A Poppy
A Poppy

Location
Hilsea storage depot of the City Museum
 
Description
The stone memorial is missing a fragment at the top left which would have had some text on it.

Memorial
Hilsea Barracks Memorial
 
Inscription
....ARMISTICE DAY 11TH NOVEMBER 1922
....MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED ON THIS SITE
DEDICATED TO 606 ALL RANKS OF THE
ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-19
THEY ARE NOW COMMEMORATED ON THE WAR MEMORIAL
(1914-19 AND 1939-45) AT MINDEN BARRACKS, DEEPCUT
BUT THEIR NAMES ARE ALSO TO BE SEEN ON THE ORIGINAL
PLAQUE ENSHRINED IN ST BARBARA'S, HILSEA
"AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND
IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"