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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Medina
Town
Barton
County
Isle Of Wight
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 30 May 1920
    Attended by: Dedicated by Reverend Dr Tugwell (Rural Dean of West Wight)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
40712

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Current location

On the north wall
St Paul's Church
Staplers Road
Barton
Medina
Isle Of Wight
PO30 2JW
England

OS Grid Ref: SZ 50614 89444
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Wall-mounted, landscape-oriented, large rectangular white marble tablet, fixed to a dark grey marble base. Fixed to the top-centre of the white tablet is a stylised cross and scroll; fixed to the bottom-centre is a stylised wreath and ribbon, both of bronze. The inscription is in incised black lettering.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE UNDERMENTIONED/ WHO LAID DOWN THIER LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ THIS MEMORIAL IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY RELATIVES AND FRIENDS/ (NAMES)/ "Greater love hath no man than this"/ REQUIESCANT IN PACE
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Allford, W
Ash, C G
Ash, G H
Atrill, C
Baker, H G
Barrett, C
Barrett, E B
Beckinsale, B L
Brewer, G
Browne, E
See details for all 123 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 124
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 124
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, initials, decorations, military unit
    Order of information: Names listed alphabetically by surname, in four columns.
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height 1300mm, width 1830mm
    Materials: Marble - White
  • Base
    Measurements: height 1400mm, width 2040mm
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
  • CHURCH OF ST PAUL
  • Grade II
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
History
1/2/1972: The Church was Grade II Listed (List Entry Number 1034507).
Costs

Memorial: c£118

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Church of England
Reference
  • MENPT011
  • St Paul's, Barton website; History section: 'A stained glass window in the northern wall of the church was placed there by Elizabeth, the widow of Rev. William Henry Nutter, M.A. This window depicts St. Luke the healer, and is between the memorial tablets to the fallen in the First and Second World Wars. On them are the names of 124 men from the parish who died in the 1914-1918 War and 32 men in the 1939 -1945 conflict'. www.stpaulsbarton.co.uk/about-us/history/
  • www.isle-of-wight-memorials.org.uk/churches/newportstpaul1.htm
  • historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1034507?section=official-list-entry
  • Isle of Wight County Press, 22 Nov 1919: reported that, at a meeting held at the Parish Hal the previous Monday, the design for the memorial, made from St Ann's marble, was approved. (Designed by Mr C Dodsworth; a white marble tablet of 6 feet by 4 feet 3 inches high, the grey tablet base to be 4 inch es greater all round; supplied and fitted on the north wall by Messrs. Garrett & Haysom of Southampton for an estimated cost of £118).
  • Hampshire Advertiser - Saturday 05 June 1920 (page 10) reported: 'ISLE OF WIGHT MEMORIALS. The war memorial of Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, is taking the form of a large Portland stone cross, with marble name tablet, to be erected in the parish churchyard. A massive white marble tablet, on a base of St. Anne’s marble, bearing the names of four officers and 120 men connected with St. Paul’s, Barton, Isle of Wight, who fell in the war, has been placed in the Parish Church as the war memorial. www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000495/19200605/225/0010

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