A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Shalfleet -
- St Michael's Church D C Cunningham Memorial -

Location

In St Michael's Church, Shalfleet, Isle of Wight
 
IWM War Memorials Archive Record

Link : War Memorials Archive Reference 21830  
 
Historic England Listing Status

St Michael's Church is Listed Grade I. Since the War Memorial forms part of the fittings of the Church it is considered to be included within the Listing.
 
Description

Brass plaque recording the gift of the sanctuary lamp, wafer box and pyx in memory of D C Cunningham.

Memorial

Shalfleet St Michael's D C Cunningham memorial
 
Inscription


THE SANCTUARY LAMP, WAFER BOX AND PYX IN THIS CHURCH
WERE PRESENTED BY HIS PARENTS, SISTER AND BROTHER
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF
DAVID CROFTON CUNNINGHAM
LIEUTENANT, ROYAL NAVY, BORN 23.12.1913, LOST IN THE MINING OF
H.M.S. NEPTUNE ON THE NIGHT OF 19-20 DEC 1941
1939 - 1945


Further Information

Son of Colonel T. C. Cunningham, D.S.O., and Mrs. H. J. Cunningham, of Newport, Isle of Wight.
Awarded the Goodenough Medal, 1935.

CWGC record ...


 


 
 

 
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