I are inscribed below divided between the navy and the army with surname, year of death and ship or regiment. Below, on the plinth beneath the inscription 1939 -1945 and again divided by service (Royal Navy, Merchant Navy, Royal Air Force, Airborne Division) are the surnames and year of death of the 9 Fallen from World War II. The inscriptions were renewed in 1994.
HISTORY: The memorial was erected in 1919. As was often the case, the names of those killed in World War II were later added to the names from World War I. The inscriptions were renewed in 1994.
SOURCES: United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The Reculver War Memorial is designated for the following principal reasons:
* It is of special interest as an eloquent witness to the impact of tragic world events on this community in both World Wars;
* It has group value with the listed Church of Saint Mary The Virgin.
* This stone of remembrance has a robust simplicity heightened by its prominent location on the edge of the churchyard, looking out across fields towards the sea.
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 30 November 2016
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 503112
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 30 November 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/41037
War Memorials Online, accessed 30 November 2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/83538
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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