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

Location

At the Town Hall, Lind Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight
 
IWM War Memorials Archive Record

Link : War Memorials Archive Reference 40852
 
Historic England 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.



Isle of Wight County Press, 3 August 1901

Memorial


 

Inscription


 

Further Information

Rank	Name	Unit
CAPT	J E B SEELY	4TH IY, DSO	John Edward Bernard (Jack) Seely
SERGT MAJOR	J W F WEEKS	SALH	James William Fairall Weeks
COL SERGT	W E WEEKS	5TH IWVB	William Edgar Weeks
SERGT	S W CAWS	PH	Stanley Winter Caws
SERGT	A DRAKE	41ST CO IY	Alfred Drake
SERGT	G H R HURST	TMI	George Henry R Hurst : Biographical details
SERGT	R D C MCLEOD	" " "	Raoul Donald Cameron McLeod
SERGT	A R T RICHARDS	41ST CO IY	Anthony Reynelt T Richards
SERGT	G T RICHARDSON	1ST MRV	George Thomas Richardson
CORPL	C A POOLE	5TH IWVB	Charles Arthur Poole
L CORPL	O F MEW	" " " "	Oliver Frank Mew
L CORPL	M J OSBORNE	" " " "	Malcolm James Osborne
L CORPL	E WHITE	" " " "
TR	G BARROW	41ST COY IY	Gore Barrow
TR	H S BLACKMORE	" " "	Harold Senior Blackmore
TR	J W H DYER	" " "
SAPPER	C A G FAIRALL	24TH HPOV	Charles Allan George Fairall
TR	D BOX	50TH CO IY
TR	H J FULLER	41ST CO IY
TR	C L HACKET	" " "
TR	H R HILLIER	" " "
TR	W H KEENAN	" " "	William Henry Keenan
TR	H MURSELL	" " "
TR	G H REEVES	" " "
TR	F J RUSSELL	" " "	Frederick James 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	[Wilfred] George Comden Stainer
TR	A J TURNER	KLH
TR	W WOODS	ILH	Wallace Woods

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	Middlesex Rifle Volunteers
HPOV	H P Own Volunteers
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 Helen's Church in St Helens.

Major J.E.B. Seely's son Frank Reginald Seely was killed in 1917, as was his nephew Charles Grant Seely. Another nephew, Nigel Richard William Seely died in World War II.