
MORVAL WAR
MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Paula & Dave Kennington 2006
The
memorial is located on the edge of the Morval estate (opposite one of
the entrance gates), Morval. The memorial is in the form of a stone
wheel cross with Celtic-style relief on head of cross; the Cross surmounts
a tapering stone plinth which bears the inscription and names, the memorial
stands on stone base.
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Photograph
Copyright © Paula & Dave Kennington 2006
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In
grateful memory of the brave men of Morval
who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War 1914-1918
BADCOCK |
Ben |
Sapper
261795, 33rd Railway Operating Company, Royal Engineers. Died 21st
May 1918. Aged 41. Son of the late Henry and Lucy Badcock, of Morval,
Cornwall. Buried in MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA, Greece. Grave
257. |
DONEY |
George
Edward Baker |
Sergeant
4212, Army Veterinary Corps attached "B" Battery, 285th
Brigade, Royal Fiedl Artillery. Died 14th May 1917. Aged 32. Son
of the late Samuel Doney, of Stoke, Devonport; husband of Gertrude
Ellen Doney, of "The Cuddy," East Looe, Cornwall. Buried
in ANZAC CEMETERY, SAILLY-SUR-LA-LYS, Pas de Calais, France. Plot
II. Row F. Grave 5. |
LOBB |
Irwin
Harold |
[Listed
as Erwin on CWGC] Gunner 94590, Royal Field Artillery. Died 13th
February 1917. Aged 25. Son of Mr and Mrs J. Lobb, of Gestres, Sandplace.
Buried in ST. WENNA CHURCH CEMETERY, MORVAL, Cornwall. |
SAUNDERS |
Harry |
No
further information currently available |
SNELL |
William
Henry |
Private
266923, 1st/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Died 16th August 1917. Aged 24. Son of Mrs. Jane
Snell, of Hole Cottage, Duloe, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated
on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel
96 to 98. |
SUMNER |
Charles
Maunoir |
Colonel,
South Lancashire Regiment. Died 30th June 1916. Aged 59. Son of
the Rev. John Sumner, of Buriton Rectory, Petersfield, Hants; husband
of Florence H. Sumner, of Morval, Sandplace. Buried in the Tremayne
Family Plot in ST. WENNA CHURCH CEMETERY, MORVAL, Cornwall. |
TREMBLE |
Samuel |
No
further information currently |
Also
the World War 1939-1945
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CARR |
Ronald |
No
further information currently |
HAWKINS |
Edgar
Francis William |
Lance
Corporal T/175008, 22 Corps Troops Company, Royal Army Service Corps.
Died 1st June 1944. Aged 29. Son of Frank and Elizabeth Hawkins;
husband of Gwladys Ethel Mary Hawkins, of Camelford. Buried in the
east part of ST. WENNA CHURCH CEMETERY, MORVAL, Cornwall. Row 3.
Grave 10. |
HOUGH |
Michael
Fielding |
Corporal
7945337, 142nd (7th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment) Regiment. Died
23rd October 1944. Aged 21. Son of William Norman and Annie Kathleen
Hough, of Morval, Cornwall. Buried in CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY,
Italy. Plot XII. Row C. Grave 12. |
PENROSE |
George |
probably
Driver T/174906, 53 Infantry brigade Group Company, Royal Army Service
Corps. Died 26th August 1943 at a prisoner of war. Buried in THANBYUZAYAT
WAR CEMETERY, Myanmar (previously Burma). Plot B4. Row H. Grave
8. |
Last
updated
10 March, 2006
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