Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Restormel
- Town
- Fowey
- County
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 50872
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Current location
On the south wall.
St Fimbarrus Church
Church Ave
Fowey
Restormel
Cornwall
PL23 1BX
England
OS Grid Ref: SX 12530 51699
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- White marble tablet carved in the shape of a scroll and mounted on a triangular headed black marble backboard. Black inscription. Badge of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in relief at top centre.
- Inscription
- IN/ LOVING AND HONOURED MEMORY OF/ ROBERT CHARLES DENISON,/ CAPTAIN 8TH BATTALION OF THE/ ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT, (T)/ KILLED IN ACTION AUGUST 27TH, 1916;/ WHILE GALLANTLY LEADING HIS COMPANY IN AN/ ATTACK ON THE GERMAN TRENCHES AT ORVILLIERS;/ BURIED NEAR THIEPVAL, FRANCE, AGED 26 YEARS./ "HE DIED THE NOBLEST DEATH A MAN MAY DIE,/ FIGHTING FOR GOD, AND RIGHT AND LIBERTY, AND/ SUCH A DEATH IS IMMORTALITY"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Denison, Robert Charles
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,place of burial,manner of death,age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Black - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- Backboard
- 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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