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Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- St Lawrence -
- St Lawrence Church War Memorial -

Location

At St Lawrence's Church, St Lawrence, Isle of Wight, PO38 1XJ
 
IWM War Memorials Archive Record

Link : War Memorials Archive Reference 21848  
 
Historic England Listing Status

St Lawrence's Church is Listed Grade C. Since the Memorial is situated within the curtilage of the Church, it is assumed to be covered by the Listing.

The Memorial was listed in its own right at Grade II in 2020. See St Lawrence War Memorial, HE Listing
 
Description

The war memorial is a cross by the north door of St Lawrence's Church
Memorial

St Lawrence's Church War memorial
 
St Lawrence's Church War memorial
 
Inscription


LEST WE FORGET

IN
HONOURED
MEMORY
OF
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names as given below
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WHO WENT FROM THE UNDERCLIFF AND
GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919

THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED BY THE RESIDENTS OF
ST LAWRENCE IN DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO THE BRAVE
WHO HAVE FALLEN AND WITH SINCERE SYMPATHY
WITH THOSE WHO ARE LEFT TO MOURN THEIR LOSS

"THEIR NAME LIVETH EVERMORE"
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ALSO IN MEMORY OF
THOSE MEN OF
ST LAWRENCE WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES FOR FREEDOM
IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945
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names as given below
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AND IN
MALAYA 1948
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name as given below
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Further Information

Names as recorded

NameLinks
GREAT WAR :  
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G A BARFOOT CWGC record ... Biographical information
D H BLACK CWGC record ...
Hammond Dudley Black
Biographical information
E BLOOMFIELD CWGC record ...
H G CARPENTER CWGC record ... Biographical information
M FINDLAY CWGC record ...
H HATCHER CWGC record ... Buried at Whitwell SS Mary & Radegund Churchyard
R MCDOUGALL CWGC record ... McDougall memorial window in St Lawrence's Church
Biographical information
F M RUSSELL CWGC record ... Biographical information
L SIMPSON CWGC record ...
E THORNE CWGC record ...
W TROWBRIDGE CWGC record ...
E A WESTMORE CWGC record ... Biographical information
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WORLD WAR II :  
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J E BARTRUM CWGC record ... Buried in St Lawrence's Churchyard
G BERRIDGE CWGC record ... Biography and Circumstances of death
L S BRADING CWGC record ... Memorial inscription on font cover in St Lawrence's Church
W R CORSON CWGC record ... Memorial plaque on prie-dieu in St John's Church, Ryde
J GOLDNEY CWGC record ... Biographical information
R M LUNT CWGC record ... Biographical information
A F TWIGGE CWGC record ... Biographical information
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MALAYA 1948  
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C J BRADING   Cyril John Brading, born 1928, died in Malaya 13 November 1948 aged 19.
Commemorated at the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum

Brading, C J at NMA

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Page last updated : 18 December 2013 - added Biography link for R M Lunt


 
 

 
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