TQ5261 : War Memorial by the River Darent, Shoreham
taken 14 years ago, near to Shoreham, Kent, England
Shoreham is a small village on the River Darent, dating back to Saxon times. Its name means foot of steep slope. The village has four public houses.
Website: Link
War memorials were mainly constructed after WWI to commemorate the troops who gave their lives in the war. Many were then updated after WWII. Some war memorials date back to the Boer War. Almost every town and village in Britain has a War Memorial. They take many forms, the commonest being an obelisk, a cross or statue of a soldier. Some commemorate the inhabitants of a place, some are for schools and others are for companies or Military groupings.
Many memorials are grade II listed, 61 are II* listed, Link*_listed_war_memorials_in_England
& 12 are Grade I listed. Link
A search for memorials can be carried out at Link