TQ6649 : War Memorial, Holy Trinity Church, East Peckham
taken 13 years ago, near to East Peckham, Kent, England
East Peckham is a village in West Kent. It is composed of nine hamlets, including Hale Street, Branbridges and Little Mill. The village has a Victorian church, school, village hall, public houses and shops. It was the centre of the hop growing industry and there are a lot of Oast houses around the village.
Wikipedia: 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
Grade II listed. Link
The firm of Whichcord and Walker provided this Early English/Decorated Gothic Revival church near the centre of the village to supersede the distant St Michael's Church. The stone building has a bellcote and a multi-sided apse. Work to the value of £800 was carried out in 1892, and a vestry was added in 1900.