War memorial WW1 Methodist - Redruth Cornwall UK
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The Redruth Methodist World War 1 Memorial
Waymark Code: WM10MFX
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/28/2019
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Situated within the entrance to the Methodist Memorial Hall, is a Marble plaque with names of the local congregation which fell during the great war (the First World War).
The Marble plaque is surrounded by two columns of polished red granite. with the base and capping of local grey granite. The following is inscribed on the tablet:
To
The Glory of God
and in
honoured and revered memory of the
gallant sons of this Church and
Sunday School who died for their King
and Country in The Great War, 1914-1919.
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Sergt. John Bath
Blacksmith Bertie Bawden
Corpl. Joseph Boucher
Pte. Charles Bray
Gunner Tom Broad
Corpl. W.T. Congdon
Pte. W. Eddy
Pte. Ben Francis
Pte T. Gould
Pte. Frank Harris
Air. Mech. Alan Hill
Lieut. Wilfred Hill
Gunner J.B. Johns
Pte. J. Gilbert Johns
Pte. H. Newton Launder
Pte. Bert Matthews
Pte. John Merritt
Gunner John Penhall
Sapper C. Polkinghorne
2nd. Lieut. J. Stoneman Pryor
Corpl. A.J. Rowe
Pte. F.J. Rowe
Pte. Robert J. Rowe
Corpl. J. Sando
Lieut. Leon W. Smith
Trooper W.J. Tregoning
Pte. Chester Trelease
Seaman W.M. Visick.
also
To their brave comrades the men of Redruth
and District who likewise laid down their lives.
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The names of all those associated with this
Church who served in His Majesty's Forces
during the war are inscribed on the Memorial
erected inside the Church.
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