Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Porchfield -
- Village War Memorial -

Location

On the green outside the Village Hall, Corf Road, Porchfield, Isle of Wight
 
IWM War Memorials Archive Record

Link : War Memorials Archive Reference 21814
 
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

An obelisk bearing the names of the Porchfield men who died in both World Wars.

The original wooden cross was replaced by the present memorial, due to the deterioration in the original wooden structure.

See also the Methodist Church War memorial plaque in the Village Hall.

Memorial


 

 

 

Inscription


 
The inscription on the original wooden cross read ...
 

Further Information

Name	Links
World War I
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BERTIE BENNETT	CWGC record ...
WALTER GOODMAN	CWGC record ...
HARRY SAUNDERS	CWGC record ...
CHRISTOPHER BUCKETT	CWGC record ...
GEOFFREY GREATOREX	CWGC record ...
ALFRED STEPHENS	CWGC record ...
ALBERT FORD	CWGC record ...	Buried at Parkhurst Military Cemetery
CHARLES OSBOURNE	CWGC record ...
ARTHUR THOMPSON	CWGC record ...	Buried at Woods Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
GEORGE PRAGNELL	CWGC record ... George Prangnell
World War II
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AUBREY BUTLER	CWGC record ...