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Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- What's New 2008 -



Ventnor Methodist Church
Roll of Honour


Great War Tank at Ryde


Cowes Blitz 1942


Sir Edward Elgar, Ventnor


Post Office staff, Ventnor



Date of Addition Description and Location of Addition
2 December 2008
Added Biographical Entry for :
Arthur Orchard of Arreton and Freshwater.
27 November 2008
Added Entries for additional inscriptions on headstones at Mount Joy Cemetery for WW I and some civilian burials for WW II :
Mount Joy WW I
H E Barton
J Bull
T A Drudge
W G Plucknett
A E Tayler (Taylor)
A L Wickens
Mount Joy WW II
Chiverton family
P J Sheath
F W White
14 November 2008
Added Entry for :
J A Ryan (additional inscription on family grave, Northwood Cemetery)
13 November 2008
Added Entry for :
Foresters' War Memorial, Cowes
7 November 2008
Added Event Entry for :
Loss of launch to THV Vestal, 11 January 1940
7 November 2008
Added Biographical Entries for :
S T Ivory, of Cowes
G T Winser, of Cowes
11 September 2008
Added Biographical Entry for :
V G Midlane, of Newport
19 August 2008
Added Entries for :
Ventnor Methodist Church Roll of Honour
Ventnor Methodist Church Desmond Woodnutt Memorial
14 August 2008
Added Biographical Entries for :
V Nicholson, of Shalfleet / Yarmouth
K I Mackenzie, of Ryde
13 August 2008
Added Entry for Great War Memorial Tanks, Ryde and Newport
12 August 2008
Added Entry for P/O A Lyall, Rill Farm, Whiteley Bank
12 August 2008
Added Biographical Entries for
Cyril O Channing of Ventnor
Lionel G Dowling of Ventnor
Albert A King of Ventnor
Leslie H Croad of Cowes
Rupert S Darbyshire of Bembridge
Ian A Mead of Bembridge
Derrick J Monk of Ryde
Frederick W Stubbings of Sandown
Frederick J Walker of Newport
(information from John Bloodworth)
15 July 2008
Added Biographical Entry for
William G Silvester of Ryde
5 June 2008
Added Entry for
Bembridge Roll of Honour 1914

5 June 2008
Updated Entry for
Haven Street War Shrine to add a contemporary photograph of the Shrine

5 June 2008
Updated Entry for
Carisbrooke War memorial to add unveiling photographs, and to note an additional name for the Malaya Emergency

16 May 2008
Added Entry for
Cowes Blitz 1942 plaque at Francki Place, Cowes

6 May 2008
Added Biography for
Fred Burton RGA, formerly IW Constabulary, Newport

6 May 2008
Added Biography and photographs for
Charles Buckell from Wroxall

6 May 2008
Added Biography and photograph for
George White from Lake

18 April 2008
Added photographs for
Parkhurst Estate

18 April 2008
Added photographs for
Wroxall Methodist Church

18 April 2008
Added entry for
P Beattie-Crozier at Wroxall Cemetery

18 April 2008
Added photographs for
G J Squibb at Niton Baptist Chapel

18 April 2008
Updated entry for
Freshwater War Memorial adding 8 names missed from original list

16 April 2008
Added entry for
East Wight Scouts Memorial Service 12 January 1919

2 April 2008
Added entry for
Shorwell Village Hall

29 February 2008
Added entry for
Post Office staff in Ventnor

29 February 2008
Added entry for
St Wilfrid's RC Primary School in Ventnor

29 February 2008
Added biographical entries for
William A Barnes of Northwood
Robert N Treadwell of Northwood
Keith I Mackenzie of Ryde
29 February 2008
Updated biographical details for
J F A Wodehouse at Cowes St Mary's Church
8 January 2008
Updated entry for the Sir Edward Elgar plaque at Alexandra Gardens, Ventnor
31 December 2007
Moved previous News items

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Ventnor Methodist Church
Desmond Woodnutt

P/O Archibald (Pat) Lyall

P/O Archibald (Pat) Lyall
 
Haven Street : Shrine
Haven Street War Shrine
 

Village Hall, Shorwell


St Wilfrid's RC Primary School, Ventnor


 
 

 
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