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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Medina
- Town
- Whippingham
- County
- Isle Of Wight
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 20th September 1919
Attended by: HRH PRINCESS HENRY OF BATTENBERG - Dedicated
Date: 20th September 1919
Attended by: Bishop Suffragan of Southampton - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 40871
Current location
ST MILDREDS CHURCH
Beatrice Av
Whippingham
Medina
Isle Of Wight
England
OS Grid Ref: SZ 511 936
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- PORTLAND STONE BASE SURMOUNTED BY TEAK CALVARY CROSS AND BRONZE FIGURE OF CHRIST
- Inscription
- HERE ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF/ THOSE FROM THIS PARISH WHO/ FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES)/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Barrett, John Henry
Blake, John
Bush, William
Collins, Edward Towl
Cox, Francis Thomas
Foss, Isaac
Grace, Joseph C
Hewer, Sydney John George
Hosdell, William Henry
Johnson, Ernest Owen
See details for all 19 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: no
Information shown: regiment,forename
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: no
Information shown: regiment,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Teak - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Portland - Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Cross
- Listing information
- Whippingham War Memorial
- 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
- Condition
- WHIPPINGHAM
- WMO ID: 214950
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 10-04-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- MEWHM001
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