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Title
Chislehurst War Memorial
Date
1920
Medium
Portland stone & bronze
Measurements
H 730 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
BR7_ML_S214
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Bromley London Borough Council
Custodian
Bromley London Borough Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
17th October 1920
Listing date
10/02/17
Access
at all times
Inscription description
an inscription wraps round the entire drum of the top stage of the plinth reading, from the front face: IN PROUD / AND GRATEFUL / MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF / CHISLEHURST / FALLEN IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1919; below this, the plinth is incised with the names of the fallen, starting alphabetically on the front face. Initially 186 names were recorded. There are now 189; Second World War inscription on the front face of the middle stage of the plinth reads: 1939 / 1945; also on the middle stage a small bronze tablet reads: ALSO REMEMBERED / WITH GRATEFUL APPRECIATION / THOSE WHO, SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR, / HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN CONFLICTS / AND PEACE-KEEPING MISSIONS / THROUGHOUT THE WORLD; the 65 Second World War names are recorded on the bottom stage of the plinth; the inscription THEY GAVE US PEACE / BY THEIR WARFARE / AND LIFE BY THEIR DEATH is recorded on the front face (this inscription was part of the original, First World War, design)