Chilham War Memorial
St Mary's Churchyard, The Square, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1426105
- Date first listed:
- 15-Apr-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Chilham War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- St Mary's Churchyard, The Square, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1426105
- Date first listed:
- 15-Apr-2015
- List Entry Name:
- Chilham War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- St Mary's Churchyard, The Square, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent
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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:
- St Mary's Churchyard, The Square, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Ashford (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Chilham
- National Grid Reference:
- TR0685353634
Summary
War memorial, dedicated in 1920, designer currently unknown. The names of the fallen of the Second World War have been added.
Reasons for Designation
Chilham War Memorial, unveiled in 1920, with Second World War additions, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial. The form of a churchyard cross is wholly appropriate for its setting next to the C14 church of St Mary.
History
The memorial, commemorating those from the village of Chilham who fell in the First World War, was unveiled in July 1920. The builder was H G Browning. The names of the fallen from the Second World War were subsequently added.
Details
MATERIALS: York stone
DESCRIPTION: situated to the south of the church of St Mary, the memorial takes the form of a 4m high churchyard cross with a foliated head on an octagonal shaft. The shaft stands on an octagonal plinth and two-stage octagonal base. The dedication on the front face of the plinth reads ‘TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOUR OF/ THE MEN OF CHILHAM/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR ENGLAND/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918’. The rear face bears the inscription ‘THIS MEMORIAL/ WAS ERECTED BY/ THE INHABITANTS/ OF CHILHAM’. The names of the 34 fallen, arranged by rank and regiment/arm of service (including three munitions workers) occupy the remaining faces of the plinth. On the front three sides of the base of the plinth is a further inscription ‘THEIR NAME/ LIVETH FOR/ EVERMORE.
On the front face of the upper stage of the base, beneath the date ‘1939-1945’, are the names of 19 servicemen and two civilians killed in the Second World War.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 28 November 2016.
Sources
Websites
Kent Fallen - Chilham, accessed 13 March 2015 from www.kentfallen.com/PDF%20reports/CHILHAM.pdf?CachedSimilar
Roll of Honour - Kent - Chilham, accessed 13 March 2015 from www.roll-of-honour.com/Kent/Chilham.html
War Memorials Register, accessed 13/03/2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/16248
War Memorials Online, accessed 28 November 2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/107667
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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