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Location
In Sandown Fire Station, East Yar Road, Sandown, Isle of Wight IWM War Memorials Archive Record These Memorials are not recorded by the War Memorials Archive. Historic England Listing Status This building is not Listed. Description A brass plaque naming 2 Fire Brigade men from Sandown who died in the First World War. A smaller plaque records that it was unveiled by H.R.H. Princess Beatrice on 21st July 1921, the same day that the main Sandown War Memorial was dedicated. The Roll of Service names the two Firemen who died, and records the 12 other Fire Officers and Men of the Brigade who also served. Originally sited in the Fire Station in Grafton Street, it was relocated when the new Fire Station was built. It is presumed that the Roll of Service was also created in about 1921, and relocated with the brass plaque at the same time. |
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Memorials
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Inscription
IN MEMORY OF
FIREMEN HUGH D. DENNETT EDWARD J. CASSFORD WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
SANDOWN I.W.
F. OSBORNE & CO LTD LONDON
THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED
- ON - 21ST JULY 1921 - BY - H.R.H. PRINCESS BEATRICE
Great War 1914- 18
Roll of Service E J Cassford Pte. 2nd Hants. Killed, Gallipoli 6/8/15 H B Dennett Pte. R.A.M.C. Killed, France 18/10/18 ~~~~
Further Information
B.R.C.S. = British Red Cross Society. Bert Holbrook was a cousin of George Frederick Holbrook and second cousin of Henry Michael O'Hare who are both commemorated on Sandown War Memorial. Documents and Newspaper Reports :
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY PRESS
Saturday, November 7, 1914 Page 8 THE ISLAND AND THE WAR SANDOWN Four members of the Sandown Fire Brigade - Messrs. W.H. Brown, Sidney Brown, Bert Holbrook, and E. Draper - have left for ambulance duties at the Front. They each hold ambulance certificates and are members of the Fire Brigade Division of the Red Cross. There are six members of the Brigade serving in various capacities, Hugh Dennett being with the 26th Field Ambulance while E.J. Cassford is with the 3rd Hants. 
Isle of Wight County Press, 27 Feb 1915
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY PRESS
Saturday, March 23, 1918 Page 5 THE ISLAND AND THE WAR SANDOWN The Mons ribbon has been awarded to the first four members of the Fire Brigade who went on ambulance work to France in the early days of the war. They are Wilfred and Sidney Brown, Ernest Draper and Bert Holbrook.
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY PRESS
Saturday, July 30, 1921 Previous to leaving the town the Princess visited the Fire-station,
where she was welcomed by Honorary-Chief-Officer J. Dore,
and graciously unveiled a brass tablet to the memory of
Firemen Hugh Dennett and Edward J. Cassford, members of the
Brigade who gave their lives in the war. Mr Dore referred to the
excellent war service of the Brigade, and, after unveiling the
memorial the Princess asked that the mothers of the two men
might be presented to her. The chief officer of the Brigade,
Dr. H.B. Billups, was also presented to Her Royal Highness.
Part of a report on the unveiling of Sandown War Memorial by H.R.H. Princess Beatrice. It would seem from this that the unveiling of Sandown War Memorial and the Fire Brigade plaque took place on Monday 25 July 1921, not 21 July 1921. Acknowledgments : Thanks to staff at Sandown Fire Station for permission to photograph the Memorials Janet Griffin for further newspaper research |
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page last updated : 15 July 2015 (added further newspaper report)
page last updated : 15 July 2015 (added further newspaper report)