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<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Here is a list of the World War I Memorial bells in Kent – this is not meant to be a definitive list and others may be aware of additional bells in the County. Of the bells listed, only the two identical peals in Tunbridge Wells, one a ring and the other a chime are complete War Memorial installations together with six of the ten bells, including the Tenor at Rochester Cathedral.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>For further details of these bells see Kent.Lovesguide<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>DLC<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Subject:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> RE: WWI Memorial Rings<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Since you have asked also for bells as well as</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> complete</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> rings here is a rather ‘rushed off list of Kent<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Canterbury Cathedral 1/12 and 2/12 1923,</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>Mears & Stainbank:</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> recast 1981 with Memorial Inscriptions reproduced on both<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Brabourne, Kent 3/8, 4/8 (was 1/6, 2/6) –</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> Mears & Stainbank</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> 1917, respectively The “Canada” Bell to commemorate Canadian Troops who fought in the Great War; and parishioners who fell. Yes, the date is 1917.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Cheriton, Kent 1 / 2 and 2/2 1923</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> Mears & Stainbank</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Gravesend, Kent S George 7/8 1923</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> John Taylor & Co. A completely new ring but only 7<sup>th</sup> is specifically WW! Memorial inscribed</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Rochester Cathedral –</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> 1921 Gillett & Johnston:</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> only 1, 2, 3, 6 and 10 are specifically inscribed as War Memorials<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>St Laurence-in-Thanet, Kent 1/10 and 2/10 1924</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>, Mears & Stainbank</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanington, Kent 2/6 and 3/6 were cast in 1948 as the Parish WW2 memorial</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>. Gillett & Johnston</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tunbridge Wells, Kent S Peter New ring of 8 cast 1919 </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>by Gillett & Johnston, </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>and first rung o</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>n</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> “Peace Day”, 19<sup>th</sup> July 1919.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tunbridge Wells, Kent S Luke New chime of 8 cast 1919. They are an exact replica of the S Peter’s ring of 8. Both cast by G&J <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Whitstable, Kent S Alphege Seasalter 8 tubular bells</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> by Harrington,</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> 1920; replaced by ring of 8 1969/74. Donors of War Memorial Tubulars recorded on 4/8. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Also notable is the Zeebrugge Bell, Dover Town Hall. This was captured from the Mole in Zeebrugge Harbour by British Troops under Admiral Sir Roger Keyes. The bell had been looted from a Belgian church and was conveyed to England after capture and presented to the Town and Port of Dover by Admiral Keyes. It is rung on Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday at 11 a.m. It has lately been restored by Taylors. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div>
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