A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Brighstone St Mary the Virgin Church -
- Memorial to J L Wilkins -

Location

In St Mary the Virgin Church, Brighstone.
 
Description and history

Ceramic plaque.
Memorial

Memorial to J L Wilkins
 

 
Inscription


IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JOHN LOVELL WILKINS
PRIVATE A.S.C., M.T. AGED 28 WHO
MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN BELGIUM ON THE 25 APRIL 1918
WHILE DOING DUTY FOR A SICK
COMRADE. THIS TABLET IS ERECTED
BY HIS FATHER AND MOTHER

"Greater love hath no man than this, that
a man lay down his life for his friends."


 
Further information

From CWGC record :

Son of Arthur John and Sarah Annie Wilkins, of Grove Cottage, Brighstone, Newport, Isle of Wight.

CWGC record ...

Commemorated at : Pozieres Memorial




 


 
 

 
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