United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials
Supported By The Imperial War Museum

LAKE

UKNIWM Ref: 21807

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Address

A3055, LAKE HILL &THE FAIRWAY
LAKE
ISLE OF WIGHT
ENGLAND
 
Type: CROSS
Other Location Details:

ROAD JUNCTION

OS Map Ref: SZ 594 839

Previous Locations

AddressDate MovedReason for Move
SANDOWN & LAKE GREEN, HILL RDS
UNKNOWM THE MEMORIAL AND TROUGH WERE DIVIDED

Inscription

THE PEOPLE OF LAKE/ HAVE ERECTED THIS MEMORIAL IN HONOUR/ OF THE 210 LAKE MEN WHO SERVED/ THEIR COUNTRY BY LAND, SEA AND AIR/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1920 AND 1939 - 1945/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD WHO GIVETH US/ THE VICTORY AND IN MEMORY OF OUR HEROIC DEAD/ (NAMES)/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"
(OTHER SIDE) "O RISEN LORD/ O SHEPHERD OF OUR DEAD./ WHOSE CROSS HAS BOUGHT THEM/ AND WHOSE STAFF HAS LED./ IN GLORIOUS HOPE, THEIR PROUD/ AND SORROWING LAND/ COMMITS HER CHILDREN/ TO THY GRACIOUS HAND
TROUGH: TO THE HORSES AND DOGS WHO ALSO / BORE THE BURDEN AND HEAT OF THE DAY / 1914-1920 / BE YE MERCIFUL

Components

ComponentMaterial(s)HeightWidthDepthCondition
CROSS GRANITE       GOOD

Physical Description

TALL ROUGH CELTIC STYLE WHEEL CROSS ON TAPERING PLINTH AND SINGLE STEP

DOWNWARD POINTING SWORD OF SACRIFICE ON FRONT FACE

Wars Commemorated & People Remembered

War FIRST WORLD WAR
Total names on memorial: 0
Served & Returned 0
Died 56
Is this an exact count? Not known
How are the names ordered? surname
What information is listed on the memorial? surname
Is a list of names on the memorial held by the UKNIWM? No

Maintenance

Are the letters difficult to read? No
Who is responsible for the memorial?

Maintenance History:

MEMORIAL AND HORSE TROUGH REUNITED IN 1998 WITH A WW2 PLAQUE ADDED IN 2000.

Ceremonies

Not known

Sponsorship

Sponsorship Type: Public
Did this include a trust or scholarship? No
Did this include a roll of honour? No
Cost of Site: Not known
Cost of Memorial: Not known
Comments on Costs:

Craftsmen

Not known

References

Co-ordinator's Comments:

EXCELLENT COPIED PHOTOS OF THE UNVEILING CEREMONY BUT UNFORTUNATELY NO DATE GIVEN.

Comments: ORIGINALLY THE MEMORIAL WAS SITED AT THE JUNCTION OF SANDOWN ROAD AND LAKE HILL, THE MEMORIAL WAS DIVIDED IN LATER YEARS WITH THE MEMORIAL TROUGH LOCATED AT THE JUNCTION WITH THE MEMORIAL TROUGH LOCATED AT THE JUNCTION WITH BROADWAY. IN 1998 THEY WERE REUNITED.
Photographs: None
Other Documents: None
Form / Letter: O
Negatives: No
Drawings / Plans: No
Minutes: No
Postcards: 1