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The First World War memorial is situated on rising ground and was originally in front of Holy Trinity Church (the church was demolished after Second World War bomb damage). The memorial is in the form of a floriated Latin cross, with a tall tapering octagonal shaft rising from a square base with a lancet decoration between corner buttresses. This sits atop an octagonal plinth with the dedication on the south-west face and the names of the 444 fallen on the other faces. The cross is enclosed by a later low stone rubble wall with stone coping, probably erected in 1951. The stone paving on which the memorial stands and stone paved approach with two flights of steps to the south-west dates, however, from the memorial's inception. The names of the fallen are listed with initials and surname.
Title
War Memorial
Date
1922
Medium
Cornish granite & Portland stone
Accession number
CT9_AM_S014
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Thanet District Council
Custodian
Thanet District Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
5th November 1922
Listing date
10/08/10
Access
at all times
Inscription description
dedication on First World War memorial: IN MEMORY / OF THOSE WHO DIED AND SUFFERED FOR / THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR EARNING / PRAISE AND HONOUR THAT CAN NEVER DIE / OF THOSE, TOO, WHO WERE DONE TO DEATH / IN THIS TOWN AND A SIGN FOR ALL TIME / OF THANKFULNESS TO ALMIGHTY GOD / FOR THE SAFE HOMECOMING OF SO MANY / OF THEIR FIGHTING MEN / AND FOR THE DELIVERANCE OF THEIR TOWN FROM / MANY PERILS FROM THE AIR AND FROM THE SEA / THIS CROSS / WAS RAISED BY THE PEOPLE OF MARGATE AD 1922 / DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY; dedication on Second World War memorial: IN MEMORY / OF THOSE OF THIS TOWN WHO LOST / THEIR LIVES DURING THE 1939-1945 WAR / AND AS AN EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE FOR / DELIVERANCE FROM MANY DANGERS FROM THE / LAND, SEA AND AIR, ALSO TO COMMEMORATE / THE SAFE LANDING AT MARGATE OF OVER 46,000 / MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES FROM / DUNKIRK IN 1940 THESE TABLETS WERE / ERECTED BY THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND / BURGESSES OF THE BOROUGH OF MARGATE / A.D. 1951.