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Location
At the Shrine, Haven Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 IWM War Memorials Archive Record Link : War Memorials Archive Reference 40733 Historic England Listing Status The War Memorial Shrine is Listed Grade II (September 2009) Isle of Wight Council Local Listing Status The War Memorial Shrine has been included in the list of structures of Local importance held by the Isle of Wight Council (June 2008). Description The Shrine on the hill overlooking Haven Street village is dedicated to the memory of 2/Lt R T C Willis Fleming and contains memorials to other members of the family, in addition to plaques giving the names of those from Haven Street and Binstead who died in the Great War. A further plaque commemorates USAAF Major E W Leach See also the Binstead memorials : Binstead Parish War memorial |
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Memorial
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Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE DEARLY LOVED MEMORY OF THEIR SECOND SON RICHARD THOMAS CYRIL 2ND LIEUT. 14 BATTERY HANTS R.H.A. BORN AUG 3RD 1896 KILLED IN ACTION AT THE BATTLE OF ROMANI EGYPT AUG 4TH 1916 AND TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE FROM THE PARISHES OF BINSTEAD & HAVENSTREET WHO ALSO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 THIS SHRINE IS DEDICATED BY JOHN & VIOLET WILLIS FLEMING OF BINSTEAD HOUSE Further Information
CWGC record ... for 2/Lt Willis Fleming
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