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Kensington War Memorial
Kensington War Memorial
Kensington War Memorial
Kensington War Memorial
Kensington War Memorial
Kensington War Memorial
Kensington War Memorial
Kensington War Memorial
Kensington War Memorial
Kensington War Memorial
Kensington War Memorial
Kensington War Memorial
Kensington War Memorial
Kensington War Memorial
Kensington War Memorial
Kensington War Memorial
Kensington War Memorial
Kensington War Memorial
Kensington War Memorial
Kensington War Memorial
Kensington War Memorial
Kensington War Memorial
Kensington War Memorial
Kensington War Memorial

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Title

Kensington War Memorial

Date

1922

Medium

Portland stone

Measurements

H 760 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

W8_JR_S024

Work type

War memorial

Owner

Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council

Custodian

Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Unveiling date

1st July 1922

Listing date

07/11/84

Access

at all times

Inscription description

banner: AWAKE REMEMBRANCE / OF THE VALIANT DEAD below coat of arms: QUID NOBIS ARDUI plinth right: XIIITH PRINCESS LOUISE'S KENSINGTON / BATTALION THE LONDON REGIMENT / BATTLE RECORD 1 / 13TH BN NEUVE CHAPELLE AUBERS RIDGE / THE SOMME 1916 THE SCARPE LANGEMARCK THE SOMME 1918 ALBERT / 2 / 13TH BN VIMY RIDGE SALONIKA BEERSHEBA JERUSALEM JERICO plinth front: IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF KENSINGTON / AND THOSE MEN SERVING IN KENSINGTON / BATTALIONS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR / KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 1939-1945 plinth left: XXIIND KENSINGTON SERVICE BATTALION THE / ROYAL FUSILIERS CITY OF LONDON REGIMENT / BATTLE RECORD VIMY RIDGE DELVILLE WOOD & GUILLEMONT / THE SOMME 1916 BEAUMONT HAMEL & SERRE THE ANCRE / GREVILLERS MIRAUMONT OPPY WOOD CAMBRAI

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Located at

Kensington High Street, Kensington

W8 4LA

Located on the corner at the junction of Kensington Church Street with Kensington High Street.