Memorials and Monuments in Portsmouth Cemeteries (Civilians

Location
About half way along the Eastern wall of Kingston Cemetery, adjacent to, and facing, the railway.

Details
The memorial is about 1.5 metres high and is made of granite, standing on a plinth of stones. It commemorates those civilians who lost their lives in bombing raids during WW2. There is a list of names (where known).

Memorial
Kingston East Side Civilians Memorial

Detail
Names of the dead

Inscription (Top)

ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF
THOSE MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN
BOTH KNOWN AND UNKNOWN WHO
DIED AS A RESULT OF ENEMY
BOMBING ON THIS CITY AND
WHOSE LAST KNOWN RESTING PLACE IS
NEAR THIS SPOT
1939 1945

Inscription (Middle)

WILLIAM J. DEERE
JOHN CHRISTIE
ELSIE CHRISTIE
CHARLES PAYNE
PATRICIA CHRISTIE
BARBARA CHRISTIE
DOREEN A. PAIGE
HOLLY E.M. PAIGE
ELEANOR R. SEAMARK
FREDERICK C. MUTTOCK
COLIN PEARCE
MELVYN PEARCE
SHIRLEY PEARCE
BERYL WHITCOMBE
ALEXENA PEARCE
ALFRED A. BONE
UNIDENTIFIED
A.W. JONES
UNIDENTIFIED
MARY A. GRIMWOOD
WILLIAM FOGWILL
HARRY FOWLER
NELLIE GILLMORE
THOMAS W. GILLMORE
KATHLEEN BROOKE
ARTHUR E. LOCKE
JOHN L. ROBERTSON
EDWARD COX
MAUREEN WHEATLEY
FREDERICK GIBSON
ERNEST BURRIDGE
ELIZABETH MARSHALL
RICHARD H. EVANS

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Inscription (Bottom)

OUT OF THE DEPTHS OF SORROW AND
SACFICE WILL BE BORN AGAIN THE
GLORY OF MANKIND

Kingston Cemetery- Civilians (East Side Memorial) -

Kingston Cemetery
- Civilians (East Side Memorial) -