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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Chapel: Dedicated within church building
- District
- South Wight
- Town
- Shalfleet
- County
- Isle Of Wight
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 18th September 1955
Attended by: Bishop of Portsmouth
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 21829
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Current location
St Michael the Archangel Church
Main Rd
Shalfleet
South Wight
Isle Of Wight
PO30 4NS
England
OS Grid Ref: SZ 41383 89235
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Side Chapel with associated Roll of Honour. Altar and curtain comprise individual memorials.
- Inscription
- IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF/ THOSE OF THE PARISH OF SHALFLEET/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)/ THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD/ AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM/ NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM/ THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 17
Served and returned: 0
Died: 17
Exact count: no
Information shown: Initials, surname, rank and unit
Order of information: By surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- 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
- Costs
Site: £671.15.0
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
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