A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- CWGC Headstones -
- Parkhurst Military Cemetery : W A R Sandover -

Location

In Parkhurst Military Cemetery, Forest Road, Parkhurst, Isle of Wight
 
Description

Standard CWGC headstone. WW II pattern.

Grave location : Plot 13. Grave 179. (CWGC) | Local plan : 121
Headstone

Parkhurst Military Cemetery : W A R Sandover
 
Inscription


CAPTAIN
W A R SANDOVER
ROYAL ARTILLERY
17TH APRIL 1942 AGE 33
+
AT THE GOING DOWN
OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM


 
Further Information

CWGC record ...
 
Index Board entry 121 : Capt W A R Sandover : R Art : 17.4.1942

IOWFHS War Service Reports entry

Killed in a tip and run bombing attack at Brighstone where his unit were billeted.

For details see Account of attack on the Brighstone Parish Council website.



 
 

 
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