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Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
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Events Index

This section provides links to a selection of wartime events where there was a connection to the Isle of Wight.

World War I - 1914 - 1918

26 Nov 1914Loss of HMS Bulwark due to internal explosion
31 Oct 1915Loss of patrol vessel HMY Aries
20 Apr 1916Loss of the ss Whitgift
30 Aug 1916Ventnor man killed in Indian Railway accident


World War II - 1939 - 1945

14 October 1939Sinking of HMS Royal Oak
11 January 1940Loss of launch to THV Vestal
25 May 1941Sinking of HMS Hood
7 April 1943Newport Air Raid


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Page last updated : 12 August 2014 (added HMS Bulwark)


 
 

 
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