22.6.1986
BRIGHSTONE
Stone cross on roadside just outside St Mary the Virgin Church, inscription on front face of plinth.
1914-1918 To the Glory of God and in grateful memory of Brighstone men who gave their lives in the Great War
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Hand written glazed scroll on wall in St Mary the Virgin Church.
For God, for King and for Country These men of Brighstone served in His Majesty's Forces during the Great War 1914-1919
In the Royal Navy
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In the Army
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+Men who gave their lives
"Not once or twice in our fair Island - story
the path of duty was the way to glory."
Marble tablet on wall in St Mary the Virgin Church.
Sacred to the memory of Henry Hollis A.B. aged 21 of Limerston who was killed on 23 April 1918 in the attack made upon Zeebrugge whilst serving upon H.M.S. Iris II.
"Their's not to reason why Their's but to do and die."
Marble tablet on wall in St Mary the Virgin Church.
In loving memory of John Lovell Wilkins Private A.S.C.,M.T. aged 28 who made the supreme sacrifice in Belgium on the 25 April 1918 while doing his duty for a sick comrade. This tablet is erested by his Father and Mother. "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down hie life for his friends."