A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Cowes -
- St Mary's Church : Richardson brothers Memorial -

Location

In St Mary's Church, Church Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 8HA.
 
IWM War Memorials Archive Record

Link : War Memorials Archive Reference 40728
 
Historic England Listing Status

St Mary's Church is Listed Grade II*. Since the Memorial forms part of the fabric of the building it is assumed that it is covered by the Listing.
 
Description

A brass plaque, manufactured by H Osborne, Fecit, Ryde.

The plaque was unveiled and dedicated on 20th March 1921.
Memorial

Cowes : St Mary's Church : Richardson brothers
 

Isle of Wight County Press, 26 March 1921
Inscription


TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
ARTHUR FREDERICK RICHARDSON
10TH BATT WORCESTER REGT
WHO DIED OF WOUNDS WHILST A PRISONER OF WAR
AT BRUILLET FRANCE JUNE 3RD 1918 AGED 19 YEARS

ALSO OF
THOMAS EDWARD RICHARDSON
CHIEF ENGINEER S S "SANGARA"
WHO DIED AT KOTONOU WEST AFRICA, APRIL 16TH 1913 AGED 32 YEARS

BELOVED SONS OF THOMAS AND SARAH RICHARDSON
OF COWES I.W.

PEACE PERFECT PEACE


 
Further Information

Sons of Thomas Richardson and Sarah Elizabeth Richardson (né James) of Cowes, Isle of Wight.

Thomas Edward Richardson was born in 1880; Arthur Frederick Richardson was born in 1899.

CWGC record ... for A F Richardson


 


 
 

 
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