A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Wroxall -
- St John's Church : E C M Layton Memorial -

Location

In St John's Church, Wroxall, Isle of Wight, PO38 3BZ
 
See map on www.streetmap.co.uk
 
National Inventory of War Memorials Record

Link : NIWM Reference 40913  
 
English Heritage Listing Status

St John's Church is Listed Grade C. Since the Memorial forms part of the fittings of the Church, it is assumed to be covered by the Listing.
 
Description

Brass plaque.

Memorial

Wroxall St John's : E C M Layton memorial
 
Inscription


IN LOVING MEMORY OF
CAPTAIN EDWARD CHARLES MORRIS LAYTON
WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT KIKUMI
GERMAN EAST AFRICA ON SEPT 3RD 1916
IN THE 49TH YEAR OF HIS AGE
HE SERVED IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1900 - 02
AND IN THE GERMAN SOUTH WEST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN 1914 - 15


 

Further Information

Son of Charles and Elizabeth Layton, late of Wroxall, Isle of Wight, England.
 
Served as a Trooper in South Africa - commemorated on the Newport South Africa War Memorial
 
CWGC record ...


 


 
 

 
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