Only minor additions were made after WW2; the names of the dead from that war were not added.
KT1, Union Street, Memorial Gardens
This open space was created in 1826 as an overflow burial ground for All Saints Church, a very short distance to the west. When Kingston Cemetery was opened in 1855, burials here ceased and it was turned into a public garden.
In 2024 reported that plans to renovate this garden have been approved.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Kingston war memorial - WW2
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do vis...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Kingston war memorial - WW2
This bronze nude warrior is far more focussed on proudly raising a flaming cr...
This memorial used to be in Puzzle Corner because we were too blind and ignorant to be able to read the letters at the centre of the cros...
Note the natty, 'tiled' roof at the top. The inscription is difficult to read and the dates for A. C. E. Richards may be incorrect.
This photo shows a section of the list of names. See our page for the memorial in its current location for the the complete list of names...
We first photographed this memorial some time ago when it was in a very bad condition. It has since been completely renovated, but there ...
We have never seen so many Cecils, Cyrils and Cuthberts on a war memorial, let alone Jocelyns, Joyces and Evelyns - and we don't think th...
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