Title

Manston War Memorial, High Street, Manston, Thanet, Kent, c1945-c1965. Creator: John Pennycuick.

Caption

Manston War Memorial, High Street, Manston, Thanet, Kent, c1945-c1965. A general view of the High Street in Manston, with St Catherine's Church and a war memorial in the background, seen from the west. The war memorial is on the junction of the High Street and Preston Road, west of the church. It was unveiled on 24th May 1921 by Wing Commander WH Primrose DFC, and commemorates 17 men from the village who died fighting in WWI.

Date

1945

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM21B16_223

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

66,2Mb (2,2Mb) / 20,0in x 12,9in / 5996 x 3858 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation nature exterior outdoors tree building buildings England house houses religious plant plants country religion memorial British English church Christianity village truck trucks location century Kent War Memorial Britain lorry B&W 1940s fifties high street 1950s Forties road Transport black & white black and white B W 20th century trees decade St Catherine's Church TGN outside street photograph Isle of Thanet Historic England John Pennycuick Pennycuick John Manston