Whippingham

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Reference WMO/214950

Address:

St Mildred's Church

Beatrice Avenue

Whippingham

PO32 6LW

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Calvary
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Portland stone
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Portland Stone base, surmounted by a roofed, teak Calvary cross, supporting a bronze figure of Christ. There are two stone tablets inset into the wall of the church behind (referenced separately). The dedication service was conducted by the Bishop of Southampton and the memorial was unveiled on 20th September 1919 by HRH Princess Beatrice, whose son, Prince Maurice of Battenberg, is the first named on the Memorial. Originally the names of the fallen were displayed in the church, but later (date unknown) the panels naming the fallen were installed on the wall- See War Memorials Online reference 251754 for these.
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(Cross) GTREATER LOVE HATH/ NO MAN THAN THIS TO/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN/ HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ (Tablets) HERE ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF THOSE FROM THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN /THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919, 1939-1945/ (names)

(WW1) PRINCE MAURICE OF BATTENBURG KRRC / GRAHAM PERCIVAL SHEDDEN RA / ISAAC FOSS - I WIGHT RIFLES / WILLIAM BUSH . HAMPSHIRE REGT / FRANK PLUMBLEY " " " " / WILLIAM HENRY MOSDELL " " / JOHN HENRY BARRETT R.SUSSEX / JOHN BLAKE - MIDDLESEX REGT / JOSEPH C. GRACE CANADIAN CORPS / CLIFFORD J. TOLMAN - RE CORPS / FRANCIS THOMAS COX ROYAL NAVY / ERNEST OWN JOHNSON " " / ARTHUR JOHN SHEATH " " / CECIL EDWARD WILKINS " " (WW2) FRANK RANN ROYAL NAVY / FREDERICK JOHN TRUSLER R.A.F. / ALFRED RANN R.E. / SIDNEY JOHN GEORGE HEWER R.E. / EDWARD TOWL COLLINS O.B.E. R.E

Grade II (England)

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