Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Ventnor -
- St Catherine's Church -
- Kenneth Mackay Sinclair Coghill Memorial -

Location

In St Catherine's Church, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, PO38
 
IWM War Memorials Archive Record

This Memorial is not recorded by the War Memorials Archive
 
Historic England Listing Status

St Catherine's Church is Listed Grade II. Since the Memorial forms part of the fittings of the Church, it is assumed to be covered by the Listing.
 
Description

Brass plaque.

Memorial


 

Inscription


 

Further Information

Son of John George Sinclair Coghill, and Agnes Darling Coghill, formerly of Edinburgh.

Born 20 May 1876, Ventnor.

Baptised 4 July 1876, St. Lawrence.

Census Information :

1881 : Dr John Coghill with his wife and children including Kenneth, aged 4, are at St Catherine's House, Church St., Ventnor.

1891 : Kenneth Coghill, aged 14, is a Scholar at a school run by Arthur Gibson and Frederick Fox, at 1 St Andrew's Road, Portsea.

Service and Casualty information :

The Jameson Raid [Wikipedia article] was mounted against the Boers in 1896, and became known as the Doornkop War.
Kenneth M S Coghill was a member of the British South Africa Company's Police [Wikipedia article], and took part in this action.