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A standing full-height statue of a soldier in battledress, rests his hands on an upturned rifle. The statue stands on a a bronze base, mounted on plinth which stands on a splayed rectangular pedestal. The names of the fallen from the First World War appear on the four sides of the plinth, and on the north and south sides there are bronze reliefs of Navy and Air Force wartime scenes. The names of the fallen from the Second World War are listed on the splayed extended walls of the pedestal.

Title

War Memorial

Date

1920

Medium

bronze & stone

Accession number

TN13_RL_S071

Acquisition method

purchased by public subscription

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Sevenoaks District Council

Custodian

Sevenoaks District Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

29th October 1920

Listing date

03/08/05

Access

at all times

Inscription description

front of pedestal: TO KEEP IN MIND THOSE FROM THIS PLACE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918; on splayed extension to the pedestal: 1939-1945 (names of those who fell in the Second World War)

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