Truro Memorial

Set in Boscawen street, This memorial is hard to miss. These are the names of the fallen. In the season it is surrounded by traffic and holiday makers - I was one! There is little on the memorial. It is however well crafted and although not large - quite commanding.This memorial is recorded as UKNIWM Ref: 2118

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This is the memorial set in front of the Coinage Hall

IN PROUD MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL

IN THE GREAT WARS

OF 1914 – 1919 & 1939-1945

This is the side that has the WW2 and the Falkland Islands and Afghanistan casualties

WW2 Causalities

AFGHANISTAN 2009

OLAF S. G. SCHMID

FALKLAND ISLANDS 1982

PALMER, ANDREW

WORLD WAR TWO

ALLEN, J.

ANDREW, H.

BARRETT, A.E.

BATTEN, R.O.

BAYLEY, J.H.

BENNETT, L.

BOWDEN, H.C.

BRAUND, P.

BRAY, S.

BROWN, C.G.

BUNNEY, W.T.

CLIFT, A.

CLIFT, F.

CLIFT, R.

COCKLE, G.H.E.

COCKING, K.W.T.

COWLING, S.O.

CRAPP, F.C.

DAVIS, G.

DENNIS, W.A.

DOWNEY, E.L.

DOWNING, C.H.

DRABBLE, K.

DUNSTAN, D.L.

DUNSTAN, S.J.

DYER, B. C.

ENDEAN, D.

EUSTICE, D.

EVANS, C.

EVANS, R.W.J.

FARR, J.

FORD, I.J.

FORD, VICTOR

FORD, VINCENT

GODDRD, E

HAMBLY, L.O.

HARVEY, W.C.L.

HITCHENS, F.J.C.

HOCKING A.T.O.

HOOPER, E.H.

HORNBROOK, T.H.

HOSKINS, W.H.

JORDAN, A.C.

KELLOW, J.

KENT, H.

KNAPMAN, W.E.L.

LASHBROOK, N.

LEAN, L.A.J.

MARTIN, W. C.

MARTLAND, D.W.

MAY, A. G.

McLAY G.K.

MERRIFIELD, W.

METZ, A. F.

MORTON, E. N.

MOSS, E. J.

MYNERS, K.

NICHOLLS, W. R.

NORMAN, F.

PARSONS, A.

PASCOE, E

PASCOE, L.J.

PEARCE, C. H.

PEARCE, L.C.

PENHALIGON, T.E.J.

PENROSE, H. L.

PHILLIPS, D.R.

POWELL, W. C.

RADCLIFFE, J.

RANDLE, J.C.

RICH, C.C.

RICHARDS, F.A.A.

RICHARDS, J.A.

RICHARDS, R.J.

RICHARDS. T.J.R.

ROBINS, N.E.

ROWE, B.R.E.

RUNNALS, R.J.

SEABROOK, L.

SHEEPWASH, B.

SNELL, H.C.

STACEY, J.

STEAD, R.

STEER, R.J.

SWEET,, C.E.W

TANN, S.

TAYLOR, A.C.

TAYLOR, R.

TOPHAM, V.C.

TREWELLA, H.K.

TRUSCOTT. F.L.

TURNBULL, D.E.

TURNBULL, R.A.

VENTON, C.L.

WALLACE, A.E.

WARD, C.T.

WASLEY, J.

WEARY, L.

WEBB, C.J.

WILLIAMS, C.

WILLIAMS, L.

WILLIAMS, R.

WILLIAMS, S.G.

WILLIAMSON, J.C.

WILLS, J.

World War 1 casualty list is below the last picture:

A WW1 face

From the Coinage Hall side

THE 1914-1919 WAR

ANDREW, BERTIE

ANNEAR, JAMES H.

ARTHUR, GEORGE

AVERY, E. JOHN

BALL, GEORGE

BALL, WILLIAM

BARRETT, PHILIP

BARRETT, REGINALD

BARTON, H. PERCY

BATH, ROBERT M.

BENNEY, HOWARD

BENNEY, VICTOR

BLEWETT, SEYMOUR

BRAY, WILLIAM

BROKENSHA, HENRY

BROWN, V. ERNEST

BUCK, THOMAS, W.

BURLEU, JAMES

BURNET, ROBERT

BURROWS, REGINALD

CANN, FREDERICK

CARBIS, EDWIN

CARLYON, THOMAS T.

CARVETH, STANLEY

CHAMPION, ERNEST

CHILCOTT, GILBERT. G C.

CHRISTIAN, ARNOLD

CLEMENS, HORACE

COAD, REGINALD C.

COLENSO, ERNEST

COLLINGS, BERTRAM

COLLINS, EDGAR

COLLIVER, FRANK

COLSTON, HARRY

COOK, HAROLD

CORRISON, STANLEY

COURTS, EDWIN C.

COWLING ALBERT.

COWLING, JOHN

DAVIS , ALBERTUS

DEACON, ARCHIE

DITTON, CLARENCE E.

DOWN, JAMES

DUNN, NORMAN B.P.

EDMONDS, WILLIAM R.

GOAD , WILLIAM, J. M.

GREENAWAY, FRANK. L.

GUNN, WILLIAM J.

HANKINS, WILLIAM

HARDING, SAMUEL A.

HARPER, THOMAS

HAWKE, PERCY

HAYNES, BERTIE,

HAYNES, LESLIE

HILL, ALBERT E. V.

HILL, FREDERICK

HILL, SYDNEY

HITCHENS, FREDERICK

HITCHENS, STUART R.

HOARE, PERCIVAL

HOCKADAY, HAROLD

HOCKING, RICHARD

HOLLAND, ERNEST

HOLMES, GEORGE

HOSKING, WILLIAM H.

HOSKING, IRVING

HUTCHINGS, SAMUEL

HUTCHINGS, HOLLAND

JACKA, EDWARD

JEWELL, JOHN

JOHNS, FREDERICK

JOHNSTON, LEWIS

JOLLEY, FRDERICK

JOSEY, HENRY

KEAST, ROBERT

KEMP, GUILLERMO

KENT, ROBERT

KNIGHT, ALBERT E.

LASHBROOK, WILLIAM J.

LAWER, MAURICE

LOBB, PERCY

LOWE, BERTIE

LOWE, WILLIAM

McLEAN, LLOYD

MAINWARING, JOHN

MATTHEWS, R. CHARLES

MATTHEWS, JOHN

MAUNDER, JAMES

MEDLIN, RICHARD

MEDLIN, TOM J.

MERRIFIELD, REGINALD G.

MITCHELL, ARTHUR J.

MITCHELL, CHARLES H.

MITCHELL C. HAROLD

MITCHELL, FREDERICK

MONK, ADAM

MORRIS, ARTHUR

MOSES, SAMUEL J.

MURTON, FRED

NICHOLAS, SIDNEY

NORTHEY, JAMES

OSBORNE, WILLIAM

PARKIN, HORACE

PARSONS, HAROLD

PASCOE, ALFRED

PASCOE, FRED

PASCOE, HUBERT

PASCOE, HENRY M.

PASCOE, JOHN C.

PASCOE, THOMAS U.

PASSMORE, GORDEN

PASSMORE, THOMAS

PEARCE, WILLIAM

PENFOLD, JOHN

PENGELLY, FREDERICK

PENHALIGON, RICHARD C.

PENROSE, RICHARD

PENROSE JOHN C.H.

PENTECOST STANLEY

PHILLIPS, WILLIAM

KELLOW, LESLIE (At the bottom of the panel)

POLMEAR, WILLIAM H.

PONSFORD, JOHN

POWELL JAMES

PRIME, R. JOHN

RIPPER, JOSEPH E.

ROBERTS, STANLEY

ROBERTS WILLIAM

ROGERS HAROLD

ROWE, REDVERS

ROWE, WILLIAM T.

RUNDLE, CYRIL

SALMON, CHARLES

SALMON, THOMAS

SARA, HARRY

SCANTLEBURY, ERNEST

SEYMORE, HERBERT

SIMMONS, HARRY

SKELLETT, JOSEPH

SKIMINS, PERCY

SKINNER, CHARLES

SLY, GEORGE

SOLOMON, EDDIE

SOLOMON, ARTHUR

SPARGO, BERTRAM D.

SPARGO, LORIS S.

STEPHENS, THOMAS

STOOT, JAMES

SUTTON, REGINALD

TAMBLYN, GEORGE

THOMAS, JOSEPH

TIPPETT, HENRY

TONKIN, HORACE O.

TONKIN, JOHN L.

TONKIN, LEONARD G.

TOY, SYDNEY H.E.

TRELCAR, BRENCHLEY

TREMBATH, FRED J.

TREVAIL, ARTIE

TREWIN, BERTRAM A.

TRUSCOTT, JOHN R.

VENN, EDWIN C.

WARE, CYRIL L.

WARWICK, R. MAXWELL

WATERS, HERBERT

WEARNE, EDWIN

WHITFIELD, WILLIAM A.

WHITE, FREDERICK W.

WHITWORTH, MELVILLE

WHITWORTH, HERBERT

WILKINS, JOHN

WILLIAMS, ARHIBALD

WILLIAMS, JOHN H.

WILLIAMS, CHARLES

WILLIAMS, JOHN C.

WILLIAMS, SYDNEY

WINTERBOTTOM, EDWIN

WOODLEY, SYDNEY

WOOLCOCK, HERBERT E.

WORTH, ERNEST

WROATH PERCY J. and

Miss CORA BALL

A brief check reveals that many of these fallen servicemen are recorded on the Commonwealth graves website.

Perranporth Memorial Hall

The inscriptions briefly describe how these memorials came to be together. The memorial hall seems quite an unlikely place to find these memorials. Facing a car park about 400 yards from the main thoroughfare in Perranporth, it is easy to miss. It is possible to go through the hall and descend to the shops below. Many people seem to do this! Like most halls there were activities going on at the same time. These are the plaques and the inscriptions.

The entrance to the hall is on the left-hand side just below the orange roof

The view from just outside the door,
The door goes down steps and down to the village street.

The left panel, made of slate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF 

PERRANZABULOE PARISH

WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES 

FOR THEIR COUNTRY 

IN THE WORLD WAR 

1914 -1918

W. READ

E. HALL

J. BENNETT

W. SOLOMON

A. HARDING

T. ROBERTS

R. TIPPETT

C. MAY

G. ROBERTS

W. HARVEY

L. STEPHENS

T.ROWLAND

J. MENHENNETT

A. ELEY

T. SALMAON

C. COWLING

C. TREBILCOCK

J. TRESIZE

J. JOHNS

E. KEMPTHORNE

R.MENADUE

J. LITTLE

S. DUST

P. BLEWETT

S.E. MITCHELL

S. WHITFORD

J.H. HARVEY

H. GRIGG

 AIRCREW LOST FLYING FROM 

RAF PERRANPORTH 1941 -1945

19 SQUADRON

SGT A L RIDINGS

SGT E A BLORE

PLT OFF W CIECHANOWSKI

SGT W H SLOAN RNZAF

66 SQUADRON

FLT SGT C A PARSONS

SGT F H M GREEN

W O! D R C MACE

FLT LT D T BAKER

141 SQUADRON

SQN LDR W G JOY AFC

PLT OFF J C SEMPLE

SGT W F AMBLER

SGT A HAIGH

310 CZECH SQUADRON

FLT LT M KREDBA

FLT SGT S HALAMA

FLT LT S ZIMPRICH

340 FREE FRENCH SQUADRON

SGT P TUMMERS

LT ANDRE

LT P BOROSSI

341 FREE FRENCH SQUADRON

CAPT G M LAYEC

SOUS LT R CHEVALIER

SGT CHEF D P E FRY

602 SQUADRON

SGT S SMITH

SGT G S HOLME

SGT H STARZYNSKI  POLAND

FG OFF J C YATES

610 SQUADRON

FLT SGT K HAYES

FG OFF A S BARRIE

FG OFF P J N EVERARD

65 SQUADRON 

FLT LT E W BITMEAD  DFC

SGT C C WATTS

SGT V R SMITH RNZAF

130 SQUADRON

SGT G COX

PLT OFF R WIGINTON

SGT C BRENNAN   RAAF

SGT R FARMER

FG OFF W H HOGGARD

143 SQUADRON

SGT D T RICHIE

FG OFF L L F DE VRYE

234 SQUADRON

FLT J HENDERSON  DFC

317 POLISH SQUADRON

SGT E KOSTANSKI

FG OFF M CIACH

PLT OFF Z MAKOWSKI

412 RCAF SQUADRON

FG OFF L W JONES

WO1 E J V LEVESQUE

FG OFF H E HOLBROOK

453 RAAF SQUADRON 

FLT SGT M F NOLAN

FG OFF H M PARKER

816 FAA SQUADRON

L A D C KEMP

SUB LT E FRETWEL

SUB LT A M JACKSON

3RD OFF T JACKSON WRNS

849  FAA SQUADRON

LT J J NIXON

 130 SQUADRON

SGT A W UTTING

412 SQUADRON

FLT OFF L W POWELL DFC  RCAF

PENHALE TRAINING CAMP - ROYAL ARTILLERY 

IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AS A 

RESULT OF THE BOMBING OF PENHALE CAMP ON 

JULY 7 1940

58 LIGHT ANTI AIRCRAFT REGIMENT ROYAL ARTILLERY

W BLAYLOCK

G C DAVIES

J GILFILLAN

G A GAULD

W T HAMILTON

G HARRISON

C HENRY

A KEENAN

J LITSTER

 W MITCHELL

R MUNRO

J S O'SULLIVAN

H PANTON

J RICE

H SMITH

 D TUMILTY

T B WOODS

ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS

A T JONES

W McCOLL JONES

KINGS OWN REGIMENT

T E C EVANS

ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS

S TYRER

J D BRADLEY

Dedication Plaques

IN MEMORY OF

ELIZABETH SOPHIA KNIGHT

WHOSE LEADERSHIP 

ENTHUSIASM AND 

GENEROSITY LED TO THE 

COMPLETION OF THIS WALL

IN GRATEFUL APPRECIATION OF 

CHARLES LESLIE BRYANT 

WHOSE VISION WAS REALIZED 

WHEN THIS HALL WAS OPENED 

ON 20TH APRIL 1957

The right hand section of the panel

IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF 

PERRANZABULOE PARISH

WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES 

FOR THEIR COUNTRY 

IN THE WORLD WAR

1939 - 1945

R. ASHARD

G.B. AUNGIERS

S. BALL

W. BAXTER

W. COLLINS

J. HIGGINS

G. HINGSTON

J.S. HODGE

C. HOUSE

F.J. KEAST

W.C. McCAMERON

A.B. REYNOLDS

H. THOMAS

T.R. THOMAS

D. WATERS

E. WATERS

A.D. WATSON

B.F. WHITESTONE

J.C. WHITFORD

F.J.G. WILLIAMS

H.G. YEOMAN

A.H. CLEAVE

W.A. PARRIS

J.R. HARRISON

There seems to be very little on line about the origins of the hall. Any comments will be most welcome.

Another link relating to the bombing but with a lot more personal information is here

However a link to the BBC article on the Penhale Training Camp Bombing can be found here.

The transcript from the BBC is below:

17 July 2010 Last updated at 14:45

Last Penhale Camp bombing memorial held in Perranporth

The camp was a rest and recuperation centre for those who had survived Dunkirk

A memorial service for 22 military personnel who died when Cornwall was bombed in World War II has been held.

The service marked the 70th anniversary of the Penhale bombing in which the first military personnel were killed in Cornwall.

Four bombs were dropped in 1940 onto the rest and recuperation centre for soldiers who had survived Dunkirk.

Relatives of those affected attended the memorial, which is the final service to be held for the incident.

Commander Ian Hiskip, from the Royal British Legion, said: "The 58th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment had been accommodated in Penhale having suffered some fairly horrific experiences at Dunkirk. 

William Moffatt

 

William Moffatt survived the bombings of Penhale Camp in which 22 men were killed

"A lone German bomber, who we believe was looking for RAF St Eval, stumbled across Penhale Camp and dropped its four bombs.

"Twenty-two soldiers were killed and a number of others were seriously injured."

William Moffatt, who survived the bombings, said: "One of my colleagues, said that 'plane is pretty close', and as he said that 'bang, bang, bang' and that was it.

"We all dived out to see what damage had been done, or if any of the lads had been killed, and they had.

"The following weeks we all slept out on the beach and on the sand dunes because everybody got scared stiff."

Bob Andrew, from the Cornish Aviation Society, who was 10 at the time of the bombing, said: "We didn't know what had been done and we were rather taken a-back that somewhere had been bombed.

"He [Mr Andrew's father] was terribly upset and knew soldiers had been killed, and he went to the church and saw these coffins, he came back with tears streaming from his eyes saying 'those poor boys, they're all dead and in one grave'."

Most of the 22 men who were killed in the incident were buried in Perranporth, but many of their families were unable to attend their funerals because they were based in Scotland, Wales and the north of England.

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