Chartham War Memorial

Chartham Memorial
Photograph © Dave Dixon 2005

The memorial stands near the entrance to St Mary’s churchyard, facing the Village Green.

“To the Glory of God and in Grateful Memory of the Men of Chartham who Fell in the Great War 1914 – 1919”

“Their Name Liveth for Evermore”

The memorial was unveiled in October 1920 by Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee.

ROYAL NAVY
ASHBEE, A G	COOK, W C	INGRAM, W	PURCELL, J F
CACKETT, H J	DANIELS, E	LAUDER, A	RAINES, F
COLEMAN, G H	FAGG, A	MOAT, J	SWAN, W H
	WHITE F
H.M. ARMY
ARNOLD, V	CRAGGS, P	HORTON, H	RUMSEY, F G
BISHOP, G E	DADSON, A	HORTON, J	SARGEANT, J
CARE, F	DALE, S	HUBBARD, E	SHERWOOD, A W
CARR, S G	DASHWOOD, G	LARKIN, A D	SHORTER, E
CAVELL, S H	FINCH, T	LUSCOMBE, W H	SWAN, E
CHEESEMAN, J	FRISBY, E E D	MANN, W H	TAYLOR, F
COLE, C	GAMBRELL, A	MARTEN, C P	THEOBALD, A W
COLEMAN, H	GOODBAN, S	MAYBOURNE, E E	THEOBALD, G H
COLLARD, R	GUTTERIDGE, C	MORRIS, W T	TWYMAN, C
COLLINSON, H	HOARE, H	NORRIS, F	WATSON, H B
CORK, A	HOMEWOOD, C	PERRY, W J	WHITE, J
WHITEBREAD, A W		KITNEY, H G C	WRENCH, G

[UKNIWM Ref: 16379]

Note: *The population of Chartham in 1911 was some 1600 souls (not including the inmates and officials of the East Kent Asylum on Chartham Downs). The War Memorial bears the names of 60 men.

*(Source Kelly’s Directory – 1913)

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