A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Ryde -
- National Fire Service War Memorial -

Location

In Ryde Fire Station, Nicholson Road, Ryde, Isle of Wight
 
See map on www.streetmap.co.uk
 
National Inventory of War Memorials Record

This Memorial is not recorded by the NIWM.
 
English Heritage Listing Status

This building is not Listed.
 
Description

A stone plaque naming National Fire Service men from Ryde who died in the Second World War.

Originally sited in the Fire Station in Station Street, it was relocated when the new Fire Station was built.
Memorial

Ryde Fire Station War Memorial
 
Inscription


NFS

H J DEWEY
C H WEEKS
A B BROWN
KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION
1939 - 1945



Further Information
 
Name Links
 
Ldg Fireman H J DEWEY CWGC record ... Died 5th May 1942 in air raid on Cowes, at Marvin's Yard
Fireman C H WEEKS CWGC record ... Died 5th May 1942 in air raid on Cowes, at Marvin's Yard
Fireman A B BROWN CWGC record ... Died 3rd January 1943 in air raid at Shanklin Fire Station

All three men are recorded on the Fire Services Memorial near St Paul's Cathedral in London.
 


 
 

 
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