MEVAGISSEY

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Reference WMO/144720

Address:

Church Street

Mevagissey

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Wheel cross
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • Afghanistan (2001 -)
About the memorial: Within a small paved garden, on the west side of the street.A Celtic wheel cross on a pyramidal plinth and single tier base, accessed by a path between railed flower beds. The front face bears the general commemoration for those who fell in WW1 and the first 14 names, which are continued with 15 more names on the rear face and an epitaph. The right face bears the commemoration for WW2 and lists 14 names, whilst the left face commemorates one who fell in Afghanistan in 2011. Except for the last, no ranks of units are given, with the names listed alphabetically, surname first followed by first names
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF MEVAGISSEY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 ....... SONS OF THIUS PLACE, LRT THIS OF YOU BE SAID THAT YOU WHO LIVE ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD, THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT WHO WHO LIVE MAY REAP A RICHER HARVEST ERE YOU FALL ASLEEP. ....... SEPTEMBER 1939 AUGUST 1945 ...... AFGHANISTAN 8TH. DEC. 2011

BARBER, REGINALD. BURT, ARTHUR . BARRON, JOHN. BEHENNAH, ALFRED. BARRON, ROY. CLOKE, WALTER . CARNE, JOHN. CHURCHILL, ARTHUR LINDSAY MAURY. DUNN, WILLIAM. DYER, CHARLES. DONNITHORNE, HARRY. FRAZIER, RAYMOND. FOARD, WILLIAM COOMBE. THOMAS, JAMES LEONARD. (Reverse) HUNKIN, WM SAMUEL. HUNKIN, FREDERICK. HUNKIN, SAMUEL. HOCKING, CHARLES. KELLY, JAMES. MOORE, GEORGE. MARTINDALE, ALFRED. MATTA, FRANK. MARSHALL, GEORGE. PEARCE, FRANK. ROBINS, WILLIAM HENRY. TOWNER, ALFRED. VARCOE, THOMAS. WILLIAMS, ALFRED. WARREN, SAMUEL. (1939-45) ALDCROFT, ARTHUR A. DYER, LEONARD. DADDA, EDWIN H. GOODFELLOW, ERNEST G. HALLIDAY, WILLIAM. HUNKIN, MAURICE. JOSLIN, ERIC. MILLS, A. W. LEAN, ARTHUR G. MILLS, CHARLES E. OVER, PERCY. PASSMORE, JACK. SMITH, FREDERICK. WARREN, WILLIAM B. (Afghanistan) SPR ELIJAH C. BOND

Grade II (England)

1420128

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