Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Seaview -
- French Invasion Memorial -

Location

At High Street / Esplanade junction, Seaview, Isle of Wight
 
See map on www.streetmap.co.uk
 
National Inventory of War Memorials Record

Link : NIWM Reference 10551  
 
English Heritage Listing Status

The structure is not Listed.
 
Description

A metal plaque.

Memorial

Seaview French Invasion memorial
 
Inscription


DURING THE LAST INVASION OF THIS
COUNTRY HUNDREDS OF FRENCH TROOPS
LANDED ON THE FORESHORE NEARBY.
THIS ARMED INVASION WAS BLOODILY
DEFEATED AND REPULSED
BY LOCAL MILITIA

21ST JULY 1545


 

Further Information

For an account rebutting the information on the plaque see :

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/lordcornell/iwhr/plaq.htm


 


Seaview French Invasion memorial
 


 
 

 
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