Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- South Wight
- Town
- Brighstone
- County
- Isle Of Wight
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Faculty Granted
Date: 1921
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Faculty Granted
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 21724
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Current location
ST MARY THE VIRGIN CHURCH
Brighstone
South Wight
Isle Of Wight
England
OS Grid Ref: SZ 429 827
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- RECTANGULAR TABLET CONSISTING OF SIX LARGE CREAM TESSERAE WITHIN A GOLD EDGED BORDER OF SMALL CHEQUERED TESSERAE IN TWO SHADES OF BLUE.
- Inscription
- SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ HENRY HOLLIS A.B./ AGED 21 OF LIMERSTON WHO/ WAS KILLED ON 23 APRIL 1918/ IN THE ATTACK MADE UPON/ ZEEBRUGGE WHILST SERVING/ UPON H.M.S. IRIS II/ "THEIR'S NOT TO REASON WHY/ THEIR'S BUT TO DO OR DIE"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Hollis, Henry
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of birth,manner of death,age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- First World War memorial
Measurements: depth 15MM, height 380MM, width 500MM
Materials: Marble
- First World War memorial
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- History
- LOWER RIGHT CORNER DAMAGED
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
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