The Kenwyn Memorial and Church Roll of Honour

This is the Kenwyn war memorial, situated on the B3284, the road north from Truro. It is situated at the junction of Kenwyn Hill and Knights hill. If you turn right from along Knights hill it will take you to Kenwyn Church, which has some rather unusual features. They are highlighted in the Kenwyn Datastore blogsite here. The stone memorial is situated at the junction and the roll of honour as well as the list of vicars is displayed in the church.

This is a picture from my old churches database

The inscription on the memorial are inlaid in lead. However time has caused some of the inscriptions to become indistinct and some have disappeared.

Although the Roll of Honour and the memorial serve different purposes it is unclear on the roll of honour who fell, and those who returned.

Set in the corner of Kenwyn hill and Knights Hill, at a bend in the road.

The road on the right disappears down to Truro.
The town centre sigh goes to Kenwyn, but actually leads to the church.

1914-1918.

KENWYN 

WAR MEMORIAL

______

ALSO

1939 -1945

DEEBLE R.E.

LOBB F.C.C.

RICHARDS R.J.

______

LEST WE FORGET

BALL, MISS C.

BLEWETT S.

BLIGHT, J.

CARLYON,T.T.

CHILCOTT,G.C.C.

COCK,G,

CURTIS,T.C.

ENDEAN, S.

FRIEND, G.M.

HOARE, E.

HOCKING T.

HORNBROOK, F.

MITCHELL H.

 PASCOE, T.W.

PENHALIGON, R.

PRIME,R.

ROBERTS, W.H.

RUMBLE, A.

SANDERCOCK, W.J.P.

SLATER, J.

SMITH, H.D.

SOLOMON, W.

STEER, N.R.

THOMAS, E.A.

VINCENT, A.J.

WOODLEY, S

WHITWORTH, H.C. & J.M.

Vicars of Kenwyn

Second Panel of the Kenwyn Vicars

VICARS OF KENWYN

1265 Steven Haym

1270 William de St Just

1321 John Paris

1328 Philip de Coldecote

1349 Thomas Tyrel

1359John Trenewythe

1363 William Caer

1379 John Kestelle

1392 John Rychowe

1412 Otho Betty

1451 John Rosekestelle

1451 John Nycolle

1511 John Udi

1511 William Petit

1512 Richard Hals

1517 Peter Marstapelle

1533 Martin Tryplett

1547 Humfre Hortone

1555 John Geffry

1560 Lewis Swete

1564 Robert Morse

1570 Humphrey Roberts

1571 Thomas Eve

1591 Philip Hyll

1594 Richard Allyson

1596 Richard Rutter

1636 Philip Harrys

1661 Walter Wakeham

1670 Degory Taylor

1678 William Michell

1731 Walter Borlase

1776 John Triste

1781 Richard Milles

1823 James Coleridge

1828 George Cornish

1850 Edward Browne

1857 Richard Vautier

1883 John Cornish

1917 Frederick Thomas

1940 Benjamin Watkins

1953 Roger A. Williams

1959 James Vincent

1968 Glyn M. Calder

1977 Malcolm S. Byrom
(Conrad Meyer held a curacy at Kenwyn approx 1949)

By Order in Council of Queen Elizabeth II

The Parish of Kenwyn and the Parish of St Allen

became One on July 1st 1991

1991 Malcolm S. Byrom

2000 P. David Sayle

2008 Christopher P. Parsons

Roll of Honour - differs in some ways from the stone memorial.

Parish and Congregation

1914     KENWYN    1919

ROLL OF HONOUR

Miss. S. Ball

S. Blewett

J Bight

T.T. Carlyon

G.G.C. Chilcott

G.Cock

T.C. Curtis

S. Endean

G.M.Friend

E.Hoar

T.Hocking

F.Hornbrook.

H.Mitchell

T.W.Pascoe

R.Penhaligon

R.Prime

w.R.Roberts

A.Rumble

W.J.R.Sandercock

J.Slater

H.D.Smith

W.Solomon

N.R.Steer

E.A.Thomas

A.J.Vincent

S.Woodley

H.C.Whitworth

J.M.Whitworth

Buried in Kenwyn Churchyard though 

belonging to other Parishes

C.H Brokensha

F.J.Brown

J.W. Cowling

R.Kent

R.B.Rowe

H.Sara

R.M.Warwick

Their name liveth for evermore

Considerably more information than the stone memorial

ROLL OF HONOUR

IN MEMORY OF THOSE 

FROM THIS PARISH & 

CONGREGATION OF 

KENWYN 

WHO GAVE THEIR 

LIVES IN THE WAR OF 

1939 -1945

William Albert Dennis

William Henry Dennis

Stephen James Dunstan

Anthony Courtney Hocking

Alexander Grant Jordan

Horace Stephens Kellow

William Edward C. Knapman

Charles Kenneth McLay

William George Martin

Archibald Frederick Metz.

Ernest Pascoe

Reginald James Richarde

Vivian Claude Topham

Hugh Kingsley Trewhella

Ernest Lionel Williams

Alan George Taylor

KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION 

IN TRURO 6th OF AUGUST 1942

Percy Arnold Mortimore

Mabel Louise Mortimore

Margaret Ann Mortimore

There is a forum link here with information about these last 3 people

St Thomas' Church, St Annes

Attended a the christening of my granddaughter at this church, Coincidently really close to where I used to live. I suspect the names of these fallen could also be on the St Annes and Lytham memorials. But I am not sure. This memorial is quite well hidden on the right hand side of the aisle in a dark side of the church. The first image is of the memorial, the others are pictures of the church. The church tower is a financial liability, there is always a possibility that it may have to be demolished. I will publish more pictures of the memorial in due course.

The memorial on the South wall.
White marble with a brass plate, only mentions
those who fell in the Great War

 The inscription below reads:

THE EAST WINDOW IS DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND

IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 

ESPECIALLY

JACK BAYLISS

GODFREY BUCKLEY

BURTON CRITCHLEY

GUY D.M. CROSSMAN

DANIEL DUGDALE

HARRY EDWARDS

NORMAN FISHER

HENRY FISHER

WILLIAM FURNEVALL

HUBERT HASTINGS

THOMAS HILL

WILLIAM W JAGGER

REGINALD LITTON

JOHN S MASHEDER

E.C.W.OLDFIELD

HAROLD J. PORTER

HARRY V.B. SHARP

WILFRED TETTESALL

ROBERT B. WILFORD

LORD ALL - PITYING, JESU BLEST    -     GRANT THEM THINE ETERNAL REST

The font at the west end of the church

Large stone object in the southern end of the church

West end of the church

Closer view of the west end of the church. The door at the bottom end of the church was th "normal" way into the church.

The tower is in a constant state of repair. Frequently has got
railings around.

St Nicholas, Marton

Not to be confused with West Marton, which is on the A59 road.
Marton is firmly in the middle of rural Blackpool. St Nicholas is maybe 300 to 400 yards from what we locals call the back road between Lytham and Blackpool. School Road is the road that runs between the junction of Common Edge Road and eventually Preston New Road and the M55. It can get extremely busy in the morning. I occasionally go down School Lane.
The original school was on Division lane a parallel road approximately 800 yards due south. There is more to be found on the school's excellent website here. I suspect I will update the photos in time.

The front of the school viewed from School road
heading inland from Common Edge road.
The porch is a main entrance.
The memorial can be seen clearly on the left

The Memorial

Close up of the memorial.
Its sits perfectly between the two windows

ST nicholas Church is attached to the school by a glass faced corridor
The school road side of the school faces due south!

View from the inland end of the school.
All these photos have been taken from the road

 This is the inscription;

THIS

TABLET WAS ERECTED

BY SUBSCRIPTION BY THE INHABITANTS

OF MARTON

TO THE PERPETUAL MEMORY OF

THOSE BRAVE MEN FROM THIS PARISH

WHO FELL IN THE EUROPEAN WAR

1914-1918

HERBERT ASHWORTH

WILLIAM ATKINSON

RALPH BARROW

FRED BOLTON

JAMES BLAYLOCK

WILLIAM BLAYLOCK

THOMAS BOARDMAN

JOHN BRAITHWAITE

THOMAS BRAITHWAITE

WILLIAM BRAITHWAITE

ROBERT BROCKBANK

LOUIS BUCKLEY

JOHN CARDWELL

HENRY CROSS

EDWARDS BAYNES DIXON

JAMES DUGDALE D.C.M. M.M.

WILLIAM H. FITZGERALD

THOMAS HILL

ARTHUR HOBSON

GEARGE W HILTON

WILLIAM KIRKHAM

EDWARD LEEMING

RALPH PARKINSON

ERNEST PEARSON

FRANK RICHARDSON

GEAORGE RAWCLIFFE

RICHARD ROSSALL

EDWARD SANDERSON

THOMAS H. SANDERSON

ROBERT SANDERSON

JOHN SINGLETON

WILLIAM SWARBRICK

RICHARD TOWNSEND

ARTHUR VASEY

PERCY WARREN

JOHN WHITESIDE

WILLIAM WHITESIDE

ARTHUR WHITELEY

The school as a memorial site is quite unusual though. It is the only school in the area that has the memorial actually outside and connected to the church. Definately a vibrant and thriving school. The memorial has recently been refurbished by "Ted Edwards" Stonemason. tHERE SEEMS TO BE A SISTER MEMORIAL NEARBY ALSO REFURBISHED BY THE SAME MAN. Although the description on the UKNIWM site suggests that it is in a wooden surround. The photographs suggest a sandstone surround around a granite face.

Further information can be found here.

ST NICHOLAS SCHOOL

UKNIWM Ref: 10553

Greengates Cenotaph and Memorial garden

Greengates is a small suburban area to the North-East of Bradford. I passed here on the way back to Preston from Shipley. Took a detour to avoid heavy traffic. However small the town of Greengates, it has a beautifully maintained memorial and garden. There is more information here. At the bottom of this post is a list of the fallen. The unveiling was carried out by Lt Col Alderman Anthony Gadie on the 5th of November 1921.
I have to assume that the name plates on the memorial are replacements. These are just too clean to be original. Click on an image to enlarge it. Here are the photos that were taken:

It seems that Pte Rhodes name was omitted from the memorial originally.
After a campaign by the family his name is carved there (1999)

View from the Roebuck pub - they let me park - A good pie!

Below is the list of the fallen: there are more details on the Greengates website.

BARRACLOUGH Frank               
BAXTER Charles Alfred                                         
BAXTER William                                         
BLOMFIELD William   
BUCKLE Ernest                                         
CLAYTON Percy                                         
CLEAVER Joseph H                                         
COCKSHOTT Edmund                                         
COLLINS David                                       
CORDINGLEY Percy                                         
DOOLEY Ernest                                         
DOWNS Gilbert R                                         
EARNSHAW Albert   
ESPLEY Sam   
EXLEY Albert Edward               
FAICHNEY Harry William*    
FARNISH John Darnley
FARNISH Leonard                                         
FAWCETT Edward B                                         
FLETCHER Horace                                         
GALLOWAY Richard                                         
GIBSON     Norman                                       
GOODAIRE Horace*                                         
GOODALL Fred                                       
GOODALL Percy                                         
HALL George T                                         
HARRISON Fred                                         
HARRISON Walter          
HARRISON William A                                         
HINDLE     Percival U                                         
HOLLAND Gordon                                         
INGLE Percy                       
JACQUES Harry                 
JOYCE John                                         
KIPLING Herbert                                         
KNOWLES Jonathan E                                         
LEACH David                                   
LEE Wilfred                                         
LINDLEY Harold                                         
LLOYD Cecil               
LODGE Hiram                                         
LONG Arthur H                                         
MANN John N                                         
MASTERS Arthur                                         
METCALFE Harry                                         
MILNER J Barker                                 
NELSON Edward                                         
NELSON     Herbert Harold                                         
PATRICK Horatio                                         
PEACOCK Walter E                                   
PRIESTLEY Laurence                                         
PROSSER J H                                         
RHODES Albert                                         
RHODES Charles                             
RHODES William A   
ROBINSON Ernest                                         
ROBINSON Walter                                         
ROO James Walter                                         
ROO Richard                                         
SEAGE William S                                         
SHACKLETON Arnold                                         
SHUTTLEWORTH Gershom*    
SKEVINGTON Arthur Victor                                         
SMITH Clifford                                        
SMITH Percy Valentine                                         
SPENCE Walter                                         
STANSFIELD Allan                                       
STEELE     Arthur                                         
STEVENS Albert                                         
STEVENS Harry                                         
SYKES Alfred                                         
SYKES Norman 

WALTON     Ward                                         
WARD Fred                                         
WATERWORTH George                                         
WATERWORTH Percy                           
WATERWORTH W Laycock                                         
WHITEHEAD Jasper M                                         
WHITEHEAD John Walton                                         
WILSON Herbert
                 
WWII

BAXTER Ralph H                                         
CROWTHER Fred                                         
EVANS George                                         
FIRTH William                                         
GARNETT Geoffrey W           
GREENHOUGH Herbert                                         
HARKER Jack   
KEEN Adam                                         
KENNARD William D W *
LISTER William                                         
LUMBY Clifford C                                         
MOSLEY Harry S                                         
NORRIS Eric                                         
PERROW Cecil                                         
REYNOLDS Frank                                         
RHODES Harry*        
ROGERS Basil T                                         
SHUTT Dennis                                         
SMITH John R                                         
SPENCER Geoffrey G J                                         
SPENCER Ralph                     
STAPLES Harry                                         
STEVENSON George                                         
WATMOUGH William                                         
WILKINSON Robert                                         
WILSON Victor                                         
WOOD Jim                                         
WORTHINGTON Harry

Harry Rhodes name is carved at the bottom of the memorial not cast as the others are.

This information is derived from the Commonwealth War Graves Commision.

There is plenty of information. Many of the names above could be traced from here.

Private HARRY WILLIAM FAICHNEY
34004, 2nd Bn., York and Lancaster Regiment
who died age 25
on 01 December 1917
Son of Henry and Margaret Faichney, of "Linden Lea," 8, Linden Crescent, Hawick, Roxburghshire.
Remembered with honour
CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL

Serjeant HORACE GOODAIRE
21/2, 1st Bn., West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
who died
on 14 July 1918
Remembered with honour
TYNE COT MEMORIAL

Gunner GERSHOM SHUTTLEWORTH
42169, 39th T.M. Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery
who died age 23
on 15 August 1915
Son of Benjamin and Lucy Ann Shuttleworth, of 275, Davisville Avenue, Toronto, Canada.
Remembered with honour
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 

Driver WILLIAM DAWSON WHITFIELD KENNARD
T/75814, Royal Army Service Corps
who died age 20
on 17 December 1940
Son of Bernard George Kennard, and of Dorothy Kennard, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Remembered with honour
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL

Singleton Church Memorials

I visited Singleton on the way to Poulton. A fascinating place. I took photographs inside the church of other dedications as well as the memorials. One of the most interesting objects was the remains of a pedestal belonging to a wayside cross - possibly. The link is here There are links to other pictures of the church here.

However these are the memorials to the fallen in World War 1 and World War 2. They are facing the entrance door as you enter.

The World War 1 Memorial

The inscription is below:

1914 - 1919

TO THE HONOURED MEMORY

OF THE MEN OF THE PARISH OF SINGLETON

WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR

J. H. MILLER

E.C.MILLER

E.WILSON

A.HOWE

A. BOND

J.TURNBULL

T.B.TURNBULL

W. ECCLESTON.

W.STIRZAKER

A.STIRZAKER

H.TURNER

W.HASLEM

T.H.JACKSON

E.RONSON

J.SWARBRICK

"Their name liveth for evermore"

These are the 3 plaques on the wall facing the entrance door

1939 - 1945

TO THE HONOURED MEMORY

OF THE MEN OF THE PARISH OF SINGLETON

WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

J.C.BRADLEY
C.COCKS
T.FOSTER
J.KIRKHAM
J.OLIVE
A.M,RONSON

"Greater love hath no man than this,
that he lay down his life for his friends"

Both the plaques are of brass, both the same size and they have laurel wreaths with crosses in the middle. The middle section appears to be of oak, aged an of a window shape inscribed in gold leaf. " IN EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE" Little shelf beneath, for flowers or possibly candles.

These memorials are mentioned in the United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials as UKNIWM Ref: 10571

There will be a link to the rest of the memorabilia and dedications here. As well as more pictures of this interesting little community church.

John Talbot Clifton Memorial Drinking Fountain

To the left of the Ballam road just to the left of the bridge as you leave Lytham is a curious little monument. I believe this was once called Sparrow parkThis is the Drinking Fountain Memorial to John Talbot Clifton erected about 1882 by his wife Lady Eleanor Cecily Clifton. This was originally sited in what is now the place of the Lytham War Memorial in Hastings Place. 

The Drinking Fountain is slightly to the left of centre. Not sure of the date of this picture but it must have been before 1922 ish, because the War Memorial was erected about this time on this place. If you examine the picture closely you will see that little has changed. Stringers is still in the same place. The tram tracks are clearly visible, The rest of the iron work is still there too.

 

I do not know when the water fountain was moved but it certainly now has an air of neglect. Slates are loose or lost. The odd bit of graffiti. Seems a shame that all this appeal to save Lytham Hall does not seem to have spread to this unique memorial. There is a reference to the Late Colonel Clifton here.

From the Bridge that goes over the railway

'TIS WELL 'TIS SOMETHING WE MAY STAND WHERE HE IN ENGLISH EARTH IS LAID

ELEANOR CECILY CLIFTON ERECTED THIS FOUNTAIN

IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND JOHN TALBOT CLIFTON

"Mortem aut triumphum" - Death or Victory. The left side of the coat of Arms is the Clifton Coat of Arms. The Right hand side the Lowther Coat of Arms.

WHO DIED AT HAMMAN RHEA ALGIERS APRIL 16 1882

Lytham Station as was but now a wine bar/restaurant. The trains still run down the single track. But the exit is at either end of the old station buildings.

Horse Trough

View from the station