Listed Building record TQ 76 NE 1067 - MEMORIAL TO FRENCH PRISONERS OF WAR APPROXIMATELY 25 METRES SOUTH OF CHURCH OF ST GEORGE

The following text is from the original listed building designation:

GILLINGHAM
TQ7669SW CENTRAL AVENUE, Pembroke 686-1/3/97 (East side) 06/06/84 Memorial to French prisoners of war approx 25m S of Church of St George
GV II
War memorial. 1869. Polychromatic limestone and red sandstone ashlar, granite and marble. Gothic Revival style. Stepped base to square plinth with inscribed sides and weathered top, aedicule above has polychrome round arch with pointed arched hood, within a steep gable with iron finials on foliate capitals and marble columns, and spirelet with limestone and granite bands to a finial. Inside is a figure of a Napoleonic sailor. HISTORY: commemorates French prisoners from the Napoleonic wars who died in prison hulks in Britain, especially those buried on St Mary's Island, part of the former Dockyard. Part of a complete early C20 naval barracks, with the Captain's House, Mess block, barracks (Pasley Rd) and ancillary buildings (qqv).
Listing NGR: TQ7643769475

English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.