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Worth

The war memorial in the village of Worth, near Sandwich in eastern Kent, is constructed from large blocks of stone and is on a base of three steps constructed of the same. A bronze plaque, on which is inscribed a dedication and the names of the fallen, is set into a large rectangular stone structure, and there is a smaller plaque below it. This structure is surmounted by a large tapering cairn-like pillar made of stone blocks. The memorial stands on The Street in front of a pond.

In January 2006 English Heritage and the Wolfson Foundation gave £1620 towards work to remove the paving on either side of the memorial, lay a bed for the new paving and re-pave and point the area and to rake out and re-point defective joints on the memorial.

The text on the large bronze plaque reads

In the Great War 1914 – 1918

These died in the war, that we at peace might live
These gave their best, so we our best should give
Not for themselves – for justice, freedom, right
They fought, and bid us forward to the fight

A list of names follows beneath this.

Below is a smaller plaque, to commemorate World War II. The text reads

And those who died
1939 – 1945
Sargeant John Raymond Welburn
4th Buffs
Captain Ellison Murray-Woods
Irish Guards

The memorial was unveiled in 1920 by Earl Beauchamp, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. The rededication of the memorial took place on Remembrance Sunday in 2006. Coincidentally, a lady who was a great niece of two of the men on the plaque, Frank and Arthur Parker, had travelled up from the West Country for the memorial service unaware of the restoration and the special nature of that year’s service. She said that she believed her decision to attend that year had been “more than just coincidence”.

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM1719
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 1563

Names of the fallen of World War I commemorated on the memorial

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

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