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Latitude: 51.0474 / 51°2'50"N
Longitude: 0.51 / 0°30'36"E
OS Eastings: 576037
OS Northings: 130554
OS Grid: TQ760305
Mapcode National: GBR PTX.9RF
Mapcode Global: FRA C6YB.Y8Y
Entry Name: War Memorial
Listing Date: 12 September 2002
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1031908
English Heritage Legacy ID: 489801
Location: Hawkhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN18
County: Kent
District: Tunbridge Wells
Civil Parish: Hawkhurst
Built-Up Area: Hawkhurst
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
HAWKHURST
1351/0/10013 HIGHGATE
12-SEP-02 War Memorial
GV II
War memorial. 1921. Comprises a granite monument about 10 feet high in the form of a tall square casket with panels to all sides. It has a moulded cornice with anthemion carving surmounted by a celtic cross with gadrooned base and deep plinth. The front panel has a moulded swag and inscription and the other panels have the names of the Fallen from the First World WAr. Further names of those who fell in the Second World War are inscribed on the plinth. The whole is set on a York stone base and three concrete steps with low cast iron railings.
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 1 December 2016.
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.
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