19.6.1986
FRESHWATER
Stone cross in All Saints Churchyard, inscriptions on faces of plinth.
Around very bottom plinth faces.
In memory of those from this parish who fell in the Great War 1914-1919 Their name liveth for evermore
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Names added later on ledge, becoming difficult to read.
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Marble plaque on wall in All Saints Church.
(Of Audrey, wife of Hallam Lord Tennyson &) Also in loving memory of Harold Courtenay Tennyson R.N. youngest son of Hallam Lord Tennyson and Audrey Lady Tennyson Navigating Sub Lieutenant in H.M.S. Viking who was killed on active service in the English Channel he gave his life to serve his God his King and his Country in defence of truth liberty and justice and rest with his mother in this churchyard his last message was "I have only done my duty as a man is bound to do and I die with a joyful spirit." Born April 27 1896 Died January 29 1916. God's finger touched him and he slept.
Marble plaque on wall in All Saints Church.
(Of Hallam Lord Tennyson &) Also in loving memory of Alfred Audrey Tennyson second son of Hallam Lord Tennyson and Audrey Lady Tennyson Captain 9th Battalion Rifle Brigade and on Staff. Served in France, Belgium and the Balkans. Born 2nd May 1891 killed in action at Fleury le Martel 23rd March 1918. We doubt not that for one so true --- there must be other nobler work to do.