War Memorial Chillenden

This memorial commemorates the residents of Chillenden who were killed or missing in the Great War (World War I).

Tekst on the memorial:
ONE CROWDED HOUR OF GLORIOUS LIFE IS WORTH AN AGE WITHOUR A NAME

THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED IN HONOUR OF THOSE TWELVE MEN OF KNOWLTON WHO OUT OF A TOTAL POPULATION OF 39 ENLISTED PRIOR TO MARCH 1915 AND BY THEIR PATRIOTIC ACTION WON THE WEEKLY DESPATCH "BRAVEST VILLAGE" COMPETITION THOSE WHO SERVED WITH HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919

All men survived the war, Knowlton is a ‘Thankful Village’.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Nick Smith (1), Pam Fray (2)