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Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Mottistone -
- SS Peter & Paul's Church - G C H Wykeham Memorial WW II -

Location

In SS Peter & Paul's Church, Mottistone, Isle of Wight, PO30 4DZ.
 
See map on www.streetmap.co.uk
 
National Inventory of War Memorials Record

Link : NIWM Reference 40812
 
English Heritage Listing Status

The Church of SS Peter & Paul is Listed Grade II. Since the Memorial forms part of the fabric of the Church, it is covered by the Listing.
 
Description

Polished grey stone plaque, black and red inscriptions, with family coat of arms and regimental badge.
Memorial

Mottistone : G C H Wykeham memorial WW II
 
Mottistone : G C H Wykeham : crest
 
Inscription


In perfect memory of
GODFREY CHARLES
HERBERT WYKEHAM


Major, the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Born October 5th 1904.
Killed at Cassel, Flanders May 30th 1940
with many others of his Regiment while
fighting a magnificent rearguard
action covering the evacuation
of the British Expeditionary
Force from Dunkirk.

I am the Resurrection and the Life.


Further Information

CWGC record ...


 


 
 

 
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