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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
- 64210
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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
- Shield-shaped plaque set on a wooden backboard. Plaque features a decorative incuised border.
- Inscription
- IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF/ CYRIL C A WAY (DICK)/ PTE 2ND REGT SOUTH AFRICAN INFANTRY/ KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE/ MARCH 24 1918 AGED 25 YEARS/ SERVED WITH S.A.M.R. THROUGH THE REBELLION/ AND GERMAN WEST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN/ BELOVED ONLY SON OF/ SYDNEY AND MARITA WAY/ " PRO DEO VERITATE ET LIBERTATE."
- 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
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
- Other website www.isle-of-wight-memorials.org.uk/churches/sthelens_way_cca.htm
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/850859/WAY,%20CYRIL%20CHARLES%20ARNOLD
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