Sandgate’s War Memorial at the junction of Military Road and Sandgate High Street is a Grade 2 listed structure under the ownership of Sandgate Parish Council (on a long lease from Folkestone and Hythe District Council).
The location was purchased following the end of WW1 by the British Red Cross Society and bequeathed to Sandgate Urban District Council who commissioned the memorial.
The war memorial was designed by Harry Evans of Folkestone and built by Messrs Prebble and Spain. It was unveiled on 11th May 1921 by the Countess of Rocksavage and dedicated by the Vicar of Sandgate.
Following the Second World War, a plaque was added to commemorate those who lost their lives in that war. At the base of the memorial a paver was added in 2016, to commemorate the sacrifice made by Crpl William Cotter VC in 1916.
The roll of honour plaque to the fallen of WW1 reads as follows:
ALSTON, ERNEST NORTHAMPTONS
AYRISS, JOHN SCOTTISH RIFLES
BENNETT-GOLDNEY, F R.A.S.C. M.P.
BRISSENDEN, ARCHIBALD CANADIANS
BROCKMAN, LEWIS ROYAL MARINES
BUSS, WALTER E BUFFS
CHAMBERLAIN, LUKE SUFFOLKS
COTTER, WILLIAM VC BUFFS
COTTER, BERNARD A BUFFS
COUCHMAN, WALTER B R.A.M.C
CURRIE, ALBERT GRENADIER GUARDS
DOBIE, J. JARDINE 3RD HUSSARS
DONELAN, WILLIAM KENT CYCLISTS
DRAYNER, BRUCE R.N.
EPPS, E.G. R.G.A.
EPPS, WILLIAM R.N.
FAGG, ALBERT H R.N.
FITZGERALD, L.DE V. R.I. FUSILIERS
FOLEY, THOMAS O CANADIANS
FOX, WALTER R. FUSILIERS
GOODRUM, ROBERT R. FUSILIERS
HOBBS, WILLIAM BUFFS
HOGBEN, JOHN O R. FUSILIERS
HOLMES, FREDERICK H R.N.
HOPKINS, CHARLES R.G.A.
HUCKSTEP, HERBERT C.E. R.A.F.
JAGO, GEORGE J GLOSTERS
JAGO, THOMAS H R.N.
JARMAN, ALFRED E. SURREYS
MALTBY, ALFRED J.F. R.A.F.
MOORE, BERNARD BUFFS
OVERTON, LAURENCE L. ESSEX
PEACOCK, JAMES R.W. SURREYS
PEERLESS, ALFRED BEDFORDS
PHILPOTT, ROBERT W BUFFS
PRATLEY, GEORGE BUCKS HUSSARS
PRIOR, CECIL SCOTTISH RIFLES
REED, THOMAS BUFFS
ROBINSON, GEORGE E R.W. SURREYS
ROBINSON, JAMES F S.W. BORDERERS
SCOTT, CHARLES L R.A.F.
SCOTT, LINDSAY B R.A.O.C.
STONE, GEORGE R.W. KENTS
WHITING, EDWARD R.E.
WHITING, HARRY E. SURREYS
WOOD, ELI ARTHUR R.N.
The roll of honour plaque to the fallen of WW2 reads as follows:
IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945
GEORGE ALLCOCK
TOM H. J. BRAYAM-BONE
RAYMOND E. S. BROWN
RICHARD W. CHANNER
CHARLES T. CLIFTON
REGINALD EASTON
THOMAS R. C. FACEY
HERBERT HOLLEY
HUBERT H. W. HUCKSTEP
STANLEY P. LISTER
ROBERT LYNCH
ALBERT J. MOORE
HENRY L. RICHARDSON
WILLIAM A. R. SAMPSON
JOHN H. SENDER
GEORGE H. WOODS
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH.
