Newport War Memorial

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Reference WMO/102281

Address:

St Thomas's Square

Newport

Isle of Wight

PO30 1SG

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Wheel cross
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Portland stone
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The memorial was paid for by public subscription, with around 1500 people contributing. Unveiled and dedicated at a ceremony on 16th September 1922. WWII names were added in 2000 following a campaign by Mr Jim Long of the Royal British Legion. A Celtic wheel cross, upon a slender, tapered, octagonal column, atop a tapered square block plinth. The bront face bears a bronze plaque with the general commemoration, and the three other faces bear similar plaques listing the names of the fallen. Around the base of the plinth are stone plaques with the names of the WW2 fallen inscribed. The whole sits on a two-stepped square base, set within iron railings.
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ANNO DOM 1914 1918 THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF NEWPORT TO COMMEMORATE THE NAMES OF HER GALLANT SONS WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"

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Grade II (England)

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