They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old: Age will not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them.

As the stars that will be bright when we are dust, moving in marches upon the heavenly plain; As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness, to the end to the end they remain (Laurence Binyon)

The Paddock Wood War Memorial stands at the junction of Station Road and Commercial Road. It takes the form of a soldier wearing battle dress, cap, and pack, standing at ease with rifle; his left foot is slightly forward and the back of his right leg is braced against a tree stump. He is standing on a square plinth with a relief of an aeroplane in flight on the left-hand side, and a three-funneled ship at sea on the right-hand side. All of this stands on a single-stepped base within a small railed enclosure. There are 49 names listed for WW1 World War 1 and 23 for WW2 World War 2; John Brunt V.C. is included.

Every year in November on Remembrance Sunday a service is held here

The War Memorial was erected in 1921 and is Grade II listed.

Names on Paddock Wood War Memorial

World War 1

George Ash born 1891 died 1918 aged 27

William Atherall born circa 1884 died 1917 aged 33

Percy Atkinson born 1878 died 1918 aged 42

Joe Ballard born 1881 died 1917 aged 36

(George) Alfred Barden died 1918

Alfred Beech born 1896 died 1915 aged 18

Ernest Bloxham born1884 died 1917 aged 33

Frederick Brett born 1878 died 1917 aged 39

Sydney William Chapman born 1892 died 1916 aged 24

George Cheesman born 1890 died 1915 aged 24

John Colvin born 1894 died 1915 aged 21

Frederick George Cosham born 1893 died 1918 aged 24

Arthur Dumbrell born 1882 died 1918 aged 36

William Dunster born 1877 died 1917 aged 40

William Edward Edwards born 1863 died 1916 aged 53

Charles Foreman born 1898 died 1918 aged 20

Thomas Henham born 1891 died 1916 aged 25

John Hinkley born 1876 died 1917 aged 41

Alexander William Joy born 1896 died 1916 aged 19

Edwin Alexander Joy born 1878 died 1917 aged 38

Harry James Joy born 1898 died 1918 aged 19

Thomas King born circa 1890 died 1917 aged 28

Wallace King born 1896 died 1916 aged 20

Walter Lipscombe born 1881 died 1918 aged 37

William Love

Nelson Amos Luck born 1894 died 1918 aged 24

John Lewis Luck born 1896 died 1918 aged 22

Albert Jeffery Maddocks born 1898 died 1918 aged 20

Richard May born 1892 died 1918 aged 27

Frank Moon born 1892 died 1917 aged 25

Stephen Beverley Morgan born 1896 died 1915 aged 19

Alfred Norton born 1894 died 1916 aged 22

Harry Nunn born 1893 died 1917 aged 25

Alfred John Pullen born 1896 died 1918 aged 22

Thomas Randall born 1893 died 1915 aged 24(?)

William Reeves born 1885 died 1914 aged 29

Henry Roffe born 1891 died 1917 aged 26

William Henry Sales born 1895 died 1918 aged 22

Albert Saunders born 1894 died 1915 aged 21

Reginald Skinner born 1897 died 1916 aged 19

Harry Smith born circa 1864 died 1917 aged 53

Jack Smith born 1891 died 1917 aged 27

Alfred Sturmer born 1877 died 1914 aged 36

Edward Douglas Symes born 1884 died 1917 aged 33

John Henry Taylor born 1896 died 1916 aged 20

Maurice Tickner born circa 1883 died 1918 aged 36

John Victor Thompson born 1887 died 1915 aged 28 **

(James) William Tidy born 1881 died 1916 aged 34

Frank Tully born 1874 died 1916 aged 42

Westley William Vousden born 1889 died 1919 aged 28

Frederick Wallis born 1891 died 1916 aged 25

(Albert) Frank Wilkins born 1896 died 1916 aged 20

Jack Williams born 1899 died 1918 aged 19

** Recorded as W Thompson on war memorial but John Victor on wooden plaque in St Andrew’s Church. Known as Victor.

War Memorial Paddock Wood

Medway Villas

Parochial Hall Paddock Wood