Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Godshill -
- Parish War Memorial -

Location

At Memorial Garden, Church Hill, Godshill, Isle of Wight, PO38 3HY.
 
IWM War Memorials Archive Record

Link : War Memorials Archive Reference 21806
 
Historic England Listing Status

The War Memorial is not Listed
 
Isle of Wight Council Local Listing Status

The War Memorial has been included in the list of structures of Local importance held by the Isle of Wight Council (June 2008).
 
Description

A stone obelisk. Three name panels.

Originally located in School Road, the position of the memorial meant that services were difficult to hold.

Moved to the Memorial garden in 2000, forming a group with various memorial benches.

Memorial


 

 

 

Inscription


 
Further Information

Name	Links
1914 - 1919
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A H ATTRILL	CWGC record ...	Biographical information
G A CHEVERTON	CWGC record ...
H CRUTCHER	CWGC record ...
H S DENNESS	CWGC record ...
A G GIBBS	CWGC record ...
A H GLADDIS	CWGC record ...	Biographical information
M HAYDEN	No CWGC record, as he died in 1917 following discharge from the Army	Biographical information
J H PARROTT	CWGC record ...	Buried at Freshwater (All Saints) Churchyard
F M RUSSELL	CWGC record ...	Biographical information
R J SAUNDERS	CWGC record ... Australian War Memorial record ...	Buried in Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Biographical information
J S SHOTTON	CWGC record ...	Biographical information
R G SQUIBB	CWGC record ...	Biographical information
F THORNE	CWGC record ...	Buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
W WALKER	Possible CWGC record ...
Others associated with Godshill :
Charles BREWER	CWGC record ...
	CWGC record gives : Son of Charles and Emily Brewer; husband of Louisa Marion Brewer (nee Sparrow), of 207, Grove St., Deptford, London. Native of Isle of Wight. The death notice in the Isle of Wight County Press of 25 August 1917 states "BREWER - July 14, killed in action in France, Charles Brewer of Godshill, eldest son of the late Mrs Brewer of Bournemouth, aged 25." Soldiers Died in the Great War gives his place of birth as Pokesdown, Hants.
Sydney HAWKINS	CWGC record ...
	Born in Godshill in 1897, the son of Charles Henry and Rosa Hawkins. The family later moved to Lambourn in Berkshire. Killed in action near Loos, France on 14 April 1916, while serving with the Berkshire Regiment.
Frank STEVENS	CWGC record ...
	CWGC record gives : Son of James and Elizabeth Mary Stevens, of Kennerley Cottages, Godshill. Wroxall Isle of Wight. The death notice in the Isle of Wight County Press of 8 Dec 1917 states "STEVENS - Nov ---, killed in action in France, Gr Frank Stevens youngest son of Mr and Mrs J Stevens of Pagham-cottages near Rookley, aged 25." Soldiers Died in the Great War does not give his place of birth, but does show he enlisted, and was resident, in Godshill.
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1939 - 1945
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J ABBOTT	CWGC record ...
J ATTRILL	CWGC record ...
F HODGES	CWGC record ...
J WAY	CWGC record ...