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

Location

At St Mildred's Church, Whippingham, Isle of Wight, PO32 6LP.
 
IWM War Memorials Archive Record

Link : War Memorials Archive Reference 40871  
 
Historic England Listing Status

The War Memorial was Listed as Grade II by Historic England in 2019. See Whippingham, Isle of Wight, HE Listing
 
Description

Calvary cross, with a stone panel bearing the names of Great War and World War II names on the church wall behind the calvary.

The cross, of Portland stone, with a teak Calvary, is 14 ft 6 in high, and was designed by Percy Stone, F.S.A. The inscription is a bronze panel at the base of the cross. The figure of Christ is in bronze.

The dedication service was conducted by the Bishop of Southampton and the memorial was unveiled on 20th September 1919 by HRH Princess Beatrice, whose son, Prince Maurice of Battenberg, is the first named on the Memorial.

Originally the names of the fallen were displayed in the church, but later (date unknown) the panels naming the fallen were installed on the wall.

Memorial


 

 

 

 

The War Memorial when originally installed

Inscription


 

Further Information

Name	Unit	Links
1914 - 1919
PRINCE MAURICE OF BATTENBERG	KRRC	CWGC record ...	Also commemorated at the Battenberg Memorial window at St Nicholas Chapel, Carisbrooke Castle Buried at Ypres Town Cemetery, Belgium
GRAHAM PERCIVAL SHEDDEN	RA	CWGC record ...	Memorial plaque in St Mildred's Church Buried at Ypres Town Cemetery, Belgium
ISAAC FOSS	I WIGHT RIFLES	CWGC record ...	Additional inscription on family grave in St Mildred's Churchyard
WILLIAM BUSH	HAMPSHIRE REGT	CWGC record ...	Biographical information
FRANK PLUMBLEY	HAMPSHIRE REGT	CWGC record ...
WILLIAM HENRY MOSDELL	HAMPSHIRE REGT	CWGC record ...
JOHN HENRY BARRETT	R SUSSEX	CWGC record ...	Additional inscription on family grave in St Mildred's Churchyard
JOHN BLAKE	MIDDLESEX REGT	CWGC record ...
JOSEPH C GRACE	CANADIAN CORPS	CWGC record ...
		Veteran Affairs Canada record ...
CLIFFORD J TOLMAN	R F CORPS	CWGC record ...	Biographical Information
FRANCIS THOMAS COX	ROYAL NAVY	CWGC record ...
ERNEST OWEN JOHNSON	ROYAL NAVY	CWGC record ...
ARTHUR JOHN SHEATH	ROYAL NAVY	CWGC record ... Arthur Lionel Sheath	Buried in St Mildred's Churchyard
CECIL EDWARD WILKINS	ROYAL NAVY	CWGC record ...	Additional inscription on family grave at Whippingham Churchyard
1939 - 1945
FRANK RANN	ROYAL NAVY	CWGC record ...	Biographical Information H.M.S. Royal Oak sinking
FREDERICK JOHN TRUSLER	RAF	CWGC record ...	Biographical Information
ALFRED RANN	RE	CWGC record ...	Biographical Information
SYDNEY JOHN GEORGE HEWER	Ht RE	CWGC record ...
EDWARD TOWL COLLINS, OBE	RE	CWGC record ...
see also
H JONES	ROYAL AIR FORCE	CWGC record ...	Buried in St Mildred's Churchyard
Also associated with Whippingham, but not given on Memorial :
EVELYN FRANCES ABROOK	Civilian	CWGC record ...	Of Ryde Road Cottages, Whippingham, Isle of Wight. Wife of Spr. William Abrook, Royal Engineers. Died at Park Prewett Hospital, Sherbone St. John, Basingstoke.