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Location
Town Hall, The Square, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, PO41 0NS. IWM War Memorials Archive Record The Roll of Honour is not recorded Description A hand painted and inscribed Roll of Honour naming 25 men who died, and 181 who served during the Great War. It is signed Harold C Chambers Oct 18. Harold Charles Chambers was described as an Art Student in the 1911 Census return for Ommaney Road, Yarmouth. It is believed that this Roll is the Yarmouth School Roll of Honour. An entry in the School Log (written by The Master, James Ellis Furmage) for 5 December 1919 reads :
Dec 5th :
... This afternoon the School Roll of Honour in connection with the "Great War" was unveiled by Mrs Woodin,[1] wife of the Rector. W.A. Dedamen represented the Education Authority and a large number of "old" boys and girls was present. The Summary is as follows
[1] Mrs Maud Woodin, wife of the Revd. Stanley H. Woodin, M.A. Their son, James Steward Woodin was killed in WW II. It is not known when the Roll was transferred from the School to the Town Hall. [Memorial not visited by the Memorials on the Isle of Wight team] |
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Memorial
Photo © Jill Cowley click image to enlarge |
Inscription
Further Information on those who died Harry Butler is named on the Baltic Waters Naval Memorial at Portsmouth Cathedral 
Further Information on those who served
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Many thanks to Jill Cowley for the photograph of the Roll of Honour, School Log entry, and biographies of those who served
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Page last updated : 25 November 2014 - added biography links for Baker brothers
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Page last updated : 25 November 2014 - added biography links for Baker brothers