A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- CWGC Headstones -
- Sandown Christ Church : John Charles & Vincent Radford -

Location

In Churchyard of Christ Church, The Broadway, Sandown, Isle of Wight
 
Description

Headstone

Sandown Christ Church : J C & V Radford
 
Inscription


IN LOVING MEMORY OF
VINCENT
ONLY
SURVIVING CHILD OF
E.J. & ELLEN RADFORD
HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY AT SEA THROUGHOUT
THE GREAT WAR, AND HIS DEATH WAS HASTENED
BY ENEMY ACTION
BORN AT ROCKHAMPTON FEB 2ND 1899
DIED AT PORTSMOUTH MARCH 5TH 1922

ALSO OF HIS BROTHER
JOHN CHARLES
BORN AT BRISBANE MARCH 19TH 1892
KILLED IN ACTION AT FLEURBAIX JULY 20TH 1916
WHILST SERVING WITH THE 31ST BATT
AUSTRALIAN FORCES

AND OF THEIR FATHER
EBENEZER JOHN RADFORD
BORN AT SANDOWN JAN 30TH 1865
DIED MAY 2ND 1935


 
Further Information

CWGC record ... for J C Radford
 
Australian War Memorial record ... for J C Radford


 


 
 

 
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