- Type of Memorial
- Cross
- WMR Reference Number
- 21927
- Description
- TWO-TIER OCTAGONAL PLINTH SURMOUNTED BY OCTAGONAL COLUMN AND CROSS. CARVED INSCRIPTION ON THE FRONT FACE OF THE PLINTH. TWO WINGS EXTEND FROM THE SIDE OF THE LOWER PLINTH WITH INSCRIPTION ON THE FRONT FACES. WHOLE IS FLANKED BY STEPS.
The cross incorporates a stone from Cloth Hall in Ypres which was destroyed in the war, symbolically linking the memorial to the Western Front campaign.
BRONZE WREATH ON THE TOP OF EACH WING
- Inscription
- MAIN BODY: 1939 / 1945 / (...) / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND / IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE UNCOUNTED / HOST FROM HAMPSHIRE AND / THE ISLE OF WIGHT WHO DIED FOR / ENGLAND IN THE GREAT WAR / WHEN SERVING IN THE NAVY / THE MERCANTILE MARINE, THE / ARMY AND THE AIR FORCE / BE MINDFUL OF THEM O LORD / AND GRANT TO THEIR CHILDREN / THE SAME FAITHFULNESS. / (...) / 1914 - 1919 / TO SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE / HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE / REGULAR MILITIA, TERRITORIAL / & SERVICE BATTALIONS OF THE / HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT / WHO DIED IN FLANDERS FRANCE / ITALY RUSSIA MACEDONIA / PALESTINE EGYPT MESOPATAMIA / PERSIA INDIA AND SIBERIA / THE DARDANELLES OR WERE / LOST AT SEA IN THE MEDITERRANEAN / 1939 - 1945 / TWO THOUSAND & NINETY-FOUR / WHO DIED ON LAND SEA OR IN THE AIR
WING, FAR LEFT: TO SEVENTY FOUR / OF THE HAMPSHIRE / YEOMANRY CARABINIERS
WING, NEAR LEFT SIDE: TOT HE THREE HUNDRED / AND EIGHTY SIX OF THE / ROYAL ENGINEERS / AND THE HAMPSHIRE / ROYAL ARTILLERY
WING, FAR RIGHT: TO SEVEN HUNDRED / AND THIRTY SEVEN MEN / H.M.S. HAMPSHIRE SUNK BY / A MINE OFF THE ORKNEY / ISLANDS JUNE 5TH 1916