Little Kingshill War Memorial
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Image: © Sean Davis Taken: 22 May 2009
The War Memorial was unveiled on 8 February 1920, and the memorial bears the Latin inscription PRO PATRIA, which translates as 'for one's country'. On the opposite side of Windsor Lane 11 trees were planted, one for each of the fallen. After the Second World War the names of the fallen from that conflict were added, including Lieutenant Commander Michael Willmott, Distinguished Service Order (DSO) who was captain of the Royal Navy submarine HMS Talisman. He was awarded the DSO for completing five Mediterranean missions, but he and the crew of Talisman were lost to Italian mines off Sicily, on the 17 September 1942. For more see https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1446212
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