Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Restormel
- Town
- Gorran Churchtown
- County
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26250
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Current location
on the left hand wall facing the altar
St Goran Church
Main Road
Gorran Churchtown
Restormel
Cornwall
PL26 6HW
England
OS Grid Ref: SW 99952 42302
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- MAIN BRONZE PLAQUE MOUNTED ONTO A WOODEN BACKBOARD WITH ADDITIONAL PLAQUE PLACED BELOW IT ON A WOODEN BACKBOARD FOR TWO FURTHER NAMES. MAIN PLAQUE HAS THE INSCRIPTION IN RELIEF AND A WAVEY LINE BORDER. CROSS WITHIN A WREATH WITH OAK LEAVES BELOW IT AT THE TOP OF THE MAIN PLAQUE
- Inscription
- UPPER PLAQUE: TO THE MEMORY OF OUR MEN/ WHO FELL IN THE DEFENCE OF/ THE EMPIRE 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES) LOWER PLAQUE: (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ball, Charles
Billing, Richard
Burn, Michael
Guy, William
Hocking, John
Kerkin, John Charles
Kitto, Hugh
Liddicoat, Charles
Michael, Reginald John
Mingo, Leonard
See details for all 15 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 15
Served and returned: 0
Died: 15
Exact count: yes
Information shown: servuce, surname, forenames, date of death, regiment, place of death
Order of information: service (Navy THEN Army) THEN date of death
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Parish Roll of Honour - 1914-1918, St Gorran, Churchtown Cornwall
- WMO ID: 254176
- Condition: Good [last updated on 18-01-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Cornwall Family History Society, www.cornwallfhs.com/cornwallswarhistory/maps/war-memorials-2/gorran-roll-of-honour/#TB_inline?width=800&height=650&inlineId=tb5753-WM, accessed 4 May 2023
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