Ventnor Methodist Church War Memorials
Following the closure of the High Street Church in 2008, the Memorial plaques were transferred to Ventnor Heritage Museum, Spring Hill, Ventnor.
Description
Framed Roll of Honour, hand painted names with inscriptions in gilt. Approximately 30″ x 20″. Signed in the lower right hand corner “PDRM”. It is assumed that the Roll of Honour was created after the Second World War owing to its layout.
Inscription
To The
Glory of God
and in
Sacred Memory
Of the undermentioned Members
of this Church and Congregation who
gave their Lives in the Cause of Freedom
during the Great War. 1914 – 1919.
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names as given below
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1939 – 1945
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names as given below
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“Greater Love hath no man than this”
1914 – 1919
| FRANK H DRAPER | CWGC record … | Biographical Information |
| CHARLES G DRAPER | CWGC record … | Biographical Information |
| DUDLEY GILBERT | CWGC record … | Biographical Information |
| PHILLIP GILBERT | CWGC record … | Biographical Information |
| GEORGE F MILLIGAN | CWGC record … | Biographical Information |
| RICHARD MURPHY | CWGC record … | Biographical information |
| HENRY J RAYNER | CWGC record … | Biographical information |
| FRANCIS RUSSELL | CWGC record … | Biographical information |
| FREDERICK C SHEATH | CWGC record … | Biographical information |
| CHARLES B SIMPKIN | CWGC record … | Biographical Information |
1939 – 1945
| LANCELOT W G HESS | CWGC record … | |
| RAYMOND A B VINE | CWGC record … | Biographical information |
| DESMOND WOODNUTT | CWGC record … | Additional memorial plaque in the Methodist Church to Desmond Woodnutt |
Description
Brass memorial plaque. Approx 15″ x 8″.
Inscription
WITH THANKSGIVING TO GOD
AND IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF
DESMOND WOODNUTT, R.E.
A LOCAL PREACHER AND OFFICER OF THIS CHURCH
KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS COMMANDO 9TH JUNE 1941
AND LAID TO REST BY A RIVER IN SYRIA
His Lieutenant wrote of him.
“A TRUE AND ARDENT CHRISTIAN.”
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