A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- East Cowes -
- ARP War Memorial -

Location

In churchyard of St James Church, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO32 6JT
 
IWM War Memorials Archive Record

Link : War Memorials Archive Reference 21796
 
English Heritage Listing Status

St James Church is Grade II Listed. Since the War Memorial is sited within the curtilage, it is assumed that it is covered by the Listing.

The Memorial was listed in its own right in 2020 at Grade II. See ARP Memorial, East Cowes, HE Listing
 
Description

A stone cross, bearing names of WW II members of the Air Raid Precautions Service.
Memorial

East Cowes ARP War memorial
 
Inscription


SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF

Senior Warden EDWARD KERSEY
Warden MONTAGUE B B BRINTON
Warden WILLIAM M COWBURN
Mrs ALICE F HANN W.V.S.

KILLED ON DUTY IN THE WAR 1939-1945

"We will remember them"

ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES OF THE CIVIL DEFENCE
WARDEN AND AMBULANCE SERVICES EAST COWES



 
Further Information

Name Links
Edward Kersey CWGC Record ... Buried at East Cowes (Kingston Road) Cemetery in the Communal Grave
Montague B B Brinton CWGC Record ... Buried at East Cowes (Kingston Road) Cemetery
William M Cowburn CWGC Record ... Buried at East Cowes (Kingston Road) Cemetery
Alice F Hann CWGC Record ... See also Frank James Hospital : Hann memorial
Buried at East Cowes (Kingston Road) Cemetery in the Communal Grave


 
 

 
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