5th Hants Howitzers

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Reference WMO/276597

Address:

Freshwater Memorial Hall

Avenue Road

Freshwater

PO40 9UU

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Portland stone
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: The Memorial Hall was originally a Drill Hall. This Portland stone tablet was designed and executed by Mr J W Newman of Freshwater, and unveiled in June 1923. In 1930 Flt Lt Ernest Drudge located a gun trail, part of one of the gun carriages, and returned it to Freshwater. In November 2006 the memorial was rededicated in memory of the men who died, and an additional plaque has been erected, which describes the gun trail. See also WMO/144529 for a near identical tablet at Newport Drill Hall.
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5TH HANTS HOWITZER BATTERY/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ ADVANCE TO AMARAH, NASIRYIEH, CAPTURE OF KUT/ CTESIPHON AND RETIREMENT TO KUT/ SIEGE OF KUT 3-12-15 TO 29-4-16/[75 names]/ ALSO/ IN MEMORY OF 25 SOLDIERS/ ATTACHED TO THE BATTERY/ IN MESOPOTAMIA

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