Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- South Wight
- Town
- Brighstone
- County
- Isle Of Wight
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: March 1920
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 21722
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Current location
JUNCTION OF MAIN RD AND NEW RD
St Mary the Virgin church
Main Rd
Brighstone
South Wight
Isle Of Wight
PO30 4BB
England
OS Grid Ref: SZ 42893 82714
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Very plain Latin Cross on tapering plinth.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF BRIGHSTONE/ MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ (NAMES)/ ALSO OF THOSE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR OF/ 1939 - 1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ballard, Eli
Cassell, Charles
Chambers, Edgar
Chambers, John
Coleman, Charles
Coleman, Thomas
Day, Arthur
Driver, Harry
Higgins, Edwards
Hollis, Henry
See details for all 18 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 18
Served and returned: 0
Died: 18
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plinth
Measurements: depth 750MM, height 750MM, width 750MM
Materials: Granite - Cross
Measurements: height 2450MM
Materials: Granite
- Plinth
- 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
- Brighstone War Memorial
- WMO ID: 175351
- Condition: Good [last updated on 20-11-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Isle of Wight County Press 1920; 1991-96 inc.: see file
- "Brighstone War Memorial." Historic England, historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1468882. Accessed 4 September 2024.
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