Memorial

Lieutenant Harry Powys Rogers

Source: Copyright Barbara Wilkinson

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Current Location

ST WENAPPA CHURCH, 1, Churchtown, Gwennap, Carrick, Cornwall, TR16 6BD, England

SW 73884 40106

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 26127
Description: Plain tablet of greyish appearance with black boarder, only displays the inscriptions, no emblems or imagery at all.
Inscription: THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THEIR PARENTS/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF THEIR YOUNGEST DAUGHTER/ ELIZABETH NAOMI ROGERS/ WHO DIED MAY 8 1914 AGED 20 YEARS/ ALSO OF THEIR YOUNGEST SON/ HARRY POWYS ROGERS/ LIEUTENANT IN THE ROYAL NAVY/ KILLED IN ACTION ON H.M.S. MONMOUTH/ IN THE BATTLE OF CORONEL OFF THE COAST OF CHILE/ NOV. 1 1914/ AGED 27 YEARS

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships