
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- South Wight
- Town
- Shanklin
- County
- Isle Of Wight
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War - civilians, Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 11th November 1920
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 21850
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Current location
ROAD JUNCTION
GARDEN
Shanklin
South Wight
Isle Of Wight
PO37 6NW
England
OS Grid Ref: SZ 58215 81039
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- VERY TALL PLAIN LATIN CROSS ON SQUARE PLINTH ON SINGLE STEP BASE. SET INTO ELEVATED ROADSIDE ENCLOSURE AND SMALL GARDEN. WW2 ADDITION SMALL CURVED WALL BEHIND MAIN MEMORIAL
- Inscription
- TO/ THE HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE/ MEN OF SHANKLIN/ WHO FELL IN THE WARS/ 1914 - 1918 - 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, Charles
Ayling, Wilfred C
Baines, Norbert R
Ballard, Richard J
Banting, Leslie W
Bassett, Frederick A
Blake, E Alcernon
Booker, Frederick E
Brett, Alfred
Brown, Archibald
See details for all 95 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 105
Served and returned: 0
Died: 105
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 36
Served and returned: 0
Died: 36
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- 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
- Shanklin War Memorial
- WMO ID: 147286
- Condition: Good [last updated on 29-01-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Percy Simmonds Photograph Collection
- Carter Postcard Collection
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