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Location
Newport Police Station, Newport, Isle of Wight IWM War Memorials Archive Record Link : War Memorials Archive Reference 40773 Description Memorial to Police Officers who died while serving in the Army during the Great War The Memorial was painted by P.C. A. Turner of Yarmouth and was originally hung in the Headquarters of the IW Constabulary at Fairlee Road. In 2006 the Memorial was located in the office of the Crime Incident Management Unit, under the care of PC Nigel Roberts. Thanks to PC Nigel Roberts of the Hampshire Constabulary at Newport Police Station for additional information and photograph of the Memorial |
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Memorial
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Inscription
ISLE OF WIGHT CONSTABULARY ROLL OF HONOUR SGT JESSE MILLS Coldstream Guards Wounded at Ypres : Died of Wounds 11th October 1914 : 16th November 1914 BDR. FRED BURTON R.G.A. Killed in Acton at Ypres 24th April 1915 L Cpl FREDERICK A KEMP Coldstream Guards KILLED IN ACTION ON WESTERN FRONT 27th August 1918 GNR. CHARLES H BROWN R.F.A. Died in Hospital in France 30th October 1918 PTE. SIDNEY W RUSSELL 1/8th HANTS Died in Hospital in Egypt 10th December 1918 IN HONOUR AND MEMORY OF OUR COMRADES EUROPEAN WAR 1914 - 19 Further Information
Isle of Wight County Press
1st May 1920 A handsome framed scroll in memory of the five members of the I W Constabulary who fell in the war is to be hung at the headquarters, Fairlee, Newport. It is the artistic work of P.C. A. Turner, of Yarmouth, who served throughout the war on the Western Front. The scroll is supported by two artistic pillars, surmounted by the badge of the force, and below is a representation of a stone slab bearing the inscription "In honour and memory of our comrades - European War, 1914 - 19". Standing by the pillars, and looking at the scroll, are the figures of a constable in uniform on the one hand, and a fully equipped soldier on the other, whilst cleverly introduced into the background are pictures of the burning ruins of Ypres, and of Carisbrooke Castle. The names on the scroll are : Sergt Jesse Mills, Coldstream Guards; Br F Burton, R.G.A.; L/Cpl Frederick A Kemp, Coldstream Guards; Gr. Charles H Brown, R.F.A.; and Pte. Sidney W. Russell, 1/8th Hants. |
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Hampshire Constabulary War Memorial at Solent Sky Museum.
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Page last updated : 1 January 2014 (reformatted; added links to biographies of Fred Kemp and Charles Brown)