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Location
On the green outside the Village Hall, Corf Road, Porchfield, Isle of Wight See map on www.streetmap.co.uk National Inventory of War Memorials Record Link : NIWM Reference 21814 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 An obelisk bearing the names of the Porchfield men who died in both World Wars. The original wooden cross was replaced by the present memorial, due to the deterioration in the original wooden structure. See also the Methodist Church War memorial plaque in the Village Hall. |
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Memorial
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Inscription
"LEST WE FORGET" 1914 - 1918 ----- names as given below ----- 1939 - 1945 ----- name as given below ----- The inscription on the original wooden cross read ... IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF PORCHFIELD AND NEWTOWN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR ... Further Information
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