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    Memorial

    The Parish of St Lawrence Church - WW1 and WW2

    Celtic cross.

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    Current Location

    There is also a manuscript roll of honour giving the same names as those inscribed on this memorial. It is located within St Swithin's Church, St Lawrence's Church, Undercliff Drive, St Lawrence, South Wight, Isle Of Wight, PO38 1XJ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SZ 53747 76578

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Names listed on this memorial

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    © WMR-21848

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    21848
    Description
    A small plain cross with floriated ends and a Celtic style wheel, on a tapering plinth. The whole is set on a small cairn made of fieldstone. The dedication is written in black lettering.
    Inscription
    LEST WE FORGET/ IN/ HONOURED/ MEMORY/ OF/ (Names)/ WHO WENT FROM THE UNDERCLIFF AND/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED BY THE RESIDENTS OF/ ST LAWRENCE IN DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO THE BRAVE/ MEN WHO HAVE FALLEN AND WITH SINCERE SYMPATHY/ WITH THOSE WHO ARE LEFT TO MOURN THEIR LOSS/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE ALSO IN MEMORY OF THOSE MEN OF ST LAWRENCE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR FREEDOM IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)/ AND IN MALAYA/ (Name)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    12
    Died
    12
    Information shown
    Surname, forename.
    Order of names
    Surname.
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    7
    Died
    7
    Information shown
    Surname, forename.
    Order of names
    Surname.
    War
    Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Maintenance History
    (2003) CLEANED

    Components

    Cross

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1468891

    Reasons for listing from Historic England website: Historic interest: * as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20. Architectural interest: * it incorporates a well-carved cross. Group value: * with the Church of St Lawrence (Grade II*).

    • Other website http://www.isle-of-wight-memorials.org.uk/churches/thorleystswithinsroh.htm
    • "War memorial within the churchyard of Parish Church of St Lawrence." Historic England, https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1468891. Accessed 4 September 2024.