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Whitwell
Town or City: Whitwell
County: Isle of Wight
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM1656
Value of grant: £500.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Works to hard landscape
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2018
UKNIWM reference number: 11524
Whitwell war memorial stands on the High Street on a raised walled platform accessed by three steps. The memorial is a stone, wheel cross atop a shaft on three-stepped base which carry the names and inscriptions. The memorial is Gra
de II listed.
In 2005, War Memorials Trust gave £225 towards repairing the railings which protect the war memorial.
In 2018 a second grant of £500 was awarded through the War Memorials Trust Grants Scheme for the cleaning of the war memorial using a conservation approved steam cleaning method. The aim of the cleaning was to remove the build
up of lichen from the memorial so that the legibility of the inscriptions was improved.
The memorial was erected in 1924 and carries the names of the fallen of both World War I
and II.
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM1656
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 11524
Memorials & Monuments on the Isle of Wight record
Heritage Gateway listing record
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
