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Location
Drill Hall, Drill Hall Road, Newport, Isle of Wight IWM War Memorials Archive Record Link : War Memorials Archive Reference 40740 Description A series of 7 Portland Stone panels giving the names of the Isle of Wight Rifles soldiers who died in the Great War. Unveiled by HRH Princess Beatrice on 1st October 1922. Note : the lists below are taken from that published by the Isle of Wight County Press 7th October 1922. This list also gave the residences and place of death of the soldiers mentioned. See also the Isle of Wight Rifles Memorial at Carisbrooke Castle. The Wootton Bridge Historical website has added a section on the Isle of Wight Rifles with many photographs from the collection of Graham Morris - see http://woottonbridgeiow.org.uk/rifles/index.php For a Youtube presentation compiled by Gareth Sprack of the Rifles Living History Society - see Isle of Wight Rifles Tribute For information on the men from Buckinghamshire who served with the IW Rifles see Little Marlow War Memorial |
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Memorial
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Inscription
IN PROUD MEMORY OF OUR COMRADES
WHO PASSED OVER 1914 1918 EGYPT - GALLIPOLI - PALESTINE - SOUDAN Thy voice is on the rolling air I hear thee where the waters run Thou standest in the rising sun And in the setting thou art fair. Further Information |
Memorials & Monuments
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