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Location
In the Prison ground, HMP Isle of Wight, Parkhurst, Isle of Wight IWM War Memorials Archive Record The memorial is not recorded by the IWM War Memorials Archive Description A brass plaque commemorating those prisoners who died while on active service, being on release from their sentences as volunteers. The Memorial was dedicated and unveiled at a ceremony on Friday, 22nd May 2015 by Major-General Martin White. The Memorial has not been visited by the Memorials on the Isle of Wight team |
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Memorial
not yet photographed - see image in report below |
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM MARINER AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS MAY 22ND 1915 Further Information
In the report of the original unveiling ceremony of a Memorial plaque to prisoners who fell, mention is made of a number of
ex-convicts being awarded gallantry awards, including a VC, held by a Salford man who served with the 2nd Bn King's Royal Rifles Corps.
© Isle of Wight County Press, 22nd May 2015 
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Page last updated 2nd July 2015 (added further newspaper report, with acknowledgments to Isle of Wight County Press)
Page last updated 2nd July 2015 (added further newspaper report, with acknowledgments to Isle of Wight County Press)