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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Medina
- Town
- St Helens
- County
- Isle Of Wight
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 64208
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Current location
St Helens Church
Eddington Road
St Helens
Medina
Isle Of Wight
PO34 5EF
England
OS Grid Ref: SZ 62592 89976
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Oval tablet with lettering in black mounted on a backboard.
- Inscription
- IN/ LOVING MEMORY OF/ RONALD/ LIEUT. R.W.P. PALMER B.A./ RUGBY AND BALLIOL/ 1/4 ROYAL BERKS REGt., T.F./ YOUNGER SON OF/ EDWARD B AND EMILY POULTON/ KILLED IN THE TRENCHES IN BELGIUM/ MAY 5TH 1915 AGED 25 YEARS/ AN ATHLETIC LEADER OF RARE DISTINCTION/ HE WAS ENDOWED WITH/ EVEN GREATER GIFTS OF LOVE & JOY/ GOD IS LOVE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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