A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Ventnor -
- Methodist Church - Desmond Woodnutt Memorial -



 
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.
Memorial

Ventnor  Methodist Church Desmond Woodnutt memorial
 
Ventnor  Methodist Church
 
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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