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Lieutenant H L Twite and R. E. 183rd Tunnelling Company

Lieutenant H L Twite and The 183rd Tunnelling Company, R.E.

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Inside the church. brass plaque on left hand wall facing altar, St Agnes Parish Church, Town Hill,, St Agnes, Carrick, Cornwall, TR5 0QP, England

OS Grid Reference

SW 72028 50736

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 26289
Description: Wall mounted, portrait oriented brass plaque incorporating foliate designs in relief at top corners. A dual-line border encloses the inscription and names together with a raised badge at top centre between inscription verses. Border, inscriptions and names engraved and infilled with black paint.
Inscription: PRO PATRIA MORI / I have fought a good fight / I have finished the course / I have kept the faith. / IN MEMORY OF HAROLD LLEWELLYN TWITE / LIEUTENANT 183RD (TUNNELLING) Co. ROYAL ENGINEERS / SON OF CHARLES & ANNA TWITE, BORN AT CASTLE HOUSE / IN THIS PARISH OCT. 22ND 1879, / KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE / DEC. 1st 1915 - ALSO OF THE FOLLOWING CORNISHMEN / OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERS TO WHOM HE WAS OFFICER / AND WHO DIED WITH HIM. / (9 NAMES) / I with uncovered head, salute the sacred dead, / Who went, and who return not. - say not so: / Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave: / No ban of endless night exiles the brave: / And to the saner mind / We rather seem the dead, that stayed behind. / ERECTED BY MURIEL WIFE OF HAROLD LLEWELLYN TWITE, AND DAUGHTER / OF THE LATE WILLIAM NAYLOR CARNE OF ROSEMUNDY IN THIS PARISH

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 10
Died: 10
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, regiment, relationships, place of birth, date of birth, manner of death, place of death, date of death, additional
Order of names: Rank, then each rank listed alphabetically by surname

History

Sponsor Type: private
Sponsored By: Muriel, wife of Harold LI Twite.

Ceremonies

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1916

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Components

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good

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