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
- 50874
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Current location
IN THE SOUTH AISLE
ST FIMBARRUS CHURCH
Church Avenue
Fowey
Restormel
Cornwall
PL23 1BU
England
OS Grid Ref: SX 12537 51707
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- RECTANGULAR BRASS PLAQUE WITH INSCRIPTION IN BLACK AND RED LETTERING. SINGLE RED LINE BORDER.
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ SIMEON ROWE 26TH R.F./ KILLED IN ACTION/ NEAR VOORMEZELLE, FLANDERS/ DEC. 14TH 1916, AGED 28 YEARS/ YOUNGEST & SEVENTH SON OF/ SIMEON AND ADA C. ROWE/ OF/ THIS BOROUGH./ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Rowe, Simeon
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: 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
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Private
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