A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Cowes : Methodist Church War Memorial [2] -

Location

In the Methodist Church, Birmingham Road, Cowes. This 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 brass plaque bearing the names of 6 Church members who died in the First World War, and 2 members who died in the Second World War.
The First World War plaque is signed W. Ballard, Engnr, Cowes.

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 [1]

These brass plaques have been relocated (in 2023) to the East Chapel at Northwood Cemetery.
Memorial

Cowes Methodist Church
 
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Inscription


TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN SACRED MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919.

---- names as given below ----

THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN SACRED MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL
IN THE WAR OF 1939 - 45.

---- names as given below ----


 
Names recorded - First World War
CHARLES E. COOPER CWGC record ...
DONALD W. LASHMAR CWGC record ... Biographical information
JOHN ASH, MINISTER CWGC record ...
HAROLD E.A. BROWN CWGC record ...
ALLAN F. LASHMAR No CWGC record Biographical information Killed in flying accident while testing a prototype Wight Landplane aircraft.
Buried in : Cowes (Northwood) Cemetery.
RALPH O. LASHMAR No CWGC record Biographical information Killed in flying accident while testing a prototype Wight Landplane aircraft.
Buried in : Cowes (Northwood) Cemetery.
Names recorded - Second World War
FRANK A. DAY CWGC record ... A.F.S. Patrol Officer
Buried in :Cowes (Northwood) Cemetery.
ALBERT G. SALTER CWGC record ...
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