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Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Shanklin -
- Shanklin's War Mural and Memorial -

Location

At the Royal British Legion Club, Collingwood Road, Shanklin, Isle of Wight
 
Description

A Memorial to those Residents of Shanklin who died in air raids on the town during World War II.

There are separate Memorials in the town to the groups of people named on this panel.

The Mural was designed by Karl Stedman and unveiled by the then Lord-Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight, Maj-Gen Martin White, CB, CBE, JP, on 11th February 2018.

Memorial









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Dedicated to the Firefighters & Residents
Killed in Shanklin in World War II

Shanklin Residents Firefighters Sacred Heart Victims
Louisa Baker (23.3.41) John Howard Blundell (5.5.42) Eva Cheetham (3.1.43)
Albert William Dove (23.3.41) Bertha Annie Shepherd (19.8.42) Mary Clare Joseph McLaughlin (3.1.43)
Helena Dove (23.3.41) Robert William Attrill (3.1.43) Mary Agnes Reddie-Fraser (3.1.43)
Emma Mary Piper (20.9.41) Alfred Buchanan Brown (3.1.43) Harry Rogers (3.1.43)
Bertha Annie Shepherd (19.8.42) David Cohen (3.1.43) Helena Kate Rogers (6.1.43)
Leslie Frank Drudge (3.1.43) Ivor Charles Day (3.1.43) Emily Mary Dale West (3.1.43)
Florence Mabel Hookey (3.1.43) Lawrence Eldridge (3.1.43)
Stella Frances Hookey (3.1.43) Harry Glantzspigel (3.1.43) St Paul's Victims
Rosemary Frances Poulter (3.1.43) Edward Francis Harris (3.1.43)
Nina Frances Wright (3.1.43) Thomas John Healey (3.1.43) Alice Isabella Irons (17.2.43)
Elizabeth Janet Buckley (17.2.43) Ruby May Howard (3.1.43) Rev Robert Beattie Irons (17.2.43)
Dorothy Isabel Holden SRN (17.2.43) Leslie Alfred Jacobs (3.1.43) Mary Alice Robertson (18.2.43)
Audrey Frances Kingswell (17.2.43) Edward James Kingswell (3.1.43)
Dorothy Kingswell (17.2.43) Percy James Sheath (3.1.43)
Mary Ann Kingswell (17.2.43)
Lily Violet Niblett (17.2.43)
Ethel Fanny Pike (17.2.43)
Marjorie Frances Pike (17.2.43)
George William Squibb (17.2.43)
Arthur Harold Moss (16.5.44)
Eliza Moss (21.5.44)
Patricia Mary Moss (16.5.44)
Helen Mercy Daniel (7.7.44)

Further Information

See the Shanklin Memorial index page which links to the other Memorial pages which name these men and women, and provide links to additional information



 
 

 
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