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Location
Held by Ventnor Heritage Centre and Museum, Spring Hill, Ventnor, Isle of Wight Formerly in Methodist Church, High Street, Ventnor, Isle of Wight See map on www.streetmap.co.uk National Inventory of War Memorials Record The memorial is not currently recorded by the NIWM Description Brass memorial plaque. Approx 15" x 8". Following the closure of the Church in 2008, the Memorial plaques were transferred to the Heritage Centre. |
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Memorial
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Inscription
WITH THANKSGIVING TO GOD AND IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF DESMOND WOODNUTT, R.E. A LOCAL PREACHER AND OFFICER OF THIS CHURCH KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS COMMANDO 9TH JUNE 1941 AND LAID TO REST BY A RIVER IN SYRIA His Lieutenant wrote of him. "A TRUE AND ARDENT CHRISTIAN." Further Information DESMOND WOODNUTT was the son of the Revd. Alfred George Woodnutt and Helen Woodnutt, of Ventnor, Isle of Wight. CWGC record ... Also remembered at the Methodist Church : Roll of Honour |
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