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...
Unveiled in its original location, at Stanhope Gate by the Dorchester Hotel, by the Prince of Wales (Edward VIII to be), French and Conna...
The statue is named 'Victory'. While the form of the monument is very different, the inscription is extremely similar to that on the Edmo...
The "grant them...." phrase comes from a Roman Catholic prayer.
{There are 5 panels alternating with a balustrade. On the central panel, inside a wreath:} Pro Patria {And below that, on the front of ...
This replaced the WW1 shrine that was erected in 1918, which was always intended to be a temporary memorial, but wasn't replaced until 20...
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