A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Shalfleet -
- St Michael's Church Roll of Honour WW II -

Location

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

Link : War Memorials Archive Reference 21829  Chapel and Roll of Honour
 
Link : War Memorials Archive Reference 21831  Curtain
 
Historic England Listing Status

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

Framed manuscript Roll of Honour situated in side chapel which was dedicated as a Memorial to those who died in World War II. Dedicated by the Bishop of Portsmouth 18th September 1955. The dorsal curtain in the chapel was dedicated in memory of Lt M C Barnes (CWGC record ...), the son of George Alfred and Margaret Campbell Barnes, of Epsom, Surrey, England.

Additional information courtesy of Ian Broad of Shalfleet
Memorial

Shalfleet St Michael's Roll of Honour
 
Inscription


IN
GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF
THOSE OF THE PARISH OF SHALFLEET
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR
THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE
SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945
-----
Names as given below
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"They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning
We will remember them."


 

Further Information

Names as recorded

NameRankUnitLinks
ALLEN, B. AC 1 R.A.F. CWGC record ... L B Allen
BALDWIN, W.V. Private Royal Norfolk CWGC record ... Biographical information
BARHAM, G.C.A. Corporal R.A.F. CWGC record ... Buried at Thorley St Swithun's Churchyard
BAXTER, R Corporal 2nd Dorsets CWGC record ... W R Baxter
BUTLER, A.E. Private Royal Norfolk CWGC record ... W Riding Regt
COOK, A.S. Bombardier R.A. (L.A.A.) CWGC record ...
CUNNINGHAM, D.C. Lieutenant R.N. CWGC record ... Memorial plaque in St Michael's Church
HODGES, F.A. Private Royal Hants CWGC record ...
HODGES, G.C.R. Driver R.A.S.C. CWGC record ...
KINDERSLEY, A.T.J. Lieutenant R.N. CWGC record ... Memorial plaque in St Michael's Church
LOCKE, R.W.G. Lance Corporal R.A.O.C. CWGC record ... Buried at Northwood Cemetery (Cowes)
PITMAN, H.F. Private 2nd Royal Hants CWGC record ...
REYNOLDS, A.S. 1st Class Stoker R.N.P.S. CWGC record ...
SMITH, C.S. Bombardier Royal Artillery CWGC record ...
SMITH, G.H. 1st Class Stoker Royal Navy CWGC record ...
STRACHAN, A.P.V. Flt/Lieut R.A.F. & Hants CWGC record ... Biographical information
TAPLIN, H.F. Corporal R.A.O.C. CWGC record ...

Name recorded on original Roll of Honour (1950) but omitted from later lists

NameRankUnitLinks
Geoffrey William Ambrose Commander H.M.S. "Spartan" CWGC record ...


 
 

 
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