War Memorial Green

Image: © Ian Capper Taken: 21 May 2024

Green containing three war memorials. The earliest is that on the right, the Newhaven Transport Memorial in memory of the 99 officers and men who died in the First World War serving the Merchant Navy out of Newhaven Port. It was designed by town surveyor, C T Hooper, and unveiled in August 1920. It was originally sited at the junction of Dacre Road and Meeching Road, but was twice moved, first in the 1970s to Riverside and then in the 1990s to its present position. The one in the centre, Newhaven Town Memorial, was unveiled on 2 October 1921 in memory of the 120 townspeople who had died in the First World War. Designed also by C T Hooper it was originally sited at the junction of Chapel Street, South Road and Fort Road, but was moved here in 2005. In 2007 the names of 90 casualties of the Second World War were added. On the far left is the Royal Canadian Engineers Memorial, unveiled on 17 August 1977 in memory of the 27 members of the Corps of the Royal Canadian Engineers who died taking part on the Dieppe Raid on 19th August 1942, with Newhaven being chosen as the site of the memorial because it was the major training base for the raid. In the foreground is a memorial plaque celebrating 100 years of the Newhaven branch of the Royal British Legion on 21 June 2021.

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