Roll of Honour - Cornwall

Ministry of Defence

Lest We Forget

The Royal British Legion

ST ERTH WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - detailed information
Compiled and copyright © George Pritchard 2005

A cross of grey stone from the Forest of Dean, it is over 22 feet high, surmounted by a Calvary Cross and is to be found in St Erth Church grounds. There is a two-stepped wide base surmounted by plinth, slender shaft and cross. There are inscription on the sides of the plinth. The Wilmot and Carter Coat of Arms can be found on the east face of the base. Two small figures flank the cross and the Virgin Mary carrying Jesus is on the rear of the cross.

THIS CROSS IS ERECTED BY HELEN CARTER
TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND
MAJOR HERBERT AUSTIN CARTER V. C.
THE 101ST GRENADIERS INDIAN ARMY WHO DIED JAN 13TH 1916
ON ACTIVE SERVICE IN
BRITISH EAST AFRICA
AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE OF THIS PARISH
WHO COUNTING NO COST TOO GREAT GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR AND IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
WE HAVE NO GLORY GREAT ENOUGH FOR YOU
THIS LAND INVIOLATE THEY ARE MOURNED PROUDLY

1914-1918

CARTER, V.C.	H A	No further information currently available
CARTER	Noel Conway	No further information currently available
CLOKE	Richard	No further information currently available
COULSON	F C Tregarthen	No further information currently available
CROWLE	C H	No further information currently available
GOLDSAWORTHY	Thomas	No further information currently available
HART	A H	No further information currently available
HOSKING	W J	No further information currently available
LILES	George	No further information currently available
LOCKETT	T J	No further information currently available
PRIOR	W J	No further information currently available
ROWE	B	No further information currently available
STEVENS	C T	No further information currently available
THOMAS	S	No further information currently available
TREVARTHEN	W C	No further information currently available
VEALE	Henry Percy	No further information currently available
VINCENT	J	No further information currently available
1939-1945
SMART	Stanley George	No further information currently available
BOND	Stewart	No further information currently available
CARTER	Samuel	No further information currently available
STONE	Melvin Pearce	No further information currently available
LASHBROOK	Arthur Franklin	No further information currently available

"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"

27 December 2005

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