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Set above the door to the clock tower, this memorial commemorates the three sons (of five) of Sir John Gordon Kennedy (d.1912) killed in the First World War. Those commemorated were Captain Archibald Edward Kennedy, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Captain Paul Adrian Kennedy and Captain John Patrick Francis Kennedy, both of the Rifle Brigade. The individual full-length portraits of the brothers are depicted against a battlefield setting. Underneath each panel is an inscription. It was presented by the subjects' widowed mother, who was born Evelyn Adela Bootle-Wilbraham. Her sister, Ada Constance Bootle-Wilbraham (1846–1934), was married to Onorato Caetani, 14th Duke of Sermoneta, who was younger brother of Ersilia Caetani-Lovatelli, the mother of Filippo Lovatelli, sculptor of the monument.
Title
Kennedy War Memorial
Date
1937
Medium
white, orange & grey marble
Measurements
H 150 x W 180 x D 20 cm
Accession number
RH17_LS_S021
Acquisition method
presented by Evelyn Adela, Lady Kennedy
Work type
Relief
Owner
Parish Church of Holy Trinity, Cuckfield
Custodian
Parish Church of Holy Trinity, Cuckfield
Work status
extant
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
The church is open daily, 9am–5pm, although there are also services each day.
Inscription description
left-hand panel: TO MY BELOVED SON PAUL ADRIAN / THE RIFLE BRIGADE BORN 11 DEC 1886 / KILLED AT FROMELLES 9 MAY 1915 / THIRD SON OF SIR JOHN. G. KENNEDY K.C.M.G. / FILI MI, FILI MI, QUIS MIHI TRIBUAT UT EGO / MORIAR PRO TE, FILI MI, FILI MI. ?; middle panel: TO MY DEARLY LOVED SON ARCHIBALD EDWARD / CAPTAIN 93RD ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS / BORN 7 SEPT. 1878 KILLED AT LE CATEAU / 26 AUG. 1914 ELDEST SON OF SIR JOHN. G. / KENNEDY. K.C.M.G. / THE LORD KNOWETH THEM THAT ARE HIS; right-hand panel: TO MY DARLING SON JOHN PATRICK FRANCIS / THE RIFLE BRIGADE BORN 28 SEPT. 1891 / KILLED AT VILLERS BRETONNEUX 24 APRIL 1918 / YOUNGEST SON OF SIR JOHN G. / KENNEDY K.C.M.G. CAUSA ALIIS VITA CUR FRUERENTUR ERAT; underneath, extending across all three panels: IN THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THEIR LIVES AND PROUD REMEMBRANCE OF THEIR DEATH. THEIR LOVING MOTHER
