Location
In the grounds of St Boniface (new) Church, Bonchurch, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, PO38 1NX.
IWM War Memorials Archive Record
Link : War Memorials Archive Reference 21716
Historic England Listing Status
The War Memorial was Listed as Grade II by Historic England in 2019. See Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, HE Listing
Description and history
A celtic cross with sword superimposed.
The cross is made of Caen stone, with a marble shaft, and was manufactured by Messrs Maile & Son, of London.
Dedicated by the Rural Dean of East Wight, April 1920.
World War II names added in 1950.
See also :
St Boniface (new) Church Pulpit War Memorial
St Boniface (new) Church Roll of Honour
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Inscription
TO THE MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF BONCHURCH
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1919
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names as given below
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1939-45
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names as given below
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Names recorded
| CWGC Links | Other links |
| WW I names |
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| F. ANDREWS |
CWGC record ... |
Biographical information |
| E.E. BOUSFIELD |
CWGC record ... |
Bousfield memorial in St Boniface (new) Church
Biographical information |
| H.N. COTTON |
CWGC record ... |
Biographical information
Buried in St Boniface Churchyard
Court Providence No 5134 Ancient Order of Foresters War Memorial |
| G.E. HARBOURNE |
CWGC record ... |
Biographical information |
| H. HASTINGS |
CWGC record ... |
Biographical information |
| G. HITCHMAN |
CWGC record ... |
Biographical information |
| V. JOLLIFFE |
CWGC record ... |
Biographical information |
| B. MILLS |
CWGC record ... |
Biographical information |
| L.H. PROTHERO |
CWGC record ... |
Biographical information |
| T. REW |
CWGC record ... |
Biographical information
Court Providence No 5134 Ancient Order of Foresters War Memorial |
| G. RUSSELL |
CWGC record ... |
Biographical information
Russell memorial in St Boniface (new) Church |
| H.E. RUSSELL |
CWGC record ... |
Biographical information |
| W. SAUNDERS |
CWGC record ... |
Biographical information |
| H.E. SEWELL |
CWGC record ... |
Biographical information |
| G. STIRLING |
CWGC record ...
G Sterling |
Biographical information
Also appears on Bembridge War Memorial |
| G. WHITE |
CWGC record ... |
Biographical information |
| G. WOODFORD |
CWGC record ... |
Biographical information |
| C. COSH |
CWGC record ... |
Biographical information |
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| WW II names |
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| A. KING |
CWGC record ... |
Biographical information |
| N.V. LOWE |
CWGC record ...
Hobson Victor Lowe |
Buried in Banneville-la-Campagne Cemetery, Normandy |
| R.G. MORRIS |
CWGC record ... |
Buried in St Boniface Churchyard |
| J.E. PRICE |
CWGC record ... |
Buried in St Boniface Churchyard |
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| Others associated with Bonchurch, but not named on Memorial : WW II |
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| Roland Cecil Harris |
CWGC record ... |
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Civilian. Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Harris, of The Maples, Bonchurch, Isle of Wight; husband of Doreen Harris.
Died in an aircraft crash 10 miles west of Jebel Banam, Iraq, 13th June 1941 aged 39.
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ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY
Friday, July 11, 1941
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DEATH
HARRIS. - Roland Cecil, dearly loved son of Una Muriel and Henry Harris, and brother of Percy
and Fred Harris, in an aeroplane accident near Basra, on June 13th.
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| Harold Leslie Munt |
CWGC record ... |
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Married Ivy Ayres of Bonchurch. It is uncertain whether he lived in Bonchurch at any time.
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ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY
Friday, August 11, 1944
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ON ACTIVE SERVICE
MUNT. - In July, in Italy, Sergt. Harry Leslie Munt, dearly beloved husband of Ivy (née Ayres),
and only son of Mr. and Mrs. H.G. Munt, of Chichester.
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KILLED IN ACTION. - We hear with regret of the death on active service in Italy of Sergt.
Harry Leslie Munt, who married a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. Ayres, Westfield, Bonchurch.
He had come safely through Dunkirk and the African Campaign.
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| William Aubrey Weeks |
CWGC record ... |
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Born in Bonchurch, on 19 March 1891, the son of William Weeks and Betsy Fanny Weeks, (née Brett).
Stoker in the Royal Navy. Served in WW I; recalled for service in WW II, and died at the R.N. Haslar Hospital, Gosport, on 23 December 1944, of broncho-pneumonia and cardiac failure.
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Buried at Ventnor Cemetery.
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Page last updated : 3 September 2017 (added W A Weeks)
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