North Stifford Village
War Memorial St. Mary’s Cemetery


This memorial is in memory of the fallen of the First World War (1914 - 1918) and stands in St. Mary's cemetery.

It is polished red granite obelisk and is mounted on a square three tiered plinth.

The craftsmen were W & E Wilks (masons), Gravesend

The Ordinance survey map reference is TQ 605 804

War Memorial inscriptions
Face 1 top tier (Facing South)

BLOOMFIELD, John James
BRANSDEN, Harold William
CLACK, William
CLAYDEN, James
CRABB, Arthur Eric
CRABB, Alfred
CROW, George Frederick
CROW, Albert Charles
ENGLAND, Albert John
FLOOK, Frederick William
FRANCIS, Edwin John
GOODGER, Harold
GRAYGOOSE, Albert
HAMMOND, David

Plinth at bottom has inscription of mason
W. AND E. WILKS, GRAVESEND
Face 2 top tier (Facing East)

HILLS, Arthur
HODGES, William James Geo
MERCER Bertie
MOOR, William George
PACKETT, David
PARKER, Harry Walter
PAVEY, Charles
PAYNE, Fred Albert
PAYNE. Leonard
PAYNE, Ernest
REEMAN, Frederick George
REYNOLDS, John Stevens
WAKEFIELD, Amos

Face 3 top tier (Facing North)

TO THE MEN OF STIFFORD WHOM THIS MONUMENT COMMEMORATES WERE AMONG THOSE WHO AT THE CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY, FOR SERVICE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918, LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM AND PASSED AWAY BY THE PATH OF SELF SACRIFICE.

Plinth below has inscription
LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER THEM SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAMES ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
Face 4 top tier (Facing West)

BUSHELL, Alfred
ELLMORE, Alfred George
VINCENT, William James
LAY, J.H.

Plinth below has inscription
OTHERS WE DOUBT NOT, IF NOT WE THE ISSUE OF THEIR TOIL SHALL SEE AND CHILDREN GATHER AS THEIR OWN, THE HARVEST THAT THE DEAD HAVE SOWN.


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