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St Mary in the Marsh

The war memorial at St Mary the Virgin Church, Romney Marsh is a clock which is located on the tower of the Church. There is an accompanying brass plaque which carries the inscription for the memorial.

In 2010, War Memorials Trust gave a grant through its Small Grants Scheme of £2,500 towards a comprehensive programme of conservation and repair works to the clock. These works included repair works to the teeth on the rack as these had bent and one had completely fallen off. The clock was stopping shortly after winding due to problems with the dialworks and the hour hand pointer was rubbing against the dial. Therefore the dialworks were repaired and the lengthened to address this problem. The dial and clock hands were cleaned of old paint and corrosion and the surfaces of the dial were gilded. The clock mechanism was also cleaned and inspected.

The clock made by the well-known clockmaker J W Benson in 1919 and was funded by public subscription.

The inscription on the clock’s associated dedicatory plaque reads:
To the glory of God
and
in memory of
Arthur Hoper.
William Pullee.
Archibald Whitehead
and others
who gave their lives
for their country’s cause
during the Great War
The Church clock was erected
October 1919

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM3846
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 000000

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

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