
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- South Wight
- Town
- Shorwell
- County
- Isle Of Wight
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: C 22nd April 1922
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 40888
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Current location
ST PETERS CHURCH
Shorwell
South Wight
Isle Of Wight
England
OS Grid Ref: SZ 458 830
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- WHITE MARBLE TABLET MOUNTED ONTO A GREEN MARBLE BACKBOARD
- Inscription
- IN PERPETUAL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ SHORWELL AND KINGSTON,/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES)/ ALL THAT WAS THEIRS TO GIVE THEY GAVE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Barton, C
Cox, J
Douse, F C
Downer, A K
Downer, F
Mumford, B W
Murray, R B
New, W
Newnham, A L
Sandy, G A
See details for all 13 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,decorations
Order of information: surname,decorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Green - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- Backboard
- 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
- History
- DATE UNKNOWN: IT IS BELEIVED THAT THE TABLET WAS MOVED FROM THE READING ROOMS NEXT TO THE VILLAGE HALL
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- MESHO002
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