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Location
In the Methodist Church, Birmingham Road, Cowes. Please note that this is now closed. IWM War Memorials Archive Record The Memorial is not recorded by the IWM War Memorials Archive Historic England Listing Status Cowes Methodist Church is not Listed Description and history A stone plaque bearing the names of 9 Church members who died in the First World War. It was dedicated on 14 November 1920 by the Rev H.S. Sandford. There are two plaques in this Church; it is assumed that one of them came from another Non-Conformist Church, since closed, in Cowes. See also Cowes Methodist Church [2] The brass plaques have now been relocated to the East Chapel at Northwood Cemetery. It is not known whether this plaque has been moved. |
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Memorial
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Inscription
IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN BELONGING TO THIS CHURCH WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918. ---- names as recorded below ---- "THE MEN WERE VERY GOOD UNTO US AND WE WERE NOT HURT - THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US BOTH BY NIGHT AND DAY." Names recorded
Isle of Wight County Press, 20 November 1920 
Isle of Wight County Press, 27 November 1920 |
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Page updated 27 May 2015 (added newspaper reports)