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Memorial details

Memorial type
Addition to gravestone
District
Kerrier
Town
Mylor Churchtown
County
Cornwall
Country
England
Commemoration
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
69482
Current location

South East Corner of Churchyard- see plan inside church for exact location
St Mylor's Church
Mylor Churchtown
Kerrier
Cornwall
TR11 5UE
England

OS Grid Ref: SW 82038 35242
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Limestone gravestone with, at the top, an engraving of a vessel in tumultuous seas.
Inscription
To the Memory of the/WARRIORS,/Women and Children/who on their return to England/from the Coast of Spain/unhappily perished/in the wreck of the/Queen Transport/on Trefusis Point. Jany 14, 1814/This Stone is erected as a Testimony/of regret for their fate by the/Inhabitants of this Parish
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Stone of remembrance
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Limestone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public

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