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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Cornwall
- Town
- Helston
- County
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: January 1921
Attended by: Headmaster, School Managers and Staff - Dedicated
Date: January1920
Attended by: Rev Dr MacDonald - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Lost
- WM Reference
- 80791
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- Previous locations
- St Michaels Church
Church Ln
Helston
Cornwall
Cornwall
TR13 8GT
England
OS Grid Ref: SW 64574 34495
Denomination: Church of England - The Andrew Hall
Church St
Helston
Cornwall
Cornwall
TR13 8TQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SW 65813 27693
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (1)
- St Michaels Church
- Description
- Brass plaque on an oak backboard honouring the children of the school
- Inscription
- (Not known)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, L
Adams, Wh
Barber, A
Barber, L
Bassett, Jt
Beare, H
Bennett, Ah
Buscombe, M
Buscombe, P
Chenoweth, T
See details for all 30 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 31
Served and returned: 0
Died: 31
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Condition
- Helston National School (Lost)
- WMO ID: 266667
- Condition: Lost/Missing/Temporary [last updated on 02-10-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
Details: The old boys. The idea came from the Headmaster, Mr BT Rawlings - Reference
- Cornishman and Cornish Telegraph, January 1921
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