A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Freshwater -
- War Memorial -

Location

In churchyard of All Saints Church, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, PO40 9BW
 
See map on www.streetmap.co.uk
 
National Inventory of War Memorials Record

Link : NIWM Reference 40749
 
English Heritage Listing Status

The War Memorial is listed Grade II by English Heritage.
 
Description

A stone cross, bearing names of WW I and WW II servicemen from Freshwater. Believed to have been designed by Percy G Stone F.S.A.

There is also a small panel inset into the grass at the base of the memorial with a number of WW II casualties' names. This repeats part of the main inscription on the cross which is now quite worn.


Memorial

Freshwater War memorial
 
Freshwater War memorial
 
Freshwater War memorial
 
Freshwater War memorial
 
Freshwater War memorial
 
Freshwater War memorial
 
Freshwater All Saints Church
Inscription


IN MEMORY OF
THOSE FROM THIS
PARISH WHO FELL
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1919
-----
names as given below
-----
AND IN
1939 - 1945
-----
names as given below
-----
THEIR NAME
LIVETH FOR
EVERMORE


 
Names as recorded

Name Rank and Unit Links
 
Great War Panel 1  
 
ALBERT J ARGYLE PTE. NORTH. FUS. CWGC record ...
KEITH K AYLES ST. R.N. CWGC record ...Memorial inscription at All Saints Churchyard
WILLIAM H BAKER SERGT. R.G.A. CWGC record ...
HILTON BARNES PTE. HAMPS. R. CWGC record ...
HARRY BARTLETT P.O. R.N. CWGC record ...
CHARLES BRICE SERGT. R.G.A. CWGC record ...
JESSE BRINE PTE. SOM. L.I. CWGC record ...
FRED. BURTON DR. R.G.A. CWGC record ... Biographical information
Also commemorated on IW Constabulary Memorial
WILLIAM CAKE P.O. R.N. CWGC record ...
JOHN E CARPENTER PTE. SOM. L.I. CWGC record ...
WILLIAM CARROLL CORP. R.G.A. CWGC record ...
PERCY COOK BR. R.F.A.(T) CWGC record ...
WILLIAM COOK GR. R.F.A.(T) CWGC record ...
WILLIAM G COOK PTE. HAMPS. R. CWGC record ...
EDWIN H COOMBES LT. BORD. R. CWGC record ...
J E H Coombes
H TEMPLE COTTON, DSO LT-COL. S. LAN. R. CWGC record ...
HERBERT COTTON BR. R.F.A.(T) CWGC record ...
EDWIN A CROOKS L CORP. HAMPS R. CWGC record ...
JOHN G CROOKS PTE. HAMPS. R. CWGC record ...
FREDERICK C DIBDEN CORP. NORTH. FUS. CWGC record ...
 
Great War Panel 1a  
 
GILBERT W COOPER PTE. DORSET R. CWGC record ...
HILTON A C MEW SPR. R.E. CWGC record ... Additional Inscription on family gravestone at All Saints Churchyard
 
Great War Panel 2  
 
DOUGLAS G DIFFEY PTE. LOND. R. CWGC record ... Also commemorated on Freshwater Scouts Roll of Honour
WILLIAM H DIMMICK PTE. HAMPS. R. CWGC record ...
REGINALD R DRAKE SGT. CAN. R.E. CWGC record ...
Veteran Affairs Canada record ...
DAVID A DUNCAN FLT. S/LT. R.N. CWGC record ...
LAWRENCE ELDRIDGE GR. R.H.A. CWGC record ...
J L Eldridge
THOMAS S GALLOP 2/LT. CAN. R.A.F. CWGC record ...
Veteran Affairs Canada record ...
GODFREY GILBERT L.CORP. R.E. CWGC record ...
THOMAS GILBERT GR. R.G.A. CWGC record ...
CHARLES GOLDIE, MM C.S.M. WORCS. R. CWGC record ...
GERALD GOSDEN DR. R.F.A.(T) CWGC record ...
H DE BUTTS GRANT CAPT. R.F.A. CWGC record ...
EDWARD G GREEN PTE. DRAG. GDS. CWGC record ... Additional inscription on family grave at All Saints Church, Freshwater
CHARLES J GREGORY DR. R.F.A.(T) CWGC record ...
SIDNEY GRIMES GR. R.G.A. CWGC record ...
WILLIAM J HUTCHINGS PTE. CAN. INF. CWGC record ...
Veteran Affairs Canada record ...
GEORGE H JUSTICE CAPT. R. INNIS. FUS. CWGC record ...
S W LOUDOUN-SHAND, VC MAJ. YORK. R. CWGC record ... Biography for S W Loudoun-Shand
ERNEST LOWE DR. R.F.A.(T) CWGC record ...
WILLIAM T MEAD P.O. R.N. CWGC record ...
 
Great War Panel 2a  
 
BERT RIDDETT PTE. DORSET R. CWGC record ... not found
W BARRINGTON SILVER MAJ. R.I.FUS. CWGC record ... Buried at All Saints Churchyard
 
Great War Panel 3  
 
GEORGE H MERWOOD GR. R.F.A.(T) CWGC record ...
ARTHUR G MITCHELL GR. R.F.A.(T) No CWGC record Believed to have died in 1918 and buried at Freshwater All Saints Churchyard
RAYMOND MORGAN PTE. WILTS. R. CWGC record ...
RONALD R O'CONOR 2/LT C. GDS. CWGC record ...
HARRY ORCHARD PTE. CAN. HIGHS. CWGC record ...
Veteran Affairs Canada record ...
Additional inscription on family grave at All Saints Church, Freshwater
FREDERICK R PHILIPS GR. R.F.A.(T) CWGC record ...
WALTER PHILIPS PTE. A.I.F. CWGC record ...
Australian War Memorial record ...
recorded as Waterford Phillips
J CHRISTOPHER W POULTER CORP. R. SUSS. R. CWGC record ...
FREDERICK C PRAGNELL GR. R.F.A.(T) CWGC record ...
FREDERICK PRIDDLE SERGT. R.F.A. CWGC record ...
EDWARD J PRITCHARD STO. R.N. CWGC record ... Buried at All Saints Churchyard
WILLIAM A REED GR. R.F.A.(T) CWGC record ...
ROBERT ROLFE BR. R.G.A. CWGC record ...
WILLIAM H ROLFE BR. R.F.A. CWGC record ... Additional inscription on family grave at All Saints Church, Freshwater
ERNEST R RUSSELL GR. R.G.A. CWGC record ...
HAROLD V RUSSELL DR. R.F.A.(T) CWGC record ...
ARCHIBALD SAUNDERS L/CP. R.W. SURR. CWGC record ... Additional inscription on family grave at All Saints Church, Freshwater
PERCY J SHELFER GR. R.F.A. CWGC record ...
ERNEST SHOTTER, MM CORP. R.G.A. CWGC record ...
BERTRAM C SIMMONDS DR. R.F.A.(T) CWGC record ...
 
Great War Panel 3a  
 
ROBERT C SMITH GNR. R.F.A.(T) CWGC record ...
THOMAS W SMITH GNR. R.F.A.(T) CWGC record ... not found
SDGW gives Gunner 855378 Thomas Smith,
died in Turkey 15/2/1917
 
Great War Panel 4  
 
JOHN W SLINGSBY CORP. R.G.A. CWGC record ...
PERCY SMITH P.O. R.N.A.S. CWGC record ... Biography and circumstances of death
ARTHUR SPENCER PTE. NORTH. FUS. CWGC record ...
BENJAMIN SPENCER PTE. N. LAN. R. CWGC record ...
EDMUND D SPICER 2/LT. R.F.C. CWGC record ... Biography and circumstances of death
FRANK W SYMMANS GR. R.G.A. CWGC record ... Biographical information
A AUBREY TENNYSON CAPT. RIF. BRIG. CWGC record ... Biographical Information
A A Tennyson memorial in All Saints Church
HAROLD C TENNYSON S/LT. R.N. CWGC record ... Biographical Information
H C Tennyson memorial in All Saints Church
Buried at All Saints Churchyard
H LESLIE TERREY MAJ. R.G.A. CWGC record ...
GEORGE E TOOGOOD SERGT. R.A.F. CWGC record ...
J W TOWERS-CLARK LT. R. SC. FUS. CWGC record ... J W Towers-Clark memorial in
Holy Trinity Church, Bembridge
Biographical Information
S FRANK URRY PTE. LOND. R. CWGC record ... Also commemorated on Freshwater Scouts Roll of Honour
OLIVER R WALFORD 2/LT. HAMPS. R. CWGC record ...
NORMAN WELLINGTON DR. R.F.A. CWGC record ...
DAVID WETHERALL, MM Q.M.S. R.G.A. CWGC record ... not found
WALLACE WHITEWOOD PTE. HAMPS R. CWGC record ...
ARTHUR WHITTINGTON SERGT. R.E. CWGC record ...
CHARLES E A WILSON CAPT. R.A.M.C. CWGC record ...
LAURENCE T WILSON 2/LT. R.G.A. CWGC record ...
PERCY WINDEBANK C.S.M. HAMPS. R. CWGC record ... Biographical Information
 
Great War Panel 4a  
 
ALBERT WILSON GR. R.G.A. CWGC record ... not found
VICTOR A LEGG DR. R.F.A.(T) CWGC record ...
 
------  
World War II Panels  
 
FREDERICK ANSELL S.M. R.A. CWGC record ... Buried at Parkhurst Military Cemetery
FREDERICK J BLUTE, DFM P.O. R.A.F. CWGC record ... Biography and circumstances of death
PETER M BURTON P.O. R.A.F. CWGC record ... Biography and circumstances of death
RICHARD BUXTON E.R.A. R.N. CWGC record ...
ERNEST G CASS FLT. SERGT. R.A.F. CWGC record ... Biography and circumstances of death
CHARLES T C COTTON CAPT. R.C.N.R. No CWGC record
Veteran Affair Canada record ...
Additional inscription on family grave at All Saints Church, Freshwater
PERCIVAL F DORMER SERGT. R.A.F. CWGC record ... Biography and circumstances of death
Additional inscription on family grave at All Saints Church, Freshwater
ARTHUR P FYLAN R.M.R. CWGC record ...
JAMES R FYLAN P.O. R.N. CWGC record ...
ANTHONY H GARWOOD R.M. CWGC record ...
EDWARD R GROVES FLT. SERGT. R.A.F. CWGC record ...
ERNEST H J GROVES SERGT. R.A.F. CWGC record ...
MARION J HUGHES V.A.D. CWGC record ... Buried at All Saints Churchyard
ARTHUR H JACKSON GR. R.A. CWGC record ... Buried at All Saints Churchyard
RICHARD W JACKSON BR. R.A. CWGC record ...
WILLIAM F KEMBLE CAPT. R.A. CWGC record ...
JAMES A P KNIGHT STO. R.N. CWGC record ...
ANTONY J LEWIS CAPT. R.W. FUS. CWGC record ...
ARTHUR C LOWE R.M. CWGC record ...
ELLIOTT P LUCKRAFT L/CORP. R.T.C. CWGC record ...
JOHN MERRITT CORP. R.A. CWGC record ... Buried at All Saints Churchyard
WILLIAM J NEWBOLD R.C. SIGS. CWGC record ...
RORY O'CONOR CAPT. R.N. CWGC record ...
FREDERICK A RAE LON. FIRE BDE. CWGC record ... Buried at All Saints Churchyard where the headstone also includes an inscription to Hector Rae.
Rae brothers memorial in All Saints Church
Frederick Rae is also commemorated on
the National Memorial of the United Kingdom Fire Service
near St Paul's Cathedral in London.
HECTOR R RAE P.O. R.N. CWGC record ... Rae brothers memorial in All Saints Church
ROY A W SMART AC2 R.A.F. CWGC record ... Buried at All Saints Churchyard
GEORGE R SMITH R.A. CWGC record ...
JACK T G W SMITH AB. R.N. CWGC record ... Buried at All Saints Churchyard
NORMAN C WHITEWOOD 1ST CL. STO. R.N. CWGC record ...
------  
Others associated with Freshwater : (WW I)  
------  
Colin Stephen Bond Son of Charles Augustus and Martha Elizabeth Bond, of 13, Augustus Rd., Hammersmith, London. Born at Freshwater, Isle of Wight. Died 4 June 1917.
CWGC record ...
Harold W Charles The Isle of Wight County Press Death Notice of 16 June 1917 reads "CHARLES - killed in action in Egypt on April 19th, Harold Charles R.S. Fusiliers, beloved husband of Ada Charles of 102 Carlingford-road, Wood Green, N., and only son of Mr and Mrs Charles, formerly of Freshwater." He enlisted in the Royal Scots Fusiliers in Glasgow.
CWGC record ...
Albert Francis John Dunford SDGW gives : born in Islington, resident in Westminster. According to the CWGC record he was the son of Joseph Albert and Alice Maud Dunford, of "Woodville," Middleton, Freshwater, Isle of Wight.
CWGC record ...
Francis Robert Burnett Garrard According to the CWGC record he was the son of Francis Charles and Annie Garrard, of Tofino (British Columbia, Canada); husband of Eileen M. Garrard, of The Corner House, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight, England.
CWGC record ...
Veteran Affairs Canada record ...
Howard Frederick Horton Born in Felixstowe, Suffolk, enlisted in Birmingham. According to the CWGC record he was the son of George Steer Horton and May Horton; husband of Annie Irene Hannor (formerly Horton), of Suffolk Cottage, Copse Lane, Freshwater, Isle of Wight
CWGC record ...
Herbert John Scott Son of Elizabeth Sibley (formerly Scott), of Craig Villa, High St., Freshwater, Isle of Wight, and Charles Frederick Sibley (stepfather). Died 13th November 1916.
CWGC record ...
Charles Edwin Shears Son of William and the late Hannah Shears, of Freshwater, Isle of Wight. Born at Barnsley, Yorks, England. Served with Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment). Died 6 June 1917.
CWGC record ...
George Stockwell According to the CWGC record he was the son of W. H. and E. Stockwell, of Freshwater, Isle of Wight. Formerly of the Singapore Artillery Volunteers.
CWGC record ...
Cyril Wheway According to the CWGC record he was the only son of Alice Wheway, of Freshwater, Isle of Wight, and the late William Wheway. Born in Freshwater 1899. His mother later moved to Southsea.
CWGC record ...
 
Others associated with Freshwater but not named on Memorial : (WW II)  
JACK IAN COAD Flying Officer, R.A.F. CWGC record ...
WILLIAM L J GERRY Able Seaman R.N. CWGC record ...
ERNEST H T ROSE Greaser, M.N. CWGC record ...
Commemorated at Tower Hill Memorial, London
HARRY WARNE L/Sjt R.E. CWGC record ...

---------------------------------
Page last updated : 15 August 2011 (added Cyril Wheway)


 
 

 
Site designed by Community Internet Services