ZENNOR
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 & Korea - detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Paula & Dave Kennington 2006
The
memorial is located inside the grounds of Zennor parish church. It is
an unusual memorial, badly weathered. It is made from granite and takes
the form of a squat pillar surmounted by four small figures each standing
in a mourning position. The World War 1 dedication is carved onto one
side of the pillar with a bronze plaque below carrying the World War
2 dedication. There is also a special gravestone within the churchyard
to Vera May Atkins, C.B.E., S.O.E. Operative.
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Copyright © Paula & Dave Kennington 2006
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In
honoured memory of RH Osborne DCLI and SE Taylor RFA
who fell in service of their country in the Great War 1914-1918
OSBORNE |
Richard
Henry |
[Memorial
lists him as Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry] Private 4535, 1st/1st
Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light
Infantry. Died 15th August 1916. Aged 31. Son of Richard Henry and
Catherine Alice Osborne, of Mennot, Lelant, Cornwall. No known grave.
Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face
10 A and 10 D. |
TAYLOR |
S
E |
No
further information currently available |
To
the memory of H J Harfoot, W Hugh who gave their lives
for their country in the 1939-45 War |
HARFOOT |
Harold
James |
Able
Seaman D/JX 157218, H.M.S. Gloucester, Royal Navy. Died 22nd May
1941. Aged 19. Son of John and Eda May Harfoot, of Pennycomequick,
Plymouth. Commemorated on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Plymouth, Devon.
Panel 47, Column 2. |
HUGH |
W |
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further information currently available |
Also
J E Tracey who died in active service in Korea 1952
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TRACEY |
J
E |
Gunner
5437245, 170 Mortar Battery, Royal Regiment of Artillery. Died 8th
September 1951. Aged 29. Reported missing then prisoner of war.
Do not know whether he died in captivity or afterwards. Buried in
UN Memorial Cemetery, Pusan, Korea. Plot 70. Row 11. Grave 7866.
Reports found in The Times Newspaper 2nd May 1951 and 13th
October 1951. |
Buried
in the churchyard |
ATKINS,
C.B.E. |
Vera
May |
Hidden
away under the ivy of the north west stone wall of this small
cornish coastal church is a memorial to a very private woman who
was directly involved with the operations of agents of F Section
S.O.E. during WW2. She was born in Romania, Jewish, and came to
this country before World War 2. She soon became the personal
assistant to Maurice Buckmaster head of F section, S.O.E. based
in Baker Street, London. She had a particular interest in all
the female agents and their welfare and after the war toured round
Germany tracing them and recording the dreadful treatment they
endured mostly before being killed. In some cases having those
responsible tried and shot for war crimes. She would often accompany
the agents to RAF Templesford before leaving for France. She died
in 2000 in Hastings having spent her retirement privately in Winchelsea
near Rye. A modest memorial for a very modest but extraordinary
woman.
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Last
updated
17 August, 2019
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