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Latitude: 51.3103 / 51°18'37"N
Longitude: 0.1047 / 0°6'17"E
OS Eastings: 546793
OS Northings: 158903
OS Grid: TQ467589
Mapcode National: GBR QL.72L
Mapcode Global: VHHPJ.RBQC
Plus Code: 9F328463+4V
Entry Name: War Memorial
Listing Date: 11 December 2003
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1390792
English Heritage Legacy ID: 490533
ID on this website: 101390792
Location: Knockholt, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN14
County: Kent
District: Sevenoaks
Civil Parish: Knockholt
Built-Up Area: Knockholt
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Church of England Parish: Knockholt St Katharine
Church of England Diocese: Rochester
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KNOCKHOLT
MAIN ROAD
War Memorial
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II
War Memorial. Completed in 1923. Stone memorial with bronze relief. It comprises a square stone column, battered to the base with moulded cornice and pedimented cap with laurel wreath, moulded plinth, the whole standing on two stone steps. The panel facing the street has a bronze relief depicting a First World War soldier wearing a backpack with helmet attached to it, facing right and standing in a mourning pose supporting his rifle. The plinth is inscribed: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ LOVING AND EVER GRATEFUL/ REMEMBRANCE OF THE/ MEN OF KNOCKHOLT/ WHO FOUGHT AND DIED/ FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918. The left panel has the names of those who fell in the First World War, including Major Alexander Malins Lafone VC, and the right side those who fell in the Second World War. The rear panel is blank.
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, 30 November 2016.
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