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.
 

Memorial
Memorial to the Parishioners of St Margarets Church
Transcription
1939   THE SECOND WORLD WAR   1945
 
The following in the armed forces from this parish gave their lives
 

R. ALFRED
S.W. ALLEN
W. ARCHER
J.W. BARKER
E. BARNETT
L.C. BATCHELOR
P. BATTY
F. BENNETT
A.A. BOCUTT
W.J. BREWER
F.G. BRITTON
T.W. BROWN
J. CARTER

G.F. CHAPMAN
D.C. CHURCHILL
R.L. CLEMENTS
J.V. DAVIES
R.G. EMENEY
W.J. GALTON
W.J. GOODLAD
R.L. HARRIMAN
J. HOWARTH
D.H. KING
W. KITTLE
B.W. LONG
W.H. McCARTHY

A. MARTIN
A.L. MARTIN
D.R. METHERELL
L. MOORE
D.T.W. MORRIS
J. MUGRIDGE
S.E. MURGATROYD
E. NORTON
F.H. PARR
L.G. PARSONAGE
L. PASSY
W.J.D. QUEW
A.W. REFFLES

G. ROBERTS
G.J. ROBERTS
E. ROSSER
S. SELF
W. SKELTON
D. SLATTER
K.A. SMITH
E. TIPTAFT
J. USMAR
F.A. WALKER
R.G. WARD
W. WHITING
C.H. WINGFIELD
A.M. WOODS


We pray that their sacrifice will not be in vain


 

Book of Remembrance - In Memoriam

REGINALD THOMAS ALFRED
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

 
SYDNEY WILLIAM ALLEN
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.

 
WILLIAM ARCHER
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

 
JOSEPH WALTER BARKER
LII ACTING LANCE CORPORAL THE BUFFS
 
KILLED IN ACTION IN WESTERN EUROPE
23RD MARCH 1945
 
HIS HOME WAS IN REGINALD ROAD, EASTNEY

 
ELIAS BARNETT

 
LEONARD BATCHELOR
STOKER PETTY OFFICER R. N. AGED 30
 
KILLED ABOARD H. M. S. EXMOUTH
JANUARY 20TH 1940

 
ALFRED ARTHUR BOCUTT

Note: Marine Bocutt died on 24th May 1941 at the sinking of HMS Hood
 
FREDERICK GEORGE BRITTON
FLIGHT SERGEANT AIR GUNNER R. A. F. AGED 21
 
KILLED IN 1943
 
HIS HOME WAS AT 66, BROMPTON ROAD

 
T. W. BROWN
GUNNER ROYAL ARTILLERY
 
KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION WHILE ON LEAVE
JANUARY 11TH 1941
 
HE WAS A SERVER AT ST. MARGARET'S

 
JOHN CARTER
R. N.
 
HIS HOME WAS AT 2, BROMPTON ROAD

 
GEORGE FRANCIS CHAPMAN
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

 
DENIS CLAUDE WILLIAM CHURCHILL
FLYING OFFICER R. A. F.
 
KILLED AT DAR-ES-SALAAM, EAST AFRICA
JULY 8TH 1945
 
HIS HOME WAS AT 4, OLIVER ROAD

 
ROBERT LIONEL CLEMENTS
FLIGHT SERGEANT R. A. F.
 
KILLED IN ITALY
21ST NOVEMBER 1944

 
REGINALD GORDON EMENEY
3RD ENGINEER MERCHANT NAVY AGED 36
 
LOST AT SEA WHEN THE "EMPIRE SURF" WAS TORPEDOED
JANUARY 10TH 1941

 
WILLIAM JOHN GALTON
CORPORAL R. A. S. C
 
KILLED AT SEA WHILE TRAVELLING FROM
Ll ALEXANDRIA TO ITALY
27TH MARCH 1943

 
WILLIAM JOHN GOODLAD
R. N.
 
H. M. S. BARHAM
LOST IN NOVEMBER 1941

 
REGINALD LEONARD HARRIMAN
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

 
DERRICK HERBERT KING
SUB-LIEUTENANT R. N. V. R. AGED 25
 
OF H. M. S. DEVONIA
La KILLED AT DUNKIRK 31ST MAY / 1ST JUNE 1940

 
BERNARD WILLIAM LONG
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

 
WILLIAM HENRY McCARTHY
PRIVATE 5510594 HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT
 
KILLED IN ACTION IN ITALY
SEPTEMBER 5TH 1944
 
HIS HOME WAS AT 9, ALMA TERRACE

 
D. R. METHERELL
BAND CORPORAL R. N. S. M.
 
OF H. M. S. CORNWALL
KILLED 5TH APRIL 1942
 
HE WAS A CHOIRBOY AT ST. MARGARET'S

 
LEONARD MOORE
R.N.
 
H.M.S. HOOD 1941
 
HIS HOME WAS IN BROMPTON ROAD

 
L. G. MOORE
MARINE
 
OF H. M. S. ROYAL OAK
KILLED 14TH OCTOBER 1939
 
HIS HOME WAS AT 'WHITE CLOUD COTTAGES'
WHITE CLOUD PLACE

 
DESMOND THOMAS WILLIAM MORRIS
SIGNALMAN 14592787
 
KILLED IN ITALY
JULY 14TH 1946
 
BURIED IN THE BRITISH CEMETERY
UDINE , ITALY

 
STANLEY EDWARD MURGATROYD
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

 
EDWARD ALBERT NORTON
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.

 
FREDERICK HENRY PARR
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.

 
LESLIE GEORGE PARSONAGE
SAPPER ROYAL ENGINEERS
 
KILLED IN ACTION IN BELGIUM
MAY 18TH 1940
 
HIS HOME WAS AT 32, KASSASSIN STREET , EASTNEY

 
WILLIAM JAMES DONALD QUEW
ROYAL HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT
 
KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT IN 1942

 
ALBERT WILLIAM REFFLES
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

 
EDWARD ROSSER
R. N.
 
LOST AT SEA - 1943
 
HIS HOME WAS AT 113, BROMPTON ROAD

 
KENNETH AUBREY SMITH
R. N.

 
JOHN USMAR
R. N.

 
FREDERICK ARTHUR WALKER
PETTY OFFICER R. N. AGED 25
 
LOST AT SEA ABOARD H. M. S. CAPEL
DECEMBER 1944

 
WALTER WHITING
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

 
CHARLES HARCOURT WINGFIELD
PETTY OFFICER COOK R. N.
 
H.M.S. HOOD 1941

 
ALEC MAURICE WOODS
WARRANT ENGINEER R. N.
 
H. M. S. COVENTRY 1942

 
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