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Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Ventnor -
- Borough War Memorial -

Location

Park Avenue, Ventnor, Isle of Wight
 
See map on www.streetmap.co.uk
 
National Inventory of War Memorials Record

Link : NIWM Reference 21871
 
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

Brown stone obelisk.


Great War dedication and unveiling ceremony took place Tuesday, October 12th, 1920, with a Children's service on Wednesday October 20th, 1920.

World War II names added and unveiled Sunday, April 30th 1950.
Memorial

Ventnor War memorial
 
War Memorial - 1920s
 
Ventnor War memorial
 
Ventnor War memorial
 
Inscription


TO THE GLORY OF GOD
IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF VENTNOR
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
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names as given below
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IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF
THE MEN AND WOMEN OF VENTNOR
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1939 - 45
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names as given below
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Further Information

NameLinks
 
1914 - 1918
 
CHARLES ASH CWGC record ...
WILLIAM AXHORN CWGC record ...
G ALLAN BARFOOT CWGC record ...
ALBERT V BATTEN Probable CWGC record ...
HECTOR M BEAVIS CWGC record ... J H M Beavis
DUDLEY H BLACK CWGC record ... H D Black
Memorial Plaque in Holy Trinity Church
JAMES H BRADING CWGC record ...
ARTHUR BURCHETT CWGC record ...
WALTER J BURDEN CWGC record ...
Commemorated at St Wilfrid's RC Primary School
FREDK A CAMPBELL CWGC record ... not found
PERCIVAL C CHANNING CWGC record ...
Commemorated at St Wilfrid's RC Primary School
EDWARD H CLAYTON CWGC record ...
Memorial Plaque in Holy Trinity Church
A N COXHEAD CWGC record ...
ALBERT E COLENUTT CWGC record ...
MONTAGUE CRUTCHLEY CWGC record ...
PERCY A DAVIS CWGC record ...
WILLIAM A DAVIS CWGC record ...
REGINALD DENNES CWGC record ...
VICTOR DENNES CWGC record ...
ALBERT A H DENNIS CWGC record ...
ARTHUR S DIXON CWGC record ...
ROBERT W DOWNER CWGC record ...
EDDIE H DORE CWGC record ... H E Dore
THEODORE A DRUDGE CWGC record ...
FRANK H DRAPER CWGC record ...
Biographical information
CHARLES G DRAPER CWGC record ...
Biographical information
W H DRUDGE CWGC record ...
CHARLES DYER Probable CWGC record ...
WILLIAM DYER CWGC record ... not found
ALBERT DYER CWGC record ...
LESLIE J EWENS CWGC record ...
A A FARROW CWGC record ...
Buried in Ventnor Cemetery
CHARLES T FEAVER CWGC record ...
Biography of Charles T Feaver
G HERBERT FORD CWGC record ...
R C FORSTER CWGC record ...
PERCY GATRELL CWGC record ...
Biographical information
DUDLEY G GILBERT CWGC record ...
PHILIP J GILBERT CWGC record ...
CHARLES H GLAIRE CWGC record ...
Buried in Ventnor Cemetery
GEORGE GLAIRE CWGC record ...
Commemorated in Ventnor Cemetery
ALFRED W GOMES CWGC record ...
J WILLIAM GODSELL CWGC record ...
ALFRED E GROVES Probable CWGC record ...
ARCHIE HARBER CWGC record ...
Buried in Ventnor Cemetery
ALBERT E M HARDING CWGC record ...
HERBERT D J HARVEY CWGC record ...
Commemorated at St Wilfrid's RC Primary School
LEONARD D HAYWARD Probable CWGC record ...
FRANCIS J HESS CWGC record ...
Commemorated at St Wilfrid's RC Primary School
WILLIAM HICKENS CWGC record ...
Commemorated at St Wilfrid's RC Primary School
JOHN C HICKENS CWGC record ...
Commemorated at St Wilfrid's RC Primary School
CHARLES HOLLIS CWGC record ...
WILLIAM G HUMBER CWGC record ...
Buried in Ventnor Cemetery
HARRY JACOBS CWGC record ...
FRANK JEFFERIES CWGC record ... not found
J W JENKINS CWGC record ...
HAROLD P JENKIN CWGC record ...
Also named at Ventnor Post Office
EYNON LL. JONES CWGC record ...
WILLIAM B JUDD CWGC record ...
Buried in Ventnor Cemetery
CLIFFORD R KING CWGC record ...
THOMAS W C KING CWGC record ...
FRANCISCO LAKE CWGC record ...
HAROLD L LOVERIDGE CWGC record ...
JOHN J MALCOLMSON CWGC record ...
Buried in Ventnor Cemetery
GEORGE MANNING CWGC record ... not found
Commemorated at St Wilfrid's RC Primary School
GEORGE F MILLIGAN CWGC record ...
ERNEST F MCGONNELL CWGC record ...
Buried in Ventnor Cemetery
GEORGE MCGONNELL CWGC record ... not found
RICHARD MURPHY CWGC record ...
WALTER NOBBS CWGC record ...
GEORGE R O'DONNELL CWGC record ...
JOHN OWEN CWGC record ...
E G PRIMMER CWGC record ...
H G PRIMMER CWGC record ...
Buried in Ventnor Cemetery
HENRY J RAYNER CWGC record ...
T RAYNER CWGC record ...
E H RIDGES CWGC record ...
A D C ROBERTSON CWGC record ...
PHILIP A RUSSELL CWGC record ...
FREDERICK W RUSSELL CWGC record ...
JAMES H SALTER CWGC record ...
Biography of Salter family
ALBERT V SALTER CWGC record ...
Biography of Salter family
ALBERT H E SCOVELL CWGC record ... not found - possibly same as Edmond Scovell below ?
EDMOND A SCOVELL CWGC record ...
Buried in Ventnor Cemetery
WILFRED A SCOVELL CWGC record ...
Biographical information
FREDERICK C SHEATH CWGC record ...
CHARLES B SIMPKIN Probable CWGC record ...
WALTER SLOGGETT CWGC record ...
Buried in Ventnor Cemetery
W T SMITH CWGC record ...
P H L SMITH CWGC record ...
WILLIAM T SMITH Same as W T Smith above ?
J T SNOOKE CWGC record ...
GURNEY S SUTTON CWGC record ...
Memorial Plaque in Holy Trinity Church
W J STRIPP CWGC record ...
J F SYMMANS CWGC record ...
F W SYMMANS CWGC record ...
JAMES H TAYLOR CWGC record ...
WILLIAM TABOR CWGC record ...
BERT THARLE CWGC record ... Robert Tharle
GEORGE THARLE CWGC record ...
ROLAND THOMAS CWGC record ...
WILLIAM TOZER Probable CWGC record ...
ARCHIBALD WARREN CWGC record ...
EDGAR S WARREN CWGC record ...
REUBEN O WARREN CWGC record ...
ERIC L C WATKINS CWGC record ...
EDGAR WESTMORE CWGC record ...
RICHARD A WHITE CWGC record ... not found
REGINALD G WILLIAMS CWGC record ...
PERCY W WINDEBANK CWGC record ...
RICHARD D WIGHTMAN Probable CWGC record ...
CHARLES B S WOODFORD CWGC record ...
EDWARD L YOUNG Probable CWGC record ... Edward George Young
H YOUNG CWGC record ...
 
1939 - 1945
 
THE SERVICES
 
DOROTHY M ARNOLD CWGC record ...
Buried in Ventnor Cemetery
GORDON F BERRIDGE CWGC record ...
Biography and Circumstances of death
ERIC H BARBER Possible CWGC record ...
CYRIL O CHANNING CWGC record ...
Biography and Circumstances of death
C S COLLINS CWGC record ... not found
EDGAR H CRUMP CWGC record ...
L G DOWLING CWGC record ...
Biography and Circumstances of death
JOHN E FRY CWGC record ...
JOHN GOLDNEY Probable CWGC record ...
GEORGE C HAWKINS CWGC record ...
Buried in Ventnor Cemetery
L W G HESS CWGC record ...
JOHN P JAYNE CWGC record ... not found
FRANCIS V KINDER CWGC record ...
ALBERT A KING CWGC record ...
Biography and Circumstances of death
NORMAN A LALE CWGC record ...
Buried in Ventnor Cemetery
NEELY A LONNEN CWGC record ...
NELSON V LOWE CWGC record ... not found
RONALD W MILLS CWGC record ...
HMS Hood Association record with photograph of R W Mills
WILLIAM E MORRIS CWGC record ...
Buried in Shanklin Cemetery
WILLIAM H PAFFETT CWGC record ...
GEORGE F ROGERSON CWGC record ...
Buried in Ventnor Cemetery
G W ROWE CWGC record ...
E J ROWE CWGC record ...
LEONARD W SAUNDERS CWGC record ...
HAROLD D SHEPPARD CWGC record ...
PETER SPANNER CWGC record ...
RAYMOND VINE CWGC record ...
CHARLES H WALLER CWGC record ...
DESMOND WOODNUTT CWGC record ...
RICHARD E WOOD CWGC record ...
Buried in Ventnor Cemetery
EDWIN H WOOD CWGC record ...
J F M WEBBER CWGC record ...
 
CIVILIANS
 
ANNIE ADAMS CWGC record ...
EVA M CHEVERTON CWGC record ...
EVA CHEETHAM CWGC record ...
THOMAS GULL CWGC record ...
EDITH GULL CWGC record ...
FLORENCE NORMAN CWGC record ...
HILDA NORMAN CWGC record ...
WILLIAM NEWBERRY CWGC record ...
WILLIAM A PHILLIPS CWGC record ...
MARIA T PHILLIPS CWGC record ...
PAMELA R PHILLIPS CWGC record 1 ...
CWGC record 2 ...
FRANK H D RUSSELL CWGC record ...
E G STECKLEY CWGC record ...
GABY TESTA CWGC record ...
KATE B WARD CWGC record ...
CATHERINE WHITE CWGC record ...
 
The following are also associated with Ventnor but do not appear on the Memorial. These are from the Great War :
 
George Edwin DIMMER, from Longdown CWGC record ...
GEORGE MAYO CWGC record ... not found
Commemorated at St Wilfrid's RC Primary School
William John PARR CWGC record ...
Indian Railway Accident 30 Aug 1916
Herbert Leslie RIDLEY CWGC record ...
Died 16 July 1917 : Son of Louie C. Ridley, of Springfield, Chelmsford, and the late Walter Ridley. His brother Christopher also fell. The Isle of Wight County Press Death notice of 28 July 1917 states that he was from Rew, Ventnor.
Francis Morgan RUSSELL CWGC record ...
Died 10 August 1917 : Son of Frank Walter and Emily C. Russell, of Week Farm, Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Born in Chale, enlisted in Ventnor.
Joseph S WILKINS CWGC record ...
From Portsmouth, named at Ventnor Post Office

The following are also associated with Ventnor but do not appear on the Memorial. These are from World War II :


Peter Gerald RICKARD CWGC record ...
Died 28 May 1940 : Son of Aubrey and E. Gladys Rickard, of Ventnor, Isle of Wight.


 

 
Ventnor War memorial 2007

War memorial in 2007 following restoration and cleaning
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Page last updated : 12 August 2008


 
 

 
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