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Title
War Memorial
Medium
Portland stone
Accession number
PO30_BC_S004
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Isle of Wight Council
Custodian
Isle of Wight Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
16th September 1922
Listing date
15/03/19
Access
at all times
Inscription description
inscription on north face: ANNO DOM / 1914 1918 / THIS MEMORIAL / WAS ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE / OF NEWPORT / TO COMMEMORATE THE NAMES / OF HER GALLANT SONS / WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS" / ALSO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES IN THE 1939-1945 WAR / AND THE GRATEFUL THANKS OF THOSE WHO RETURNED; there are other bronze and stone panels detailing the names of the dead; the north face of the pedestal bears a recessed bronze panel with an inscription either side of the town seal