Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Carrick
- Town
- Mylor Churchtown
- County
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- 19th Century Wars (1800-1899), Non-Combat Deaths
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: January 1872
Attended by:
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 9334
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Current location
Naval burial ground
St Mylor Church
Penarrow Road
Mylor Churchtown
Carrick
Cornwall
England
OS Grid Ref: SW 82037 35242
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Obelisk surmounted by a plain cross on a four stepped base. A fouled anchor on the front face.
- Inscription
- ERECTED BY THE BOYS OF HM TRAINING SHIP GANGES 1872
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allcock, William
Atkinson, Thomas Henry
Barry, John
Baugh, Joseph Benjamin John
Carter, William George
Drew, Frank
Forgie, John
Galvin, Maurice
Griffin, Jno Wm
Higginbotham, Henry
See details for all 39 names - Commemorations
- 19th Century Wars (1800-1899)
Total names on memorial: 53
Served and returned: 0
Died: 53
Exact count: yes
Information shown: year died,forename,age of death
Order of information: year of death - Non-Combat Deaths
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- 19th Century Wars (1800-1899)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: depth 2000 mm, height 4000 mm, width 2000 mm
Materials: Stone
- Obelisk
- 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
- Corporate
- Responsibility
- HMS Ganges Association volunteers
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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