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Title
Ypres Memorial Milestone
Date
1922
Medium
stone & metal
Accession number
SE18_AS_S073
Acquisition method
originally erected by the New Cross Turnpike Trust
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Greenwich London Borough Council
Custodian
Greenwich London Borough Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Listing date
08/06/73
Access
at all times
Inscription description
the low stone carries three metal plaques; that facing the road reads 8 / MILES / TO / LONDON / BRIDGE; the plaque facing the church reads 7 / MILES / TO / DARTFORD; the third plaque, facing west, reads 130 MILES TO / YPRES. / IN DEFENDING / THE SALIENT / OUR CASUALTIES / WERE:- / 90,000 KILLED / 70,500 MISSING, / 410,000 WOUNDED.