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Bredgar

The war memorial in the Kent village of Bredgar, near Sittingbourne, is a Portland stone wheel cross on a double plinth on a two-stepped base. There is moulding at the top of the pillar, below the cross. Names and dedications are inscribed around the four faces of the lower plinth. There is an inscribed plaque on a low angled concrete block next to the memorial. The memorial stands on a green at the junction of The Street and Gore Road, beside the pond. Two concrete bollards at either end of the green are wartime tank traps.

In 2005/6 English Heritage and the Wolfson Foundation offered a grant of £330 towards work to clean the memorial with water and to re-point it using lime mortar.

The dedication and names on one side of the plinth read

"To the glory of God
and in memory of
the men from this
parish who laid
down their lives
for their country
in the Great War
1914 – 1918"

"Pte. G.W. Bell              Buffs
Pte. H.W. Chapman      E. Lanc Regt.
L. Corp. W.A. Dutnall    R. Sussex
Gunner E.J. Dutnall       R.F.A."

"Greater love hath no man than this
That a man lay down his life for his friends"

The names on the other sides of the plinth are

"A. Goatham         R.N.
Pte. E. Gransden  Rifle Brigade
L. Hales              R.N.
Pte. E. Highsted   Buffs"

"Corp. A.G. Ingram            Canadians
Pte. T.A. Lambkin            R. West Kent
L.Corp. C.W. Millington     Buffs
Pte. W.J. Rower              R. West Kent"

"W.I. Rayner                     R.N.
Corp. W.A.R. Woollett       R.E.K.M.R.
Pte. R.R. Wood                R. West Surrey
1939 – 1945
Dvr. W.C. Honey R.C. Signals
P/O B.A.C. Richards R.A.F.V.R.
F/S A.E. Newnham"

The memorial was unveiled on 1st December 1920.

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM1572
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 16175

War Memorials Trust has information that this memorial is listed at Grade II, but the listing record is not yet available on Heritage Gateway

If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org

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