Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- South Wight
- Town
- Ventnor
- County
- Isle Of Wight
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 57401
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Current location
Ventnor Heritage Centre and Museum
Spring Hill
Ventnor
South Wight
Isle Of Wight
PO38 1PE
England
OS Grid Ref: SZ 56424 77643
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Methodist Church
High Street
Ventnor
South Wight
Isle Of Wight
England
OS Grid Ref: SZ 565 776
Denomination: Methodist
- Methodist Church
- Description
- Plain rectangular plaque
- Inscription
- WITH THANKSGIVING TO GOD/ AND IN LOVINING REMEMBRANCE OF/ DESMOND WOODNUTT, R.E./ A LOCAL PREACHER AND OFFICER OF THIS CHURCH/ KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS COMMANDO 9TH JUNE 1941/ AND LAID TO REST BY A RIVER IN SYRIA/ His Lieutenant wrote of him/ "A TRUE AND ARDENT CHRISTIAN."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Woodnutt, Desmond
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death,occupation,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height c 203mm, width c 381mm
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Isle of Wight Memorials www.isle-of-wight-memorials.org.uk/churches/ventnor_methodist_woodnutt_d.htm
- for image and CWGC details: www.mymethodisthistory.org.uk/topics/war-memorials/Isle of Wight
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