A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Ryde -
- Post Office War memorial -

Location

In Ryde Sorting Office, Nicholson Road, Ryde, Isle of Wight
 
IWM War Memorials Archive Record

Link : War Memorials Archive Reference 40818
 
Historic England Listing Status

This building is not Listed.
 
Description

A brass plaque naming employees of the General Post office in Ryde who died in the Great War.
It was engraved by H Osborne, of Ryde.
Originally sited in the Post Office in Union Street, it was relocated in 2001.
A Roll of Honour was also prepared at the time, but its fate or current location is unknown.

Memorial

Ryde Post Office War Memorial
 
Inscription


THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR
EVERMORE
-----
IN ABIDING MEMORY OF THE COMRADES
OF THE
RYDE POST OFFICE STAFF
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
-----
names as given below
-----
1914 - 1918



Further Information

Names as recorded

Name Links
 
F T FREESTON CWGC record ...
E PHILLIPS CWGC record ...
A E SPRAGG CWGC record ...
H F TRUEMAN CWGC record ...
W M WOLFE CWGC record ... Biographical information


 



 
 

 
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