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We would like to record stories about Island people during the First World War, both those who fought and those who were left behind. If you recognise any of the people mentioned in this section, and can add any information or connections, we would be delighted to receive them.

If you have any family-held memories/stories or artefacts concerning relatives during the First World War period and how they affected their village or town on the Isle of Wight, we’d be very pleased to hear from you.

 

One Mans War - A Privates Record

One Mans War - A Privates Record

Posted: 20 Jul 15
Private TH Sprake 2050 RAMC - An archive of a family historyRead more...
Captain Graves

Captain Graves

Posted: 01 Jul 15
An Osborne House inmateRead more...
William Mariner VC

William Mariner VC

Posted: 23 Jun 15
Ex Isle of Wight prisoner rememberedRead more...
The Denham Family of Newport Serve Their Country in WW1

The Denham Family of Newport Serve Their Country in WW1

Posted: 02 Jun 15
Brothers Reg and Jack Denham and their Uncle Jack serve in Gallipoli and FranceRead more...
The Urry Brothers and William Richardson of the Isle of Wight Rifles

The Urry Brothers and William Richardson of the Isle of Wight Rifles

Posted: 07 May 15
A Newport family joins B company of the 1/8th Hampshire Regiment and all are lost at Gallipoli.Read more...
Claud Vere Cavendish HOBART

Claud Vere Cavendish HOBART

Posted: 07 May 15
The first Commanding Officer of the Isle of Wight RiflesRead more...
Private Frank Saunders

Private Frank Saunders

Posted: 07 Apr 15
Memories of a brave Great GrandfatherRead more...
AA Milne

AA Milne

Posted: 25 Feb 15
A pacifist's warRead more...
Captain Clement Villar

Captain Clement Villar

Posted: 27 Jan 15
A biography by his great nephew, Philip CaveRead more...
Germans alarmed by sentry sneeze

Germans alarmed by sentry sneeze

Posted: 25 Nov 14
A letter home from the front. Christmas 1914Read more...
Schooling in Newport 1914 - 1918

Schooling in Newport 1914 - 1918

Posted: 11 Nov 14
excerpt from "Activity of Newport C.E School" by John MatthewsRead more...
Help sought to find Brighstone connections

Help sought to find Brighstone connections

Posted: 29 Sep 14
Can you please assist Paul BradleyRead more...
Warrior awarded Medal

Warrior awarded Medal

Posted: 02 Sep 14
Wight At War News EventRead more...
Sgt HL Pearce

Sgt HL Pearce

Posted: 21 Aug 14
Informing the parents of a lost friend.Read more...
Thomas Attrill - Hampshire Yeomanry

Thomas Attrill - Hampshire Yeomanry

Posted: 29 May 14
Recollections by John JW Attrill of conversations with his fatherRead more...
Victoria Cross soldiers to get home town honour

Victoria Cross soldiers to get home town honour

Posted: 29 May 14
Every recipient of the Victoria Cross for actions in the First World War will be honoured with the paving stone. The first will be laid in Willesden Green, north London in August 2014.Read more...
 A Warhorse in the desert

A Warhorse in the desert

Posted: 20 Mar 14
Far away from the horrors of the Western Front, another war was raging in the Holy Land.Read more...
Ivor Hugh Stone

Ivor Hugh Stone

Posted: 14 Mar 14
Ivor Hugh Stone was born in Thorley, the second of the three children of Hugh Stone and his wife Lilian, nee Baker. Hugh the father, born in Calbourne, became a blacksmith.Read more...