Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Newport -
- Borough War Memorial - World War II Panel 2

Location

St Thomas Square, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1SG.
 
See map on www.streetmap.co.uk
 
National Inventory of War Memorials Record

Link : NIWM Reference 21809
 
English Heritage Listing Status

The War Memorial is not Listed.
 
Isle of Wight Council Local Listing Status

The War Memorial has been included in the list of structures of Local importance held by the Isle of Wight Council (June 2008).
 
Description

A Portland stone Celtic cross, 28 ft high, and 12 ft square at the base. Designed by Alderman J C Millgate, JP. Constructed by the Bath and Portland Stone Firms, Ltd. The bronze panels bearing the inscriptions and names were cast and worked by Messrs J S Singer & Sons Ltd, Frome, Somerset. Memorial was erected by Messrs T and E W Jenkins of Newport, with assistance from Messrs J Samuel White and Co Ltd, of Cowes.
The Memorial was paid for by public subscription, some 1500 people contributing a total of £1562 10s 8d. A surplus of £450 from the fund was used to purchase the Newport Blue School as the Newport War Memorial Nursing Home.

The Memorial was unveiled and dedicated at a ceremony on 16th September 1922, with HRH Princess Beatrice, the Royal Governor of the Isle of Wight, performing the unveiling, and the Vicar of Newport (the Rev C H Thompson), conducting the dedication service.

The World War II names were added in 2000 following a campaign by Mr Jim Long of the Royal British Legion. Further names have been added subsequently.

Memorial


 

Inscription


 
Further Information

Return to Panel index

World War II Panel 2 : HINSON to STARK

Hyperlinks on Name lead to CWGC record. If +++ is shown, hyperlink leads to further information.

Island burials are also linked in this way.

F HINSON	W LILYWHITE   +++	G NORRIS   +++	B RIDDETT
P HODGKINSON	E LINDSAY	J NUTMAN	A RITCHIE
C HOLMES	C MARSHALL	B OUSLEY	F ROE
E HUNNYBUN	E MARSHALL	H PANTER	J RUSSELL
N HURREL	A MATTHEWS	F PARKER	C SAIT
R JACKMAN	H MCBRIDE	N PARKER	R SALERO
M JENNINGS	W MILLER	W PARSONS	A SAMUEL
C JONES	S MILLGATE	G PENNEY	W SANDY
C KAPP [*]	F MILLMORE	H PERROT   +++	J SHEPARD
L KEALEY	M MINTER	A POINTER	W SIMS
B KILLEEN   +++	A MONK	R POWELL	H SMITH
C KNAPP	G MUFF	W RAMAGE   +++	B STAGG   +++
E LAVERS	A NASH	C RANGER	R STARK
E LEIGH	E NEW	P RAYNER
J LEIGH	L NEWNHAM   +++	J READING
J LIFE	H NICHOLS	L REALEY

[*] C KAPP is probably an additional miscut inscription for C KNAPP

W LILYWHITE should read E W LILLYWHITE