Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Ryde -
- Isle of Wight College -
- Appley House School War Memorial -

Location

In St John's Church, Ryde, Isle of Wight
 
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Description

The Isle of Wight College was formed in 1880 as a Limited company offering a public school education to boys from about 8 to 18 years of age. It was a short lived venture; by 1895, there were legal moves to wind up the company's affairs, but it was not until 1905 that the School was finally closed. It was located in Appley House, the former home of a Mr M Clayton, and at some time neighbouring buildings in Appley Rise were also used. The buildings were sold in 1905 to the Benedictine Order from Solesmes in France, which now form part of St Cecilia's Abbey in Ryde.

A separate undertaking, Appley House School, was created in the latter part of the 1900's

The Memorial from this school is now housed in St John's Church Ryde. It is not known who commissioned the Memorial, as the Isle of Wight College had been closed for nearly 10 years prior to the outbreak of the First World War, but since one of the men named (M J G Whittam) was the son of the Rev W G Whittam, the last Head Master of the Isle of Wight College, it is presumed that he had some part in the creation of the Memorial which seems to cover pupils from both the Isle of Wight College and Appley House School eras.

The School, by now named as Little Appley School, closed in December 1966.

See Ryde Borough Great War Memorial for other Ryde names.

[Memorial not visited or recorded by the Memorials in Isle of Wight team - details provided by Miss Jean Lowe]

Memorial


 

Inscription


Further Information

Names as recorded by Miss Jean Lowe

Name	Rank	Unit	Details of death	Further information
DERRY, D C P	2ND LT	2ND HAMPSHIRE REG	KILLED AT SUVLA BAY 6.8.1915 AGE 32 YRS CWGC record ...	Biographical information
MACLEOD, G C S	CAPT	BLACK WATCH, DCM	KILLED IN FRANCE 13 MAY [1915] AGE 37 YRS CWGC record ...	Memorial in St John's Church  Biographical information
WHITTAM, M J G	LT	WEST RIDING REG	KILLED AT SUVLA BAY AUG 1915 AGE 21 YRS CWGC record ...	Biographical Information
BALDERS, A W	CAPT	NORFOLK REG	KILLED IN THE CAMEROONS NOV 1915 CWGC record ...	Biographical Information
CREE, A V	2ND LT	ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS	KILLED IN THE YPRES SALIENT FEB 1916 CWGC record ...	Biographical Information
LEVINGE, R W	SIR, BARONET	1ST LIFE GUARDS	KILLED YPRES 24.10.1914 AGE 30 YRS CWGC record ...	Biographical information
NICHOLSON, V	FLT LT	RN	KILLED MUDROS 10.7.1916 AGE 30 CWGC record ...	Biographical Information Also commemorated at Shalfleet St Michael's Church
NORTHWAY, F L	LT	CAPE MOUNTED RIFLES	KILLED AT SANDFONTEIN, S W AFRICA 26.9.1914 40 YRS CWGC record ...	Biographical information
ALEXANDER, G	BRG MAJOR		KILLED AND BURIED AT SAILLY- SUR-LYS AUG 1917 CWGC record ...	Biographical Information
LACE, W H	MAJOR	ROYAL ENG, MC	KILLED AT TOURNAI, BELGIUM 8.11.1918 AGE 29 CWGC record ...	Biographical Information
DASHWOOD, R P	2ND LT	RIFLE BRIGADE	7.10.1916 AGE 22 CWGC record ...	Biographical Information

Another pupil at Appley House School from 1906 - 1910 was George Raymond Dallas Moor who was awarded the VC, MC and Bar in the Great War. Born in Australia, he went on to Cheltenham College, before being commissioned in the Hampshire Regiment. He died of Spanish influenza in 1918. CWGC record ...