Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Medina
- Town
- East Cowes
- County
- Isle Of Wight
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 25th December 1920
Attended by: Bishop Suffragan of Southampton - Unveiled
Date: 25th December 1920
Attended by: MAJ GEN J E B SEELY - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 21795
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Current location
19
ST JAMES CHURCH
St James Close
East Cowes
Medina
Isle Of Wight
PO32 6PP
England
OS Grid Ref: SZ 50469 95603
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- ROUGH HEWN CELTIC CROSS ON SIMPLE UNWORKED BASE
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ AND THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Childs, Frank James
Deacon, George
Denham, Herbert Smith
Dickerson, Charles Henry
Dickinson, Alexander
Dickinson, Edgar
Dowden, Frank James
Fry, Arthur Ernest
Fryer, Charles Frederick
Goddard, Frederick Walter
See details for all 46 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 29
Served and returned: 0
Died: 29
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 58
Served and returned: 0
Died: 58
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 10FT
Materials: Stone - Portland
- Cross
- 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
- EAST COWES
- WMO ID: 214817
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 23-06-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Historic England Listing - see historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1464880
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