Monument: Kensington War Memorial
Erection date: 1/7/1922
{On the banner above the draped figure:}
Awake remembrance of the valiant dead. {Henry V: 1.2.115–16}
{Below the former Metropolitan Borough of Kensington coat of arms:}
Quid Nobis Ardui {Latin approximately translates as 'what is hard for us'}
{On left of plinth:}
XXIInd Kensington Service Battalion The Royal Fusiliers City of London Regiment battle record Vimy Ridge Delville Wood & Guillemont The Somme 1916 Beaumont Hamel & Serre The Ancre Grevillers Miraumont Oppy Wood Bourlon Wood Cambrai.
{On front of plinth:}
In memory of the men of Kensington and those men serving in Kensington battalions who gave their lives for king and country in the Great War 1914-1918.
1939-1945.
{On right of plinth}
XIIIth Princess Louise's Kensington Battalion the London Regiment battle record 13th Bn Neuve Chapelle Auvers Ridge The Somme 1916 The Scarpe Langemarck The Somme 1918 Albert 2/13th Vimy Ridge Salonika Beersheba Jerusalem Jericho.
The monument was designed by Hubert C. Corlette and the figure sculpted by Frederick W. Pomeroy. Unveiled by Princess Louise.
Site: Kensington war memorial (2 memorials)
W8, Kensington Church Street, St Mary Abbots church
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