Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Bonchurch : St Boniface (new) Church : Roll of Honour -

ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY

Friday, August 2, 1918

On next Sunday morning at Bonchurch, the illuminated memorial card of Bonchurch men who have fallen in the war, will be placed in the chancel, and draped with the Union Jack. In accordance with the suggestion of the Lord Mayor of London, all who attend the service are invited to bring flowers before commencement of morning prayers - entering by the south door, leaving the flowers at the foot of the Union Jack and passing on to their seats. The flowers will be sent after the service to the hospitals and Convalescent Houses of Ventnor and Bonchurch. The offertory will be given to the Prisoners of War Food Committee in answer to H.R.H. Prince Arthur of Connaught's appeal.

ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY

Friday, August 9, 1918 Page 3

Remembrance Day at Ventnor.

CHURCH SERVICES.
The service at Bonchurch Church, which was crowded in the morning, began with the singing of all three verses of the National Anthem. Ordinary matins was followed by the special litany. The Rector, Rev. J. Seaver, B.D., preached a striking discourse from the text, "Say to the children of Israel that they may go forward," introducing many interesting analogies of the war. At the entrance to the chancel the Bonchurch illuminated Roll of Honour was placed on an easel, and flowers were deposited by most of the congregation on the table near at hand. There were a large number of little bouquets. These were afterwards sent to local hospitals. The collection for prisoners of war amounted to £13.
The roll of honour of the Congregational Church was displayed in the vestibule and surrounded with flowers. There were good congregations at both services. In the evening the Minister, Rev. A.E. Chisman, B.D., preached the second of a special course of sermons, the subject being "If war be wrong, can it be right to fight." The sermon was delivered with argumentative force and earnestness.
(not all the report has been transcribed)

Bonchurch Roll of Honour

I have fought a good fight

To the Memory of the brave men
Of BONCHURCH
Who have laid down their lives
For KING & COUNTRY
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"I have the keys of Death"
(The Risen Christ)