Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Kerrier
- Town
- Ruan Minor
- County
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 50773
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Current location
ON THE LEFT HAND WALL FACING THE ALTAR
ST RUANS CHURCH
Ruan Minor
Kerrier
Cornwall
England
OS Grid Ref: SW 721 152
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- PLAIN RECTANGULAR BRASS PLAQUE MOUNTED ONTO A WOODEN BACKBOARD. INCISED INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING.
- Inscription
- IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF/ BERESFORD HAUGHTON VYVYAN,/ CAPTAIN R.F.A., SECOND SON OF/ HUGH & CONSTANCE VYVYAN, OF PENARTH/ & NEPHEW OF HENRY VYVYAN, RECTOR OF THIS PARISH,/ WHO DIED OF WOUNDS RECIVED IN ACTION/ IN FLANDERS, AUGST 18TH 1917, AGED 24./ "FOR ENGLAND'S SAKE."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Vyvyan, Beresford Haughton
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 1
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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