History of St Mark's Church War Memorial
After restoration work in 2011, St Mark’s War Memorial again stands proud as a fitting memorial to those in the town who fell in the service of their country during the Great War. It has recently been designated as a Grade 2 Listed Memorial. Most unusually, it was constructed and dedicated in November 1917, a full year before the end of the Great War. The Memorial, in the form of a Calvary which stands on three octagonal steps and constructed of Hopton Wood Stone, initially had 56 inscribed names, including that of Capt. Hugh Mott MC whose father Alfred was a churchwarden at St Mark’s and who was appointed honorary treasurer to the Memorial fundraising committee in 1917.
A Service of Remembrance is held every year involving the Church, and Holmesdale School also have a small memorial service there too.
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