ST.
GERMOE WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 -
detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2015
The
memorial is situated at the summit of Tregonning Hill, Germoe, Kerrier,
Cornwall. The memorial is in the form of a rough hewn Celtic Cross on
a three steooed base with inscriptions on the base is raised balck lettering.
There are four names listed for World War 1 and three names for World
War 2.
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Photograph
Copyright © Merrie Richards 2015
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TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN REVEREND AND HONOURED MEMORY
OF THE BRAVE MEN OF ST. GERMOE,
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING & COUNTRY
1914
- 1918
ANDREW |
Ernest
[Charles] |
Private
24532, 7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed
in action 16 August 1917. Aged 28. Born Kenneggie, enlisted Helston,
resident Coppernon. Son of Joseph Andrew, of Coppernoon, Germoe,
Marazion, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 80 to 82 and 163A. See also Breage
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LAITY |
Leonard
[Henry] |
Sapper
2006972, 2nd Battalion, Canadian Engineers. Died at Lakenham Military
Hospital, Norwich, from Acute Rheumatism and Acute Anaemia 25 October
1918. Aged 27. Born 2 January 1891 in Germoe, Cornwall. Son of Mrs.
Jane Rosetta Laity, of Newtown Cottage, Germoe, Marazion. Living
in Globe Arizona, USA. Tunneller by trade. Unmarried. Attested and
passed fit 7 January 1918 at North Vancouver, British Columbia,
aged 27, height 5 feet 5¾ inches, girth 35½ inches,
complexion dark, eyes brown, hair black, vision 20/20, hearing normal;
religion Methodist. Buried in GERMOE CHURCH CEMETERY, Cornwall.
Grave 65. National Archives of Canada Accession Reference: RG
150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 5317 - 36. See also Breage
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RICHARDS |
[Edward]
Ernest |
Corporal
12894, 6th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed
in action 17 October 1917. Aged 24. Born Breage, enlisted Falmouth,
resident Marazion. Son of Mr. W. H. and Mrs. M. A. Richards, of
Rinsey Cross, Ashton, Breage, Helston, Cornwall. Buried in TYNE
COT CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot LIX. Row E. Grave 26.
See also Breage |
RICHARDS,
DSC |
Sampson |
Corporal
97,564, "H" Company, 167th Infantry, 12 Division, United
States Army. Died of wounds at Landres-et-Saint-Georges, Departement
des Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France, 14 October 1918. Aged 24.
Born 8 May 1894 in England. Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross
(D.S.C.). Resident Fresno, California, U.S.A. Self employed farmer.
Medium height, medium build, brown eyes, black hair. Buried in Meuse-Argonne
American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement
de la Meuse, Lorraine, France. Plot C, Row 46, Grave 3.
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Photographs
and cuttings courtesy of Merrie Richards |
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"LEST
WE FORGET."
ALSO
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO
FELL IN THE WAR 1939-1945. |
ANDREWS |
Ervin
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Private
5441913, 1st Battalion,. The Herefordshire Regiment, King's Shropshire
Light Infantry. Died 18 July 1944. Aged 27. No known grave. Commemorated
on BAYEUX MEMORIAL, Calvados, France. Panel 16, Column 2. See also
Breage |
JOHNS |
Stanley |
Private
10686124, 7th Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment).
Died 23 March 1945. Aged 21. Born and resident Cornwall. Buried
in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Plot 52. Row B. Grave 10. See also Breage |
WHITE |
William
Courtney |
[Listed
as William Courteny WHITE on memorial] Warrant Officer (Air Bomber)
1311804, 635 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Flying
from Downham Market on night operations to Ottignies to bomb railway
installations, flying in an Avro Lancaster III, serial number ND826,
his aircraft crashed at Dion-le-Mont, ESE of Wavre, Belgium, 20
April 1944. Aged 34. Son of William Henry and Christian Jane White;
husband of Gertrude May White, of West Croydon, Surrey. Buried in
HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium. Plot 2. Row G. Collctive
grave 1-7. |
Last
updated
7 August, 2021
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