On its own island on the central road running through Kingston Cemetery.
Details
The Memorial is about 5 metres high and is made of pink marble. Most of the names are inscribed on the upper plinth but there is a separate plaque on the lower.
CA Stuart WM
H Kenshett SW
J Hopkins JW
1898"
Upper Plinth Panel 1
IN MEMORIAM TO THOSE BRETHREN WHO DIED PRIOR TO 1890 AND | |||||
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J.P. HAWKINS W. PEGGS J.JOHNS E.J. MOORCROFT G. CARVIN W. BIGG J. MASON W. CHRISTMAS J.SCULLY D. CUTHBERTSON F. WILCOX A. BUNGAY C.T. LEGRAY W.A. GOULD |
AUGT 1890 JAN. 1891 " JUNE " OCT. " NOVR 1892 MARC 1893 JUNE " SEPT " DECR " " JUNE 1894 JAN. 1895 APRL 1896 |
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W.E. WATERMAN J. BRUCE R.BUNYAN T.C. WOODWARD W.J. DAVIS E.H. FLOWER J. CARSWELL G. PHIPPS R. GUEST F.E. EADES A. TAYLOR E.C. GUY G.R. STRICK G.E. DIMICK |
FEBY 1897 " MARC " JULY " OCT " APRL 1898 MAY " OCT " OCT " JULY 1899 DECR " SEPT 1900 DECR " ? |
Upper Plinth Panel 2
ALSO | |||||
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S.H. ROBERTS J.I. GREEN R.W. CASTLE T.H. NEWCOMBE H.C. HIGGINS J. SWAN W. BEAGLEY G.J. GRAY J. FRIPP W. STEWART W.J.C. HO?PER E.F. PALMER J.J. GOUGE J. SALISBURY |
DECR 1900 APRL 1901 JUNE " APRL 1902 JULY " NOVR " APRL 1903 " OCT. " " NOVR " JANY 1905 MARC " NOV. " |
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W. HOSIER C. STUART W. CAMPBELL ? HITCHCOCK J. JARVIS H. FIND?N A. INGLIS F. ALLISON A.E. WATTS A. CHARD W.E. WIDGERY T.W. FRANKLIN R.H. BRIGGS J. DONOVAN |
NOV. 1905 MARC 1906 " JULY " OCT. " JULY 1907 AUGT " NOVR " FEBR 1908 APR " " " MAY " NOVR " |
Upper Plinth Panel 3
ALSO | |||||
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C. MAXWELL W. HUTCHINSON H. OSGOOD J. BERWICK T. REYNOLDS W. WRAY J.A. WILLIAMS C. REED C. BUDDEN W.E. AMSDEN J.H. PECKETT F. BENNETT T.H. MERRETT W.O. BROWN |
JANY 1909 FEBY " APRL " DECR " MARC 1910 JUNE " AUGT " SEPT " MARC 1911 MAY " JUNE " DECR " MARC 1912 AUGT " |
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E.J. LYONS G. PLUMB J. ROGERS E. BANKHEAD J. EXELL J. LAVERTY T.J. PEARCEY F. HIGGS R.T. WING J.H. FURMENGER E.P. WHILES J. ADAMS A. COOLE W.E. FERRETT |
AUGT 1912 FEBR 1913 MARC " " SEPT " NOVR " MAY 1914 JUNE " AUGT " MARC 1915 " APRL " AUGT " " |
Upper Plinth Panel 4
ALSO | |||||
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T.E. BURTON J. HATCHARD W. DART J. WELSH J.N. DOIDGE W.D. WILLIAMS J.J. ESPLEN A.E. STEER E.C. WATKINS H.J. BROWN H.C. RENNISON E.G. DAYSH M. PATTERSON J.H. DENTON |
MARC 1916 APRL " MAY " JULY " " OCTR " NOVR " " " " FEBY 1917 APRL " JULY " " |
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W. BETTS C.T. CLIFFORD J.N. EVERETT H.W. ELLISON J. FORDER H. KENSHETT J. MILES W.M. BARRY J.A. GARDNER A. ROBERTSON |
NOVR 1917 DECR " " " " JANY 1918 FEBY " " JUNE " AUGT " |
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FURTHER INFORMATION
In his book "Freemasonry in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight", F.D. Laugharne refers to this memorial in Kingston Cemetery calling it 'Possibly the only Masonic War Memorial'. If it should indeed be thought of as a War Memorial then as of the date of writing the Freemasons are probably the only ones who are aware of it as neither the Cemetery Manager nor the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) regard it as such. Laugharne goes on to say that the memorial was erected in 1898 (by the Brethren of United Service Lodge No. 1428) to commemorate members who had lost their lives in the service of their country. This is difficult to interpret as only the first 23 names, plus the 3 on the lower plinth, had died by 1898. It is possible that the memorial was originally erected solely to the 3 members named on the lower plinth and that it was subsequently decided to extend the list on the available space above it.
It is currently rather difficult to confirm that the brethren who are named as dying before WW1 gave their lives in the service of their country, but those from 1914-1918 can be checked against the CWGC database, though in some cases there may not be enough corroborative evidence for positive confirmation. The research on these names is shown below and as can be seen a large proportion are unidentified which suggests that they did not lose their lives in the service of their country.
TJ PEARCEY - No record at CWGC, name does not appear on the Guildhall Cenotaph
F HIGGS - No definite correlation, name does not appear on the Guildhall Cenotaph
RT WING - Sergeant, Royal Field Artillery, RT Wing died 10th August 1914, buried in Brighton and Preston Cemetery
JH FURMENGER - No record at CWGC, name does not appear on the Guildhall Cenotaph
EP WHILES - No record at CWGC, name does not appear on the Guildhall Cenotaph
J ADAMS - No definite correlation, name does not appear on the Guildhall Cenotaph
A COOLE - No record at CWGC, name does not appear on the Guildhall Cenotaph
WE FERRETT - Ship's Steward, RN, WE Ferrett died 4th August 1915, buried in Kingston Cemetery
TE BURTON - No record at CWGC, name does not appear on the Guildhall Cenotaph
J HATCHARD - Petty Officer Stoker, J. Hatchard, died 8th April 1916 in Haslar Hospital. Not mentioned on the Guildhall Cenotaph
W DART - No record at CWGC; DW Dart does appear on the Guildhall Cenotaph, but this man probably died in October 1916.
J WELSH - Lieutenant RN, John Welsh, died 3rd July 1916 aged 56, buried in Kingston Cemetery.
JN DOIDGE - No definite correlation. Not mentioned on the Guildhall Cenotaph
WD WILLIAMS - No definite correlation. Not mentioned on the Guildhall Cenotaph
JJ ESPLEN - No one with this surname in any record
AE STEER - Chief Stoker RN, AE Steer, died 9th November 1916, buried in Milton Cemetery.
EC WATKINS - No definite correlation. Not mentioned on the Guildhall Cenotaph
HJ BROWN - No definite correlation. Possible mention on the Guildhall Cenotaph
HC RENNISON - Not mentioned by CWGC or on the Guildhall Cenotaph
EG DAYSH - Chief Cook, RN, EG Daysh died 18th April 1917, buried in Kingston Cemetery
M PATTERSON - Not mentioned by CWGC or on the Guildhall Cenotaph
JH DENTON - Not mentioned by CWGC or on the Guildhall Cenotaph
W BETTS - No definite correlation. Mentioned on the Guildhall Cenotaph (Navy)
CT CLIFFORD - Chief Stoker, RN, CT Clifford died 10th December 1917, buried in Kingston Cemetery
JN EVERETT - Not mentioned by CWGC or on the Guildhall Cenotaph
HW ELLISON - Gunner, RN, HW Ellison died 3rd December 1917, buried in Plymouth. Not mentioned on the Guildhall Cenotaph
J FORDER - Chief Petty Officer, RN, J Forder died 11th December 1917, buried in Milton Cemetery.
H KENSHETT - No one with this surname in any record
J MILES - No definite correlation. Possible mention on the Guildhall Cenotaph
WM BARRY - Chief Petty Officer, RN, WM Barry died 25th February 1918, buried Kingston Cemetery
JA GARDNER - Chief Stoker, RN, died 20th June 1918, buried Milton Cemetery
A ROBERTSON - No definite correlation. Not mentioned on the Guildhall Cenotaph
