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Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Brading St Mary the Virgin Church -
- Memorial to Capt G Fardell -

Location

In St Mary's Church, Brading, Isle of Wight, PO36 0DQ.
 
See map on www.streetmap.co.uk
 
National Inventory of War Memorials Record

Link : NIWM Reference 40744  
 
English Heritage Listing Status

St Mary's Church is Grade I Listed. Since the War Memorial forms part of the fabric of the Church, is it assumed that it is included within the Listing.
 
Description and history

A three-light stained glass window in the north wall of the Church

The memorial window was unveiled in September 1920, by the Bishop of Southampton.
Memorial

Memorial to G Fardell
 
Memorial to G Fardell
 

 
Inscription


TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF
GERVASE FARDELL, M.C.
CAPTAIN 60TH RIFLES
KILLED IN ACTION NEAR
MOYELLES 3 MILES
SOUTH OF CAMBRAI
29TH SEPTEMBER 1918
MAY HE REST IN PEACE


 
Further information

From CWGC record :

Son of John and Margaret Mary Fardell, of Morton Manor, Brading, Isle of Wight.

CWGC record ...

Buried at : Flesquieres Hill British Cemetery

Memorial to G Fardell

London Gazette posthumous citation for Military Cross, 5 November 1918


 


Memorial to G Fardell
Memorial to G Fardell
 

 


 
 

 
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