East Cowes War Memorial

The East Cowes War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with additional inscriptions from the Second World War. It is made of granite and is situated in the churchyard of the Church of St James in East Cowes, facing south-east. The memorial features a granite wheel-head cross with a tapered shaft, resting on a rough-hewn granite base with sloping sides.

On the front face of the plinth, there is a recessed panel that reads: ‘TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919/ AND THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS’. The names of those who died in the First World War are inscribed on recessed panels on the sides of the plinth, while the names of those from the Second World War are inscribed on a recessed panel within a wedge-shaped stone attached to the front face of the plinth.