A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Whippingham -
- St Mildred's Church G P Shedden Memorial -

Location

In St Mildred's Church, Whippingham, Isle of Wight, PO32 6LP.
 
See map on www.streetmap.co.uk
 
National Inventory of War Memorials Record

Link : NIWM Reference 40872  
 
English Heritage Listing Status

St Mildred's Church is Grade I Listed. Since the Memorial forms part of the fittings of the Church, is it assumed that it is included within the Listing.
 
Description

Bronze plaque
Memorial

Whippingham St Mildred's Church G P Shedden Memorial
 
Inscription


IN PROUD AND LOVING
MEMORY OF
GRAHAM PERCIVAL
SHEDDEN

CAPTAIN R.G.A. 55TH HEAVY
BATTERY 2ND DIVISION
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT
WAR IN THE FIRST BATTLE OF
YPRES AT THE CHATEAU OF
HOOGE WHEN H.Q. WAS
SHELLED OCTOBER 31ST 1914
AGED 28

"Their name liveth for evermore"


 

Further Information

Son of George and Alice Shedden, of Spring Hill, East Cowes, Isle of Wight.

CWGC record ...



From The Times 10th Nov 1914


 


 
 

 
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