Location
On the northern wall of the church, to the right from the main entrance.
Description
The memorial is in very good condition. The names of those parishioners who died in the Second World War are inscribed in gold on a blue background. In front of the plaque is a Book of Remembrance containing further details of 36 out of the 53 mentioned on the plaque.
1939 THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1945 The following in the armed forces from this parish gave their lives | |||
R. ALFRED |
G.F. CHAPMAN |
A. MARTIN |
G. ROBERTS |
We pray that their sacrifice will not be in vain |
Book of Remembrance - In Memoriam
ABLE SEAMAN R. N. AGED 21
KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION ABOARD
THE CORVETTE H. M. S. FLEUR-DE-LYS
14TH OCTOBER 1941
HIS HOME WAS AT 77, HENDERSON ROAD
SERGEANT R. M.
LOST AT SEA ABOARD H. M. S. DUNEDIN
24TH NOVEMBER 1941
HE WORSHIPPED AT ST. MARGARET'S
FATHER B. COPLEY WAS HIS GODFATHER.
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER R. N.
H. M. S. HOOD 1941
HIS HOME WAS AT 1, BROMPTON ROAD
Note: Neither the CWGC nor the HMS Hood crewlist show a Lt. Com. Archer.
This person is more likely to be William Henry Archer
LII ACTING LANCE CORPORAL THE BUFFS
KILLED IN ACTION IN WESTERN EUROPE
23RD MARCH 1945
HIS HOME WAS IN REGINALD ROAD, EASTNEY
STOKER PETTY OFFICER R. N. AGED 30
KILLED ABOARD H. M. S. EXMOUTH
JANUARY 20TH 1940
Note: Marine Bocutt died on 24th May 1941 at the sinking of HMS Hood
FLIGHT SERGEANT AIR GUNNER R. A. F. AGED 21
KILLED IN 1943
HIS HOME WAS AT 66, BROMPTON ROAD
GUNNER ROYAL ARTILLERY
KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION WHILE ON LEAVE
JANUARY 11TH 1941
HE WAS A SERVER AT ST. MARGARET'S
R. N.
HIS HOME WAS AT 2, BROMPTON ROAD
PRIVATE 2ND HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT
KILLED AT TOBRUK IN NORTH AFRICA
BETWEEN NOVEMBER 29TH AND DECEMBER 1ST 1942
HIS HOME WAS IN HIGHLAND STREET
HE WAS A CUB IN THE 1930'S AND BECAME CUB MASTER
FLYING OFFICER R. A. F.
KILLED AT DAR-ES-SALAAM, EAST AFRICA
JULY 8TH 1945
HIS HOME WAS AT 4, OLIVER ROAD
FLIGHT SERGEANT R. A. F.
KILLED IN ITALY
21ST NOVEMBER 1944
3RD ENGINEER MERCHANT NAVY AGED 36
LOST AT SEA WHEN THE "EMPIRE SURF" WAS TORPEDOED
JANUARY 10TH 1941
CORPORAL R. A. S. C
KILLED AT SEA WHILE TRAVELLING FROM
Ll ALEXANDRIA TO ITALY
27TH MARCH 1943
R. N.
H. M. S. BARHAM
LOST IN NOVEMBER 1941
MARINE MUSICIAN AGED 20
H. M. S. GLORIOUS
LOST ON JUNE 9TH 1940
HIS HOME WAS AT 62, BROMPTON ROAD
HE WAS IN THE CHOIR AND THE CHURCH LADS BRIGADE
SUB-LIEUTENANT R. N. V. R. AGED 25
OF H. M. S. DEVONIA
La KILLED AT DUNKIRK 31ST MAY / 1ST JUNE 1940
MARINE MUSICIAN
LOST AT SEA WHEN H. M. S. CORNWALL WAS SUNK
5TH APRIL 1942
HE WAS MARRIED AT ST. MARGARET'S IN 1940
BY FATHER BEVIS COPLEY
HE WAS BORN AT 27, TREDEGAR ROAD
PRIVATE 5510594 HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT
KILLED IN ACTION IN ITALY
SEPTEMBER 5TH 1944
HIS HOME WAS AT 9, ALMA TERRACE
BAND CORPORAL R. N. S. M.
OF H. M. S. CORNWALL
KILLED 5TH APRIL 1942
HE WAS A CHOIRBOY AT ST. MARGARET'S
R.N.
H.M.S. HOOD 1941
HIS HOME WAS IN BROMPTON ROAD
MARINE
OF H. M. S. ROYAL OAK
KILLED 14TH OCTOBER 1939
HIS HOME WAS AT 'WHITE CLOUD COTTAGES'
WHITE CLOUD PLACE
SIGNALMAN 14592787
KILLED IN ITALY
JULY 14TH 1946
BURIED IN THE BRITISH CEMETERY
UDINE , ITALY
PETTY OFFICER R. N.
LOST ABOARD H. M. SUBMARINE "THAMES "
JULY 29TH 1940
HE WAS MARRIED IN ST. MARGARET'S CHURCH
A REQUIEM WAS HELD FOR HIM HERE
PILOT OFFICER R. A. F.
KILLED RETURNING TO ENGLAND AFTER
RAID ON GERMANY MAY 30TH 1943
HIS HOME WAS AT 1 BRISTOL ROAD. HE WAS CONFIRMED AT
ST. MARGARET'S WHERE HE WAS A CHORISTER AND SERVER.
PILOT FLEET AIR ARM NO. IPX 82259. AGED 25
KILLED 31ST MARCH 1943
BORN SOUTHSEA SEPT. 19TH 1917 , BAPTISED AND SUBSEQUENTLY A CHORISTER AT ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH, SOUTHSEA WHICH WAS BOMBED DURING THE 2ND WORLD WAR AND NOW REBUILT AND RE-NAMED THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. CONFIRMED AND EDUCATED AT THE ROYAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL, GREENWICH. HE MARRIED PEARL EVELYN HUNT IN DECEMBER 1941 AT ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCH, SOUTHSEA AND IS BURIED IN HIGHLAND ROAD CEMETERY.
SAPPER ROYAL ENGINEERS
KILLED IN ACTION IN BELGIUM
MAY 18TH 1940
HIS HOME WAS AT 32, KASSASSIN STREET , EASTNEY
ROYAL HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT
KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT IN 1942
R. A. F. AGED 21
DIED 2ND JUNE 1943
HIS HOME WAS 9, BRISTOL ROAD. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE
CHOIR AND A SERVER AT ST. MARGARET'S.
HE IS BURIED IN HIGHLAND ROAD CEMETERY
R. N.
LOST AT SEA - 1943
HIS HOME WAS AT 113, BROMPTON ROAD
R. N.
R. N.
PETTY OFFICER R. N. AGED 25
LOST AT SEA ABOARD H. M. S. CAPEL
DECEMBER 1944
ENGINE ROOM ARTIFICER R. N.
LOST AT SEA ABOARD H. M. S. ACHERON
DECEMBER 17TH 1940
THE SHIP WAS SAILING FROM PORTSMOUTH ON TRIALS AND WAS SUNK OFF
ST. CATHERINE'S POINT. THERE WERE 19 SURVIVORS.
HIS HOME WAS AT 17, TREDEGAR ROAD.
HE WAS IN THE SCOUTS AND IN THE CHOIR
PETTY OFFICER COOK R. N.
H.M.S. HOOD 1941
WARRANT ENGINEER R. N.
H. M. S. COVENTRY 1942