Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Ryde -
- South African War Memorial -

Location

At the Town Hall, Lind Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight
 
See map on www.streetmap.co.uk
 
National Inventory of War Memorials Record

Link : NIWM Reference 40852
 
English Heritage Listing Status

Ryde Town Hall is Listed Grade II. Since the War Memorials form an integral part of the building it is assumed they are covered by the Listing.
 
Description

A brass plaque naming volunteers from the Ryde area who served in the South African wars.

Memorial


 

Inscription


 

Further Information

Rank	Name	Unit
CAPT	J E B SEELY	4TH IY, DSO
SERGT MAJOR	J W P WEEKS	SALH
COL SERGT	W E WEEKS	5TH IWVB
SERGT	S W CAWS	PH
SERGT	A DRAKE	41ST CO IY
SERGT	G H R HURST	TMI
SERGT	R D C MCLEOD	" " "
SERGT	A R T RICHARDS	41ST CO IY
SERGT	G T RICHARDSON	1ST MRV
CORPL	C A POOLE	5TH IWVB
L CORPL	O P MEW	" " " "
L CORPL	M J OSBOURNE	" " " "
L CORPL	E WHITE	" " " "
TR	G BARROW	41ST COY IY
TR	H S BLACKMORE	" " "
TR	J W H DYER	" " "
SAPPER	C A G PAIRALL	24TH MPOV
TR	D BOX	50TH CO IY
TR	H J BULLER	41ST CO IY
TR	C L HACKET	" " "
TR	A R HILLIER	" " "
TR	W H KEENAN	" " "
TR	H MURSELL	" " "
TR	G H REEVES	" " "
TR	P J RUSSELL	" " "
TR	H SMITH	" " "
TR	W D TUCKER	" " "
PTE	C A HARVEY	3RD VB HANTS
TR	W S SMITH	SAC
TR	G C STAINER	SALH
TR	A J TURNER	KLH
TR	W WOODS	ILH

Unit abbreviations :

IY	Imperial Yeomanry
SALH	South African Light Horse
IWVB	Isle of Wight Volunteer Brigade
PH	Paget's Horse (Imperial Yeomanry)
TMI	Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry
MRV	[...] Rifle Volunteers
HPOV	[...]
VB HANTS	Volunteer Brigade, Hampshire
SAC	South African Constabulary
KLH	Kimberley Light Horse

The names on the memorial represent just a fraction of the Isle of Wight men who volunteered.

Of those named on the Ryde memorial, Trooper W H Keenan was killed by Boers after the Senekal action, and Sergeant S W Caws went on to serve in the Great War, being killed while serving with the Royal Flying Corps. He has a memorial plaque at St Helena's Church in St Helens.